Taking Bill O’Reilly out for a spin

Glade Valley, N.C.: I love watching Bill O’Reilly and I will eagerly await his return from vacation. As for why he settled with the “alleged” victims, I don’t care. I am inclined to agree with President Trump that, if innocent, one should not settle but fight. Some of these women see an easy way of making money, then they hook up with these ambulance-chasing lawyers, and away they go.

It’s hypocrisy for the media and these advertisers to make a big deal out of O’Reilly’s private life when we had two Presidents (Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy) who used and abused women for sport, and theirs was a much more important and essential position as leaders of the free world!

I don’t excuse anyone’s bad behavior, but I also am pragmatic enough to realize there are opportunists everywhere. And as painful as it is for me as a woman to say this, many of these opportunists are women. Sharon Tomalavage

O’Reilly’s the real victim

Delray Beach, Fla.: As the father of two daughters, with the eldest having been sexually assaulted, you may understand why I have a preconceived notion that any man who abuses a woman should be subjected to scorn. That said, I take issue with what I now perceive to be a heap of abuse being leveled upon Bill O’Reilly of Fox News. While he may, in fact, be guilty of past abuses and sexual harassment of women in the workplace, the current furor over his alleged treatment of his on-air guest Wendy Walsh is far different than the other allegations made against him. All this nonsense because Walsh, a non-Fox employee, was invited by O’Reilly to join him in his hotel suite? I do hope that Fox investigates its work environment and makes immediate changes if disciplinary action is deemed to be appropriate. However, I also believe that Fox News has both a moral and ethical obligation to shield and protect men in the workplace who have clearly become financial targets of opportunity for screwball attorneys and their gold-digging clients. Ray Carolin

‘Prime’ time for The News

Plainview, L.I.: Special kudos to the Daily News for winning your 11th Pulitzer Prize , especially since 11 is a “prime number,” and the word “prime” — meaning “best” and “highest quality” — fits such reporting. As Thomas Jefferson once wrote, “Were it left for me to decide whether to have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate to prefer the latter.”

Richard Siegelman

Trump’s no world leader

Schenectady, N.Y.: Voicer Bill Lynch said that President Trump’s bombing of Syria after 77 days in office turned him into a “world leader.” No. 1, Trump called Vladimir Putin and warned him the missile strikes were coming; and No. 2, Putin then warned Bashar Assad, so the airport was pretty much empty. It was all just a $70 million fireworks show. President Obama, in his first 77 days, saved our country, our auto industry, our stock market and thousands of American soldiers from going to war in Iraq. That’s being a world leader.

Diane Hombach

Escape from reality

Whitestone: Voicer Bill Lynch says it only took Trump 77 days to become a world leader. Wow. I would like to take a vacation from reality. Bill, can I borrow your brain? Robert LaRosa

Trump needed prodding?

Birmingham, Ala.: Re “Eric Trump says ‘heartbroken and outraged’ Ivanka influenced U.S. airstrike on Syria” (April 11): I don’t understand a comment like this by the son of President Trump. Because Ivanka has three young children, she should have the sway to change her father’s heart and mind? Isn’t President Trump the father of five children himself? What sort of man is the President that he must have it pointed out to him that there are children dying in Syria who are just like his? Sally Speaker

Redirect those Tomahawks

Boca Raton, Fla.: Re “Suicidal Oregon father kills two daughters, dies in exchange of gunfire with police” (April 12): When will Trump be moved by the gun violence that is killing the children in his own country and fire 59 Tomahawk missiles at the NRA? Michael Falken

Overreacting to Hitler gaffe

Carmel, N.Y.: It is incredible how apoplectic the Daily News is over a poor choice of words by Sean Spicer regarding the use of poisonous gas in the Holocaust. So now The News is the defender of the Jewish people? In fact, you were in lockstep with the Democrats on every anti-Israel action and slight taken by the previous administration. But now that a Trump spokesman uses some poor phrasing, you have taken to the fainting couch? Get a grip. Everyone sees right through you and the rest of the liberal media.

David S. Moody

These aren’t alternative facts

Laguna Beach, Calif.: Here are a few facts Sean Spicer, President Trump’s spokesperson, needs to know: First, there is a difference between chunky and smooth peanut butter. Second, Santa and the Great Pumpkin are not related. And third, Hitler gassed 6 million people to death in World War II. I think it’s time Spicer look for another line of work. Might I suggest an internship at the Simon Wiesenthal Center or Anne Frank Foundation?

Denny Freidenrich

Enough already on Spicer

Margate, Fla.: The President’s daughter is an Orthodox Jew. So is his son-in-law. Their children are being raised as Jews. The prime minister of Israel, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S., and the Israeli representative to the UN all fully support the Trump administration. Sean Spicer, who as press secretary has no input on war and peace or the budget, has apologized. Move on.

Richard Sherman

Haunted tones

Fort Lee, N.J.: One can hear cries of the ghosts of victims of the Holocaust from the flippant comments from Sean Spicer of gas being used on innocent. Indeed, the truth and facts seem to be alternative views in the Trump universe. Gary Schwartz

‘F’ in history

Brooklyn: The most popular college majors these days might be in the computer programming, business and health fields, but the most important might be history. There are way too many Americans, including many who work for the current presidential administration, who have poor knowledge and understanding of American history and world history. Our nation is history-impoverished, and we will spiral downward without our citizens holding better general historical knowledge. Ellen Levitt

1600 Amateur Ave

Manhattan: Call me an elitist, but I consider brains to be an asset. Sean Spicer’s latest (horrific) gaffe proves, once again, just how intellectually inferior this administration is. It’s one thing for Trump to surround himself with rank amateurs, but dumb rank amateurs? Unforgiveable.

Anne Stockton

Abortion just as tragic

Eastchester, N.Y.: Kudos for the Daily News headline of April 5, “We must not look away,” featuring a picture of a wounded Syrian child. Now we need another “we must not look away” cover for the millions of U.S. babies who have been torn apart, burned, etc. by abortion. Joan Mclean

Boss and Billy redux

Beatrice, Nebr.: If George Steinbrenner were Trump’s mentor, perhaps what we would see over the next four years is Trump firing and then rehiring Steve Bannon as the White House policy wonk, over and over and over.

Donald Loren McBride

Pampered players

FOX NEWS Staten Island: Your wide-angle shot of the Yankees on the first base line on opening day was eye-catching (“Gary can’t do squat,” April 11): The majority of the team all have their hands clenched in a fist behind their backs. Is this some kind of protest, and if so, what are the players protesting? I’m sure it’s not their salaries or want of better playing conditions. Perhaps you could look into this and let your readers know what these poor, oppressed ballplayers have to complain about. Michael Modafferi

Tupac’s no Hall of Famer

College Point: Did I read right? Tupac Shakur was inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? Can anyone tell me what rock ’n’ roll song he ever sang ?All I ever remember him singing were dirty, filthy, vile rap songs, and they put him in the Hall of Fame with the likes of Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and other great rock ’n’ roll singers? What a disgrace!

Fred Schneider