Published on Jun 8, 2015

"Bill O’Reilly is correct when he consistently hammers home the theme of what a distracted nation we have become…particularly when it comes to America’s youth.

No doubt: The phone is our world now. Young, old, in-between…it doesn’t seem to matter. We are a country that simply cannot not look at our iPhones and Galaxies for less than 60 seconds before beginning to twitch (a recent USA Today Poll shows 47 percent of adults say they couldn’t last more than a day without their phone). There’s no number on it, but that number likely doubles for anyone under 20.

Want some more stats around nomophobia (“no-more-phone-phobia”…it’s a real term). Here you go: A Harris Interactive study indicates that among 1,100 adults in the U.S. who use smartphones, 9 percent reported using their phones during intercourse, 55 percent while driving (which isn’t unsafe or anything), 33 percent while on a dinner date, and 12 percent in the friggin’ shower."

Read more here:
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/oreilly-shows-his-age-by-dissing-facebook-as-powerful-news-platform/

Cenk Uygur (http://www.twitter.com/cenkuygur), host of The Young Turks, breaks it down.

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"Bill O'Reilly is correct when he consistently hammers home the theme of what a distracted nation we have become…particularly when it comes to America's youth. No doubt: The phone is our world now. Young, old, in-between…it doesn't seem to matter.