"On Tuesday in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, three Muslim students were murdered, shot dead. Police have arrested 46-year-old Craig Stephen Hicks. He is charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Investigators say Hicks shot the victims over a parking dispute. The FBI is now looking into possible hate crime violations, but that investigation has just begun. Hicks is a malcontent, a trouble-maker by all accounts. He is an atheist who has attacked all religions on the net, and has also advocated for gay marriage. Almost immediately after the shooting, the verbal accusations began. MSNBC's Chris Hayes blamed the murders on a 'subtle, persistent anti-Muslim bias,' while a friend of the victims accused Fox News and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal of 'dehumanizing' Muslims.' That's just vile, but it's standard issue these days. Talking Points grieves for the three murdered young people. They are innocents destroyed by a disturbed individual. Just as all the human beings being destroyed by the jihadists around the world are innocents murdered for absolutely no reason. It is simply revolting that any person would throw around accusations against people who had nothing to do with the murder. It is long past time for all decent Americans to condemn those who use murder to advance a political agenda or seek vengeance against those with whom they disagree. The FBI will find out if these murders can be classified as hate crimes, just as the agency did in Ferguson, Missouri. But for the haters among us in America, the facts really don't matter. Do they?"

The Factor asked for reaction from conservative columnist Guy Benson and Washington Post reporter Kevin Sullivan. "There is absolutely no proof yet that this is a hate crime," Sullivan pronounced, "but the family suspects that something is going on. The victim's dad said his daughter told him she had had several run-ins with Mr. Hicks and it seemed clear to her that her religion was a problem for him." Benson portrayed the accused killer as a severely troubled man. "We don't know what happened, but this man is clearly an unstable and angry person who had particular contempt for people of faith, especially Christians. This could well have been him snapping over a long-simmering parking dispute, but people are jumping to conclusions." The Factor added about Hicks, "He's an atheist and he hates all religion, the quotes on his Internet site are just vile."

President Obama has singled out Staples for allegedly not hiring full-time workers in order to avoid providing them with health insurance under ObamaCare rules. The Factor examined that claim with Fox Business Network anchor Melissa Francis. "He's absolutely wrong on the facts of this story," she declared. "First of all, Staples has the same number of part-time workers that they had back in 2008. Most importantly, they do provide insurance for their part-time workers. In fact, Career Builder ranks them as the fifth-best company to work for if you're a part-time worker. They provide health insurance for same-sex spouses, domestic partners, and part-time employees. The president was wrong and intellectually lazy and he picked on the wrong company."

Fox News correspondent Geraldo Rivera weighed in on Jon Stewart's decision to give up his nightly platform on Comedy Central. "This is a huge blow to the left," he said, "because Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert were the intellectual prop of the progressive left. They could reach out and challenge someone like you in terms of the issues, but now there is no one. Rachel Maddow is the only one left and she is severely diminished from her status of a couple of years ago. The problem with the left and liberals is that they all think they're the smartest ones in the room." The Factor pointed to the ideological disparity in some forms of media: "There are some real titans in radio and television on the right, but there is no one on the left."

The Factor invited former NBA star Metta World Peace to opine on race relations in modern America and his new book aimed at black children. "I want to make sure that kids understand people," he said, "and that if someone is racist, it came from somewhere, they weren't born that way. If someone is a gang member, they weren't born a gang member. You don't want children to grow up hating police or hating another race, that's why my book is very diverse." World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, explained his name change. "I feel that I continue to evolve, that I continue to connect to people and the earth. So I wanted my name to evolve."

Greg Gutfeld and Bernard McGuirk opined on the new video in which President Obama mugs for the camera in an effort to promote ObamaCare. "I absolutely loved it and thought it was so adorable," Gutfeld jested. "In a serious time when we have war and beheadings and burnings, we need a little levity. We need more than a president, we need a cool clown. I think he should start making balloon animals in the shape of Yemen." McGuirk tried to explain the president's comedy routine. "He's trying to reach the nitwits who don't even know who Joe Biden is. The timing was horrible because it was the day the girl was killed by ISIS, but in his defense I think he was out that day for lunch with Ruth Bader Ginsburg and he got all liquored up. What I learned from this video is that 'selfie stick' has nothing to do with Anthony Weiner."

While in Los Angeles, Jesse Watters ventured out to some of the city's many ethnic neighborhoods. He stopped in an acupuncture clinic in Little Tokyo, and also spoke with some immigrants in Little Ethopia, Koreatown, Little India, and other ethnic enclaves. The highlights included Watters donning a formal Indian wedding suit and getting a traditional Korean massage to soothe his perennially aching "microphone shoulder." Watters extolled the benefits of his adventure, particularly the acupuncture, saying, "I'm more relaxed now, but I don't know if it's because I'm in L.A. or because of the pins."

Myron Hecker, New City, NY: "Bill, the Axelrod interview was a mistake. He's a partisan apologist determined to defend President Obama. You gave him the opportunity to evade the truth."

Karen Peterson, Chicago, IL: "O'Reilly, you made a good point on Sharpton when you asked Axelrod why he has access to the White House. His answer was weak."

Bill Manuel, Spokane, WA: "Sir, you continue to express bewilderment at why Obama would embrace a man such as Al Sharpton. He would for the same reason he had relationships with Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, and Frank Marshall Davis. These people are who he really is."

If you understand Judeo-Christian tradition, you know that Jesus preached forgiveness. The Nazarene would not be happy with today's dishonesty in the American media, but he would have felt sorry that a human being like Brian Williams has gotten crushed.