Far be it from me to impugn on the occupation of political pundits, being a political scientist with a bonified degree gives me no right to give opinions based on rational fact or reason, but O'Reilly has started encroaching on our honorable past time of head shots and tea bagging. Indeed, O'Reilly made some rather interesting comments today, saying A large portion of the population, mostly... under the age of 45, who don’t deal with reality - ever. They don’t know what day it is... they don’t know what their neighbor looks like. They don’t know anything… because they are constantly diverted by a machine... it takes a person away from reality because they’ve created their own reality…. You can find the article here for some more egregious comments about how gamers are the new drug users, conjuring up images of back alley halo sessions with thirty somethings with signs reading "need live, anything will help, god bless". Don't look at me, I'm still going to med school.
Ignoring his past comments, such as lying about awards he's earned, where he grew up, comments he's made, or even slandering his political opposites, his comments concerning gamers, and indeed other tech users such as people with ipods, is rather jaded (especially considering he offers regular podcasts, double lawl). Bill O'Reilly stated that he was truly afraid because the Taliban, unlike nerds, were out killing people. Apparently this was a call to arms among the gaming elite, as thousands of nerds threw up arms, and then quickly hyperventilated and sat down to finish their hot pockets. lawl.
When a thousand people say a thousand things that are incorrect about one of my favorite past times, usually I just laugh at them and keep playing, but considering the following O'Reilly has in conjunction with the mounting political clout seeking a solution to the "epidemic" of gaming, I suggest you do the following;
1. Go to your email 2. Send a letter to askfox@foxinc.com asking them to remove his programming. 3. Play a video game
Everybody has the freedom to say and think what they wish, despite how it offends or how uninformed the statement is, but as consumers, we have the ability to influence programming on channels such as Fox news. Show them we mean business, gamers unite!