Politics

Baldwin once compared the 2000 presidential election to the September 11, 2001 attacks: “I know that’s a harsh thing to say, perhaps, but I believe that what happened in 2000 did as much damage to the pillars of democracy as terrorists did to the pillars of commerce in New York City.”^[16]

Baldwin and commentator Bill O’Reilly have been in a number of conflicts. Despite their political differences, however, Baldwin stated on his blog after an interview with O’Reilly, that he “was aggressive, but was a gentleman throughout”, and also called O’Reilly a “talented broadcaster.”^[15] Baldwin, however, also referred to O’Reilly’s employer, Fox News Channel, in the same blog post as “Roger Ailes’ Luftwaffe/Looney Bin news operation.”

Baldwin serves on the board of People for the American Way.