Kuala Lampur, April 18 -- "The Malays don't have any money," he said - dismissing an entire people during Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit as if geopolitical nuance could be reduced to a bad punchline.

It wasn't commentary. It was contempt, dressed up as analysis.

Let's be clear: this wasn't economic critique. It was lazy, loud-mouthed condescension - the kind that says more about the speaker than the subject.

Worse, Bill O'Reilly dragged an entire ethnic group into the mud, reducing "the Malays" to a stereotype of poverty, mid-broadcast, with the smirk of someone who thought he was being clever.

Imagine, for a moment, a Malaysian pundit scoffing, "Why visit America? Half their citizens can't even afford healthcare." It woul...