Bill O'Reilly Tries to "Spin Out" from the Naples Press

 Huffington Post and C&L readers know that Bill O'Reilly was cancelled out of his speaking engagement for the National Center for Missing Kids this week because of his horrendous treatment of Shawn Hornbeck which I highlighted many times. (Here's the original video.) Brent Batten tried to get an answer from FOX about Bill's no show in Florida, but is getting the runaround.

On Feb. 14 I e-mailed Fox News producer Ron Mitchell, who works with O’Reilly, asking him for a few words of explanation as to why O’Reilly was no longer on the March 9 program. He responded promptly, directing me to Fox News spokeswoman Irena Brigante. I called Brigante, who referred me to Ernie Allen, the president of the NCMEC. Allen, Brigante said, had a letter on the subject and would read it to me.

Allen did not return repeated messages left at his office....

< Kathleen Curatolo, director of the Collier County chapter of the NCMEC, did return my call. She said O'Reilly's camp contacted the organization and begged off, claiming a scheduling conflict. Maybe so. But why would O'Reilly's spokeswoman refer inquiries to the NCMEC if the reason was a schedule conflict on O'Reilly's end? And if it was, why wouldn't the NCMEC include that tidbit in its notice of the change of speakers?

Bottom line: On-air O’Reilly presides over what he calls a “No Spin Zone.” When it comes to his canceled appearance in Naples, there’s enough spinning going on to weave a rug...read on

If I have taken O'Reilly's original comments out of context as he claims----then why won't he give Batten an explanation? Inquiring minds want to know....Stay tuned...