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O’Reilly Agrees With Obama: ‘Over-Reliance On The ‘Net…Will Not Help You Succeed’

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Bill O’Reilly took on on the perils of the Internet and found common ground with recent comments made by President Obama. Paraphrasing Obama as saying “too much Internet is bad for your mental health,” O’Reilly quickly agreed, then launched into rather lengthy screed explaining the current state of Internet videos, presumably to an audience that has little to no understanding of the digital age.

“Charlie Bit My Finger” and Lady Gaga’s Bad Romance music video were exemplified as the yin and yang of this crazy new world we now find ourselves, which was then followed by the conversation with Fox News analyst Juan Williams (a self described “old school” non-Twitterer) and Kate Obenshain of Young America’s Foundation, who praises the fact that, without the Internet, we’d never have learned about grade schools indoctrinating their kids with “Barack Hussein Obama” chants. In other words – the blind leading the blind. Fascinating social anthropology, nonetheless.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Lindhartsen/704548889 Chris Lindhartsen

    Wait, we could be misinformed though the internets? Alike to how we are through cable and OTA news programs?

  • MediaWhore

    Bildo’s problem is he doesn’t know where the internet’s lawn is, and he therefore doesn’t know where to scream at the kids to get off it.

  • ImNotBlue

    MediaWhore says:
    May 17, 2010 at 10:35 pm

    You didn’t read the story, did you?

    Bill O’Reilly took on on the perils of the Internet and found common ground with recent comments made by President Obama.

    I guess Obama wants the kids off his lawn too?

  • TylerDurden

    It is something that over 2 billion Youtube vids are watched each day.

  • TylerDurden

    But, heck, where else would you find a piano playing cat?

  • MediaWhore

    “You didn’t read the story, did you?”

    Actually I did. You’re just dumb enough to believe that Obama and O’Reilly both wanting the kids off their internet lawn are mutually exclusive.

  • BillSays

    Dawg, whore here.

    You, whore, dat white man O’Reilly after yo black ass agn?

    Dat white man want da whore, i think.

  • BillSays

    Whore, I sing fa yo.

    Dink, a dink a dink, a dink dink, a dink a do!

    dat white be wanting you whore. dat white man mean. He want slavery back just one day so he can beat yo big black ass,whore!

    dat white man crazy, whore!

  • lonestar77

    “O’Reilly quickly agreed, then launched into rather lengthy screed explaining the current state Internet videos, presumably to an audience that has little to know understanding of the digital age.” –Colby Hall–

    Huh? Care to take another whack at that one Colby? I can’t even decipher what you’re attempting to write.

  • The Real Royal King

    It is simply foolish to be copncerned about our children turning into fatties wholly without social interaction skills.

  • ImNotBlue

    MediaWhore says:
    May 17, 2010 at 11:03 pm

    Actually I did. You’re just dumb enough to believe that Obama and O’Reilly both wanting the kids off their internet lawn are mutually exclusive.

    That doesn’t actually make any sense. Are you trying to say that O’Reilly wants kids off his lawn, but Obama doesn’t… and you’re openly applying a different conclusion based on the person, even though their statements are the same. OR are you trying to say that both O’Reilly and Obama agree, and you’re willing to mock Obama as well?

    Awaiting your insult… er, I mean “reply.”

  • ImNotBlue

    The Real Royal King says:
    May 17, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    So you’re agreeing with O’Reilly?

  • writer

    Wait. O’Reilly is always wrong, so if he agrees with Obama, that means Obama must be wrong. And Obama can never be wrong. What a paradox!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Brian-Rogiers/1426705964 Brian Rogiers
  • The Real Royal King

    ImNotBlue says:
    May 17, 2010 at 11:44 pm
    The Real Royal King says:
    May 17, 2010 at 11:43 pm

    So you’re agreeing with O’Reilly?

    I don’t always disagree with O’Reilly. I don’t always disagree with anyone except Jeff Merrill. By the way, where is he? It’s not that recurring rash, is it?

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    O’Reilly is right except you guys can’t see it because you’re too busy spending your day arguing on an internet blog.

    You guys are the proof of what too much internet can do to a person.

  • MrGlennBovineKoldys

    I have to agree with Bildo on this one.

    Someone ought to pass a law so smut like the link below is not circulating freely on the intertubes.

