L.A Times: Perhaps O’Reilly Is Wrong – Redux

Patterico has his take on a Newsmax piece on the whole affair. Read it here:

I guess I’m going to have to be the one to explain Michael Kinsley’s joke to the guys at NewsMax.

They have this silly article up on their web page:

LA Times Threatens O’Reilly With Secret Service

The Los Angeles Times is slamming Bill O’Reilly – for slamming the Los Angeles Times.

The newspaper has warned the “telephilosopher” to stop his “decapitation fantasies” involving Times editorial page editor Michael Kinsley – or face trouble from the Secret Service.

Flap previously reported the entire matter here and Michael Kinsley’s sarcastic response to O’Reilly.

Patterico is correct:

Get it? Kinsley was saying that Bush has said the very same things that O’Reilly had criticized Kinsley for saying. Ergo, if O’Reilly was that critical of Kinsley, he would presumably be equally critical of Bush — which could make Bush the next subject of an O’Reilly decapitation fantasy. And that would mean the Secret Service would be involved.

Jokes are never that funny when you have to explain them — but clearly, this one needs to be explained to the guys at NewsMax.

Duh!