Good Morning America yesterday and say that I'm personally sorry my analysis on WMDs before the war was wrong and I'm angry about the CIA mistake. I mean, any honest commentator would say that, but the left-wing press sees my admission as some kind of liberal policy vindication and is using my words to hammer the president. Well, that's dishonest. I still believe removing Saddam was the right thing to do and that history will prove it. And there's also the possibility that WMDs will be found, so I might have to apologize for my apology. I don't mind. I still hope they find WMDs." - Meaning and context.">
(2004-02-12), "The WMD Controversy Heats Up", The O'Reilly Factor medium: Television, publisher: Fox News
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I go on Good Morning America yesterday and say that I'm personally sorry my analysis on WMDs before the war was wrong and I'm angry about the CIA mistake. I mean, any honest commentator would say that, but the left-wing press sees my admission as some kind of liberal policy vindication and is using my words to hammer the president. Well, that's dishonest. I still believe removing Saddam was the right thing to do and that history will prove it. And there's also the possibility that WMDs will be found, so I might have to apologize for my apology. I don't mind. I still hope they find WMDs.

— Bill O'Reilly (commentator)

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I go on Good Morning America yesterday and say that I'm personally sorry my analysis on WMDs before the war was wrong and I'm angry about the CIA mistake. I mean, any honest commentator would say that, but the left-wing press sees my admission as some kind of liberal policy vindication and is using my words to hammer the president. Well, that's dishonest. I still believe removing Saddam was the right thing to do and that history will prove it. And there's also the possibility that WMDs will be found, so I might have to apologize for my apology. I don't mind. I still hope they find WMDs." in the context of "(2004-02-12), "The WMD Controversy Heats Up", The O'Reilly Factor medium: Television, publisher: Fox News" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Bill O'Reilly (commentator)

William James "Bill" O'Reilly, Jr. (born September 10, 1949, in Westbury, New York) is an American broadcast journalist and author. He came to national prominence hosting Inside Edition from 1989 to 1995. He hosted the American cable television news analysis program The O'Reilly Factor on the Fox News Channel from 1997 to 2017. He was terminated by Fox in early 2017 after a New York Times article disclosed several multi-million dollar settlements alleging sexual misconduct. O'Reilly subsequently founded the No-Spin Zone media franchise. He has written or co-written over 20 non-fiction books on politics and history, along with several novels.