Jake Tapper Surgically Cuts Bill O’Reilly Down to Size After Failed Twitter Troll

Bill O’Reilly — who now hosts a podcast on his website after being ousted from Fox News in April amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment by coworkers — tried to reinsert himself into the cable news fray on Wednesday with a tweet touting a former colleague’s ratings and bashing a rival’s.

But that rival promptly, and with surgical precision, sent him back to the sidelines.

O’Reilly, in his Wednesday afternoon Tweet, took a shot at CNN’s Jake Tapper — saying that his ratings were “as low as you can go.”

Sean Hannity kicking serious butt in the ratings. Tapper on CNN as low as you can go.

— Bill O’Reilly (@billoreilly) October 18, 2017

Eleven minutes after O’Reilly’s volley, Tapper fired back — in a manner that left absolutely no doubt about who got the better of the exchange:

“Low” would be sexually harassing staffers and then getting fired for it — humiliated in front of the world. Now THAT would be low. https://t.co/e2d6kOHL7F

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 18, 2017

Game. Set. Match.

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