New York Daily News
Originally published on January 5, 2006

Bill O'Reilly vs. David Letterman?

The fireworks began when the normally apolitical Letterman mocked the very political Fox News Channel star for his recent warnings against "secular" bureaucrats who allegedly are removing the word "Christmas" from American culture.

"Isn't this the kind of thing," Letterman smirked, "that once or twice every 20 years, somebody gets outraged and says, 'Oh my God, we gotta put diapers on horses'?"

O'Reilly countered: "You think I'm making this up?"

Letterman: "Yes, I think you're making it up."