Fox News host Heather Childers on Friday needled President Obama for using the phrase “YOLO” in a video produced by BuzzFeed after American hostage Kayla Mueller died in the hands of the Islamic State terror group.
“The President says, ‘YOLO, man!’ And for people at home who may not know what that stands for, YOLO stands for ‘you only live once,'” host Heather Childers said.
“Well you know who’s not alive, Juan, now? Kayla Mueller,” she said to Fox contributor Juan Williams. “And this was shot on the same day that information was released regarding her death.”
“I don’t think it has any connection to Mrs. Mueller’s sad demise,” Williams answered, pointing out the purpose of Obama’s Buzzfeed collaboration — promoting the Affordable Care Act.
Childers was not convinced, turning to her second guest, Fox contributor Mary Katherine Ham.
“And, Mary Katherine, do you agree that the timing of this has nothing to do with what we’re talking about today?” the host asked.
Ham had trouble throwing Childers a bone.
“I’m less concerned with the timing and more concerned with the sheer silliness of it,” she said, criticizing Obama for sporting the “undignified” and “not-exactly-presidential” invention, the selfie stick.
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Weren’t we just told that Kayla Mueller “was a Jew-hating, anti-Israel piece of crap?”
I’m so confused!
OMG this is a bit of a reach, even for FOX,.
They must be really desperate since they are picking apart a fucking video.
Oh and their concern is duly noted.
“Nope, no weapons over here [heh heh] . . . Maybe under here . . .”
I just don’t understand the criticism here. YOLO=You Only Live Once isn’t a statement that’s somehow changed by Mueller’s very unfortunate death. Mueller’s death isn’t somehow changed by saying 'YOLO". Somebody was killed and the president said, 'YOLO", what does one have to do with another? I just don’t get the connection at all.
"Sheer silliness? Coming from the very silly propaganda arm of the Very Silly Party [GOVSP], oh, the sheer irony. Humor really IS a foreign language to the Bog People.