Bill O’Reilly Forgets He’s ‘Doing It Live’

Another Fox Newser made the Obama/Osama mistake last night – their top host, Bill O’Reilly.

But O’Reilly didn’t bother to correct it at the time – because he forgot his show was live last night. Ouch.

Spud over at InsideCableNews caught the mistake last night, made during O’Reilly’s live O’Reilly Factor show at 9pmET, following Pres. Obama’s address. Normally, O’Reilly pre-tapes his show a couple hours before 8pmET, but last night he was, to paraphrase one of his most infamous moments, ‘doing it live.’

While teasing Rep. Maurice Hinchey‘s recent remarks about Pres. Bush letting Osama bin Laden escape, on purpose, O’Reilly said:

Pinheads and patriots, on deck, tonight starring a Congressman who says, you’re never going to believe it, Pres. Bush allowed Obam…uh…Osama…I’m going to have to cut that again.

Sorry Bill, no you’re not.

Here’s the clip:

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