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O’Reilly Lectures Valerie Jarrett and Michelle Obama About How To Prevent Teen Pregnancy

Posted by Ellen -7859.80pc on February 27, 2014 · Flag

Bill O’Reilly thinks he knows better than President Obama, his advisor Valerie Jarrett and Michelle Obama about how to prevent teen pregnancy and help empower disadvantaged youth. So although O’Reilly was obviously delighted to have been invited to the White House today for the launch of the Obama administration’s “My Brother’s Keeper” initiative, designed to empower boys and young men of color, he just couldn’t help lecturing Jarrett about a few areas that need improving. One of them was for Michelle Obama to come on The Factor and admonish teens not to get pregnant.

When did O’Reilly become an expert in improving the lives of young men of color? When he taught high school about 40 years ago? From the Trayvon Martin tragedy? 

Regardless, O’Reilly offered up his “expertise” right in his Talking Points, even before Jarrett joined him. “The initiative is very well intentioned,” he announced, “But some specific things must be done.” He went on to enumerate them: teach children to read, provide mentors to individual children, provide jobs for kids so they can learn good work habits young and improve relations with law enforcement. But the one he kept harping on was for “high profile Americans… (to) go on television and the net to warn… young people that having babies outside of marriage and bringing children into this world without resources is cruel.” O’Reilly said there has to be a campaign and peer pressure not to get pregnant “unless you’re in a stable situation.” 

I have to say every one of O’Reilly’s suggestions sounds worthy. But are they the sole answers? At the very least, O’Reilly could have had the graciousness and humility to let Jarrett speak about the White House initiative uninterrupted and listen politely. But no.

“You’ve got to get in there (to street culture) …and I don’t know if you guys see the urgency of that,” O’Reilly instructed Jarrett. He went on to declare that the administration will have to get entertainment figures, like Jay Z and Kanye West, “to knock it off.”

Jarrett responded by saying there are programs out there already that work. Instead of asking her for more information, O’Reilly turned his attention to Michelle Obama:

I want you to tell her something for me tonight… I want Michelle Obama to come on this program, right here, and I want Michelle Obama to look into that camera and say, “You teenage girls, you stop having sex. You stop getting pregnant. This is wrong." I want her to do that right here.”

As if The O’Reilly Factor has the same audience of teenage girls as Jay Z and Kanye! Do they tune in before the really young ones sit down to watch The Kelly File?

Jarrett actually laughed at the suggestion of Michelle Obama going on Fox.

O’Reilly continued:

Are you kidding me? Do you know how many people saw that Super Bowl interview (with the president)? …Michelle Obama comes on this program and looks into that camera and tells teenage girls – not just black teenage girls, but all teenage girls – "Don’t do these things because they are destructive."

…You’re not getting gritty enough.

Jarrett did a good job. She was good-humored in her responses. But I think she made it clear Michelle Obama will not be appearing on The Factor any time soon.

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Jerry Waddle commented 2014-03-01 02:40:27 -0500 · Flag
Billo suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder, (NPD)
Mister Baddass commented 2014-02-28 22:27:27 -0500 · Flag
The first thing you have to realize about O’Reilly, from a lay shrink’s view, is that he has all the classic manifestations of one person who has the following condition.

“He is a constitutional psychopath, with inadequate personality, and, strong and anti-social trends.”

You don’t have to be more than preschool graduate to see that this fella has major problems. Even they know that Fox News Channel’s is comprised of less than 2 percent of its entire viewership. So why would Mrs. Obama go on his show to talk to one or two black teenagers.
Sandman2 commented 2014-02-28 21:56:30 -0500 · Flag
There’s an awful lot of white kids that listen to “rap” here in backwater Wisconsin. Will you be asking for Eminem to come speak to them, cause’ I think that would sell out real fast!
I enjoyed watching Valerie Jarrett politely poke even more holes into O’Reilly’s aggrieved white male ideology!
He’s probably just pissed that a black family got past his hand-picked Home Owners Association and now live in his neighborhood!
Adam Henige commented 2014-02-28 18:16:31 -0500 · Flag
Probably should have Sarah Palin come on and give her ideas…
d d commented 2014-02-28 10:22:37 -0500 · Flag
I hadn’t yet seen this BOR/Jarrett segment but from what I heard on F&F this morning, they made it sound like BOR really got the upper hand over Jarrett. While Douchey gave Jarrett credit for doing the “awkward encounter” with a “smile”, he gleefully crowed that BOR was giving her “fire” and that it got “a little hot for her in the hot seat.” (eye roll)

