Following up on a story broken by my old friends at the Philadelphia Bulletin, O’Reilly uncovers some evidence. Via HotAir:

Two days ago, I wrote about allegations that the New York Times spiked a story that linked ACORN corruption to Barack Obama’s campaign. Last night, Bill O’Reilly played what appears to be smoking-gun evidence — an answering machine message from NYT reporter Stephanie Strom explaining how the editors shut down the story.

And here’s the money quote from the crusading reporter of the New York Times:

I have just been asked by my bosses to stand down. … They want me to hold off on coming to Washington. Ah, sorry, I take my orders from higher up, ah, sometimes. Anyway, I’m sorry about this and we’ll still be in touch. Take care, and, ah, let me know if there’s anything I can do to help you. Take care. Goodbye.

And there’s apparently missing tape — Nixonian overtones!