Fresh from downplaying the newsworthiness of a popular, fictional, gay wizard named Dumbledore, O'Reilly moves into high gear to play up the shocking notion that two high-school lesbians might get voted "cutest couple".
As always, MediaMatters is on the beat:
From the October 22 edition of Westwood One's The Radio Factor with Bill O'Reilly:
O'REILLY: J.K. Rowling, the author of all those Potter books says that Headmaster Albus Dumbledore is gay. Does that mean anything to anybody? No?
HILL: What does it matter?
O'REILLY: J.K. Rowling, the author of all those Potter books says that Headmaster Albus Dumbledore is gay. Does that mean anything to anybody? No?
HILL: What does it matter?
The cutest couple:
O'REILLY: Illinois students at Weekaugan [sic: Waukegan ] High School voted seniors Brandy Johnson and Lupe Silva the "cutest couple." So the self-proclaimed lesbians get their picture in the yearbook under the "cute" banner. At first, school officials tried to ban the category, but finally relented despite a parental objection.