While I totally agree that this sounds like a good initiative to support, BOR always has to make it about HIMSELF. “I want Michelle Obama to come on this program, right here…”. Bwaaah! BOR gives himself and his show way too much credit. If BOR wants more teens to get the message, why would MO (or anyone else supporting the program for that matter) come on “The Factor” (or FOX “news”)? The demographic in question does not watch FOX “news” or “The Factor”. I guess he’s counting on some kind of ripple effect wherein the teen demo would catch his segment with MO on the Internet somewhere? LOL! Sorry, BOR, but if the promoters of this initiative wish to use the mass media to get their message out, they would be wise to use their time, money and spokespeople at media/entertainment outlets that more relate to the demo they are trying to reach.

One more thing – I found BOR’s singular focus on the sex lives of teenage girls in this segment to be over-the-top. Why didn’t he also admonish teenage boys by saying, “you teenage boys, you stop having sex”? Why isn’t he encouraging this new initiative to tell the guys to keep it in their pants? For crying out loud, it takes 2 to tango. Did it even cross BOR’s pea-brain that if teen boys weren’t pressuring teen girls to have sex, then maybe a lot of these pregnancies wouldn’t be happening? Yes, a teen girl can say no but I think we all know that peer pressure is a huge force that often wins out. When BOR dedicates a whole segment to telling teenage boys to quit having sex, I will be more than happy to give him an attaboy. Until then, it’s just BOR’s sexist (slut shaming?) mindset coming to the fore again.
Anne-claire Souza commented 2014-02-28 10:16:44 -0500 · Flag
I don’t see any reason for anybody to watch that joke of a show,Iam so grateful for "News Hounds "doing so ,I Just can’t, I get nightmares
Sandman2 commented 2014-02-28 10:07:05 -0500 · Flag
Billdo, like his boss’s and the Koch Brothers, is lamenting the inevitable downturn of the “White male power structure!”
He seemed panicky talking to a woman who has more influence than he does.
truman commented 2014-02-28 09:27:42 -0500 · Flag
Outside of Herman Crazy Train Cain and Allen Wacko West, how many African-Americans tune in to Bildo to have him whitesplain to them?
Jan Hall commented 2014-02-28 08:57:13 -0500 · Flag
Perhaps Junior O’Reilly could inform the Teen Girls that they can’t be impregnated by a Vibrator, and then offer to Coach them in Vibrator use.
Bill Friday commented 2014-02-28 08:29:06 -0500 · Flag
Great post Ellen! It mirrored my exact thoughts when I watched it last night!!
How many sexually active black teenage girls watch The Factor every night LOL
He is such a friggin’ pompous asshole!!
Dario Bard commented 2014-02-28 06:08:42 -0500 · Flag
Has O’Reilly ever looked more full of himself than he does in this clip?
Joseph West commented 2014-02-28 03:09:53 -0500 · Flag
Jarrett should’ve fired back with “Well, Bill, YOU should start off every show with something like, Guys, keep it zipped up. Don’t think you’ve got a right to have sex just because you’ve got a penis*. If you think that thing requires sex, introduce it to your right hand and go for it—just keep it away from the girls. Because if you get a girl pregnant, it’s YOUR responsibility as well. Girls don’t get pregnant by themselves.” She should’ve also reminded Bill that he’s not exactly got a great track record when it comes to relationships with women so he might not exactly be the best person to be telling the First Lady what she should be doing in regards to teenage girls. And, probably bring up something about how the GOP likes to talk a lot about “personal responsibility” even as so many of the members seem to eschew it whenever they become embroiled in a bit of personal controversy.

*Personally, I would’ve used something a bit more, um, earthy, but that would’ve probably earned a cut mike from Mr Loofah himself.
Aria Prescott commented 2014-02-28 03:02:52 -0500 · Flag
So, lemme get this straight: O’Reilly wants Michelle Obama to appear on his show- A program that slanders her at every turn, entertains the notion that her and her husband are tyrants, and has a problem with her so much as sneezing… To lecture teen girls about something private.

MO might have a lot of grace against her critics, but there are limits to everything, Bill.
Jerry Waddle commented 2014-02-28 01:06:35 -0500 · Flag
The best way to prevent teen pregnancy is for Bill’O to keep his pants zipped.
NewsHounds posted about O’Reilly Lectures Valerie Jarrett and Michelle Obama About How To Prevent Teen Pregnancy on NewsHounds' Facebook page 2014-02-28 00:33:12 -0500
I'll bet the teen girls tune into O'Reilly before the really young ones tune into The Kelly File.








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