Hi, I'm Bill O'Reilly and this is the Talking Points Memo.

Bernie Sanders takes on Fox News.

All right, so they had a little town hall meeting on FNC with Bernie Sanders, which was a

smart move on both sides.

So Fox News wants to get out of the aware conservative network niche and try to expand

its reach.

And Bernie Sanders defies the Democratic Party by saying, look, I'm going to go on and spread

my message of socialism wherever I want.

And you guys are afraid to do it, so I'll be considered courageous.

So you'll remember the Democratic National Committee said, well, we're not going to let

Fox News have any debates.

This is foolish.

So Sanders shows up last night and about 2 and a half million people watch, which is

a little higher than the audience from 630 to 730 is on FNC every day.

And he's there with two moderators, Martha McCallum and Brett Bear.

And about, I don't know, look to 20 people, most of whom like Bernie Sanders.

So you got to figure they made some kind of deal that they had his people in there, at

least some.

So the debate itself, you know, it wasn't really a debate.

That's the wrong word.

The interview on Bernie Sanders allowed the senator to basically say whatever he wanted

to say unchallenged because the moderators couldn't be perceived to be hostile.

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