O'Reilly Factor...sorta bad press for Apple.
Bill O'Reilly had a guest on "The O'Reilly Factor" that is a talk show host, the topic was about Eminem and his influence on culture. Bill O"Reilly made a statement saying that if kids today imitate Eminem and show up to IBM with a tatoo on their neck or a nose ring etc they wouldnt get the job. He said no straightlaced company would hire these people in todays world.
THE LADY GUEST REPLIED: WELL APPLE MIGHT HIGHER SOMEONE LIKE THAT
BILL THE SAID: WELL THATS JUST---
and then they went on to different stuff.
Just sorta sounded like bad press for Apple, i know they are liberal but linking them with Eminem is a little over the top.
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THE LADY GUEST REPLIED: WELL APPLE MIGHT HIGHER SOMEONE LIKE THAT
BILL THE SAID: WELL THATS JUST---
and then they went on to different stuff.
Just sorta sounded like bad press for Apple, i know they are liberal but linking them with Eminem is a little over the top.
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This isn't anything to get torqued up about.
Apple, the company that will hire you based on who you are, not what you look like.
seems ok to me. i'm sorry, but in the creative, artful, innovative culture business suits are bad.
<strong>ha ha, to me that seems like good press.
Apple, the company that will hire you based on who you are, not what you look like.
seems ok to me. i'm sorry, but in the creative, artful, innovative culture business suits are bad.</strong><hr></blockquote>
While I totally agree with this statement (i mean Steve is in jeans at every macworld) I think that Apple is maybe portrayed as a joke because they are so liberal. "Apple, the company that will hire you if you are gay and have a nose ring but wont hire the guy in a suit."
They hire people of all types, they dont JUST hire people in specific demographics.
I think if he had something to say about Apple he should have articulated it instead of brushing it away and looking like an idiot.
I'm glad they didn't realize they were actually complimenting Apple!
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<strong>Bill O'Reilly had a guest on "The O'Reilly Factor" that is a talk show host, the topic was about Eminem and his influence on culture. Bill O"Reilly made a statement saying that if kids today imitate Eminem and show up to IBM with a tatoo on their neck or a nose ring etc they wouldnt get the job. He said no straightlaced company would hire these people in todays world.
THE LADY GUEST REPLIED: WELL APPLE MIGHT HIGHER SOMEONE LIKE THAT
BILL THE SAID: WELL THATS JUST---
and then they went on to different stuff.
Just sorta sounded like bad press for Apple, i know they are liberal but linking them with Eminem is a little over the top.</strong><hr></blockquote>
They should have checked out the movie "Pirates Of Silicon Valley" before doing the show...
In that movie Steve wont hire a guy just because he looks like an IBM-kind-a-guy!
He wants people thats diffrent, looks diffrent and acts diffrent... And of course, thinks diffrent!
It's no accident.
Anyway.
Personally, I like it that Apple might be seen as "out there" or whatever. I'll never wear a suit or tie I don't have to "fit in" and play with Excel and PowerPoint for a living.
1) Bill O' Rielly is the WWF star of journalism. His job is to pull somebody on his show and jump all over them. His positions on things are so inconsistent that he's not very effective as a serious advocate or opponent for anything.
2) Apple is VERY liberal. As long as they don't start donating or investing in anything I would consider wrong, I couldn't care less who works for them. I like their product, that's why I like Apple.
3) Steve Jobs is even more of an entertainer than O' Rielly. While he did seem to heroically pull Apple from certain death, he is not the "Savior" people seem to see him as. He's a celebrity, not an actual CEO. Nevertheless, I'm not buy Steve Jobs, I'm buying his product.
4) People need to put some things into perspective. Who cares if Apple is put down in some segment on some cable show. If they do the same to your favorite auto macufacturer or clothes manufacturer, you wouldn't be near as upset. It's disturbing how religiously devoted people have become to a computer manufacturer.
1) Bill O' Rielly is the WWF star of journalism. His job is to pull somebody on his show and jump all over them. His positions on things are so inconsistent that he's not very effective as a serious advocate or opponent for anything.
2) Apple is VERY liberal. As long as they don't start donating or investing in anything I would consider wrong, I couldn't care less who works for them. I like their product, that's why I like Apple.
3) Steve Jobs is even more of an entertainer than O' Rielly. While he did seem to heroically pull Apple from certain death, he is not the "Savior" people seem to see him as. He's a celebrity, not an actual CEO. Nevertheless, I'm not buying Steve Jobs, I'm buying his product.
4) People need to put some things into perspective. Who cares if Apple is put down in some segment on some cable show. If they do the same to your favorite auto macufacturer or clothes manufacturer, you wouldn't be near as upset. It's disturbing how religiously devoted people have become to a computer manufacturer.
<strong>Personally, I like it that Apple might be seen as "out there" or whatever. I'll never wear a suit or tie I don't have to "fit in" and play with Excel and PowerPoint for a living.
Jesus Pscates, I have to actually take a required course in Microsoft Office at my college. How ridiculous is that!? I wrote on the course comment sheet: "I have no desire to learn the convoluted nuances of a bloated, feature-superfluous "productivity" suite." I laughed out loud when she called the Office Help Assistant "that annoying little creature in the bottom right hand of your screen." I definitely didn't fit in.
I was poking around in Excel one night. Man, I haven't got a CLUE!
BTW, my ex's professor has a Titanium PowerBook and OS X and my ex says that she (the prof) has made - in class - 3 or 4 VERY pro Apple statements out loud.
She said someone asked her one day, in front of everyone, "doesn't that crash a lot?"
And the professor just looked at him and said "No, it's a Mac. And it's running OS X. Anything else?"
My kinda educator!