'O' No: My media man-crush went too far

My television viewing habits are pretty predictable. Every weeknight I record two shows: Hardball with Chris Matthews for my politics fix and The O'Reily Factor for news and entertainment -- oh, and few ask hard questions to people in power these days like Bill O.

Last night, Matthews, during a discussion of the recent massacre at Fort Hood, wondered allowed if it's a crime to contact Al Qaeda. If it isn't, it certainly should be. That was about the maturity level of the whole handwringing discussion. The only storyline with respect to the massacre is this: How on earth was Major Hasan still active in the United States military in spite of all the outward signs that he was a threat?

To make matters worse, Bill O'Reilly inexplicably used the massacre as the centerpiece for his goofy News Quiz segment. You know, the one in which he brings in friends from the network to compete against one another to see who is more hip to current event.

In any event, it was in extremely poor taste and I'm surprised no one at the network thought it was over the top.

BILL: It hasn't even been a week since 13 U.S. troops were gunned down on American soil, and you want to make this tragedy the centerpiece of a goofy trivia game?