    Watch:

    http://www.spike.com/video/osexxxy-factor/2652983

  • Sunnyr

    O’Reilly is more out of touch with reality than my 93 year old MIL with Alzheimer’s! Obama was grousing about “information” on the internet because a lot of it is against him and his radical Marxist REGIME. He appears on video, along with some of his odd-ball Czar’s saying the most horrifying things and he can’t refute them or write them off as bogus. His own words, from his own big mouth. People across this nation are beginning to “GET IT.” And they don’t like what they are seeing and hearing. He is getting desperate and now wants to control the Internet. This arrogant, narcissistic doofus is OUT in 2012 and it can’t come soon enough!

  • Big_F-ing_Deal

    ^^^^^^^ Proof of what too much time on the internet can do to you. ^^^^^^

  • http://thedailybarb.com Burnnotice

    These kids nowadays, all day long walking around texting and talking on there phones. Its so funny to watch. Like a bunch of Zombies not even aware of what is happening around them….

  • ImNotBlue

    Whatsamatter, Colby?

    You didn’t like that we called out on your grammatical/spelling errors? Don’t worry… I remember that according to you, O’Reilly’s audience has “little to know understanding of the digital age.”

    HAHAHAHA!

    What a joke you’ve made this website. My post (and another’s) were removed because they called you out for one undeniable mistake (above), and a whole host of logical flaws and nastiness. Apparently… that’s not allowed.

    But let’s look at what is allowed?! Spam… sure! Swearing… no problem! Really vile “commentary” from the left… a-okay!

    But maybe I’m being too harsh. Maybe pointing out how you’ve changed the history of this page to suite yourself isn’t such a bad thing.

    So you tell me! Why did you remove my post? Why didn’t you respond to my questions? Why are the other posts (including spam) allowed?

  • tjl

    INB said, “What a joke you’ve made this website…”

    I assume this means you’ll be leaving us? Or are you just venting?

  • ImNotBlue

    tjl says:
    May 18, 2010 at 11:59 am

    I assume this means you’ll be leaving us? Or are you just venting?

    Leave? Nah. You don’t let the crazy people run the asylum, do you?

  • lazzzlo

    Spam and partisan comments aside; the face of the media has changed. Pay walls are coming up as print media has been forced to recoup costs. I’ve had the NY Times and the Washington Post delivered to my inbox since 1997. I refused to pay for for printed articles which I could get freely on the Net (from the original source).

    I knew it was a good ride and I always wondered when it would end. Snippets of news and soundbites are all the rage but carefully chosen RSS feeds can give a person a proper balance. I have feeds from the left that I check out as well as views from the right (the folders are actually named as such).

    I use Mediate for a little levity and I do love to read the comments and occasionally dabble in them myself. You get a pulse for what’s going on.

    Bottom line is that there is a new(er) way of communicating that exists and won’t be going away anytime soon. It’s a silly argument to say that reliance on the Internet will not help you succeed. That’s denial. I’ve been working in IT for 20 years…it’s a brand new world and businesses need to catch up or get left behind.

  • Averreauxii

    Obama and O’reilly are both wrong on this and I am an Obama supporter. Without the internet, we would rely on the very media (TV/newspapers) that lie, distort and obfuscate facts. This goes for both liberals and conservatives. You can verify facts very fast online in a matter of minutes if you know where to look. This is not surprising coming from O’reilly, but Obama? The conservative lady guest made only one great point amidst her garble. Obama’s campaign literally broke new ground by fully utilizing new media. These old school guys really need to join the rest of us in the new millenium.

  • ImNotBlue

    Averreauxii says:
    May 18, 2010 at 2:33 pm

    Actually, I think the point from both O’Reilly and Obama was that the internet can be used as an important tool… but it can also be an overwhelming distraction, and a real hindrance. The trick is to balance the two out… which as the internet grows, is becoming more difficult.

  • lazzzlo

    But they assume you are distracted. They may be only looking one way…doesn’t mean others approach the new media differently.

  • lazzzlo

    I meant that but I said it wrong.

    It’s an old versus new way of communicating. It really is transparent. It breaks down a lot of walls.
    As much as people pay lip service to “it”, I”m pretty sure a lot of media business models are not quite ready for what has already happened.

  • lazzzlo

    I think the key is that you can refer to anything as long it is sourced.

    That does not work well with public representatives.

    When it is sourced at least twice…from independent sources who are not substantiating rumors.

    Using Poynter rules.

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