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The O'Reilly Factor had a segment on Britney Spears earlier tonight, where host Bill
O'Reilly spoke with journalism student Rachel Smith and Andrea Lafferty, both of whom
are not fans of Britney Spears and her negative influence on young girls. Bill actually stood
up for Britney in this case. Read on for a transcript.

Bill: Thanks for staying with us. I'm bill o'reilly. In the second in the "personal story" segment tonight, the
pop star Britney Spears. While it is possible that her pop lairty and influence has peaked among young
american girls, she is still a visible presence. Ms. Spears is 21 years old, has sold 52 million records in
the last four yearsful but it is her videos that have drawn the most negative attention as she rives around in
tight clothing. The question is, is she a danger to little girls? Joining us now from atlanta is rachel smith a
senior journalism student at the university of georgia, who has a problem with ms. Spears and from
washington, andrea lafferty who also does not admire Britney. You're gadging up on me perform I'll stick
up for ms. Spears here. I understand you and your class were discussing my point of view on ludacris,
the rapper who we think is a vile guy, and britmy Spears got into it. Tell us about that.

>> We were discussing it in my editorial writing class and I agree with your column that ludacris is a
negative influence on kid. His music is just full of profanity and all that mess. But then in your column, you
said that Britney's influence was not as serious.

Bill: That's right. Don't worry about that. Just plug it in there. Don't worry about it. Hold it up there if
you'd like. Britney Spears basically sings little love songs and rives around. That is dangerous why?

>> Could you repeat that?

Bill: Britney Spears since little love songs and writhes around, semi undressed. What's the problem?

>> Well, I mean, I think a lot of little girls look up to Britney Spears. She won two teen choice awards,
one for choice female hottie this summer in august. And little girls look up to her and then they want to
dress like her and inappropriately for their age. And parents, you know, she's shown as a role model on
this because she talks about being a virgin and all this and parents can't see t that she is having a really
negative influence on their children.
Bill: Parents can't see it? If any parent lets their little girl dress like Britney Spears, their parent is a moron.
The same argument is that some little girls don't have good parents. Ms. Lafferty, what do you say?

>> Well, bill, I guess -- first I want to say is that i'm not a feminist or man hater. But you are totally
wrong and you don't get it and you don't get it because you are a man.

Bill: Uh-oh.

>> The thing is, you didn't grow up -- you went through adolescence as a male not as a female. So, you
don't understand and you couldn't possibly understand what young girls go through. We're comparing
two completely different things and you're talking about ludacris verses Britney Spears. And to sort of
say that a heart attack is worse than cancer is what you've done. They're both dangerous.

Bill: I don't see the danger in Britney Spears, only I see it in that she dresses like permissively. But you
see that at the beach.

>> That is the image.

Bill: Let me give you a chance, ms. Lafferty and i'm sure you're going to remember this. Anne margaret.
Remember anne margaret? She was in a movie called "viva las vegas" and that was when I knew I was
heterosexual and I popped up seeing anne margaret. Whoa, there was something going on. Buzz she a
pernicious influence as well?

>> We're talking about someone who started out, she has been -- her target audience has been young
girls.

Bill: "Bye-bye birdie" was young kids.

>> She wasn't a mouseketeer. They're different. Women that watch your show, mothers, grandmothers,
aunts, single women, they understand. They know what it's like to look in the mir ron and to have this put
out there --

Bill: I understand that. But, you know, she is a performer. She's got a good body. She's in the gym 18
hours a day or whatever she is doing.

>> That's a good point that young girls don't understand. That this girl has been created, her body is not
completely natural.

Bill: That's right.

>> She works out. She is not a normal --

Bill: But this is what performances are these days. Are you going to ban performances?

>> I'm not talking about banning. But, you know, we come back to the struggles that even mothers and
daughters have. We saw this during back-to-school shopping. Moms didn't want their daughters dressing
in --

Bill: Oh, look. I'm with you on that, ms. Lafferty. Ridiculous if a little girl goes out in a halter top and all of
this. It's jonbenet ramsey stuff.

>> Little girls want to buy thong underwear.

Bill: I know they want to buy. But they're told no.

>> Well, yeah. But this is a tough time to be a parent.

Bill: Oh, bologna. If I'm the father and that -- and my little girl wants to do it, say no. Am I wrong here,
ms. Smith?

>> Are you taking your daughter back-to-school shopping? Are you taking your daughter to buy bras? I
don't think so.

Bill: Trust me on this, no daughter of mine leaves the house when she is a little girl dressing like Britney
Spears. I would know about it. I want to go to you, ms. Smith. You're at the university. You're supposed
to be hip and with it like me. And are most people thinking Britney Spears is a do you think the republic
at the university level?

>> I don't know about that. I don't know if most people have thought about it. I think ludacris is
obviously a mortisable danger because, you know, it's just very obvious how dangerous he is. But for
Britney, I think she just packages it in a nicer package --

Bill: But you go on spring break and any beach in georgia and florida, you'people walking around in a
beach --

>> That is not a pop star.

Bill: What difference does it make? If you see somebody on the beach.

>> She's being lifted up. This is something a 13-year-old or 14-year-old girl is looking at herself --

Bill