Why is Comcast Sucking Up to Bill O'Reilly?

You have to wonder why Comcast is so deathly afraid of Bill O'Reilly that they would fire a guy for daring to criticize His Royal Offalness.

On one level, it doesn't surprise me, as anybody who has ever had to deal with Comcast as a residential cable supplier knows that they are the Essence of Pure Evil. Comcast's biggest dream is to be a telecom giant and get to fulfill all of those warrantless wiretap requests from the Bush Administration. Comcast cares so little about its customers that they have jacked up their cable rates at about twice the rate of inflation.

(Speaking of which, it's about time for them to add two more bullshit cable channels to their package deals so they can raise their rates by another $4 per month.)

Why are they so afraid of O'Reilly?

(H/T to HuffPo)