Kristof of 'NYT' Starts Pledge Drive to Back Bill O'Reilly Trip

"New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof resumed his exchange with TV/radio talkster Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday, asking readers to contribute to a fund to send O'Reilly to Darfur.

Kristof said he would ante up the first $1000.

The 'feud' began last December when O'Reilly denounced Kristof as a 'left-wing ideologue.' Kristof replied by challenging O'Reilly to show truly 'traditional values' by joining him on a visit to Darfur to assess the death and devastation there, thereby 'using your talents for an important cause.'

Kristof in his Tuesday column revealed that a few days ago he got this answer: 'I do three hours of daily news analysis on TV and radio. There's no way I can go to Africa.'"

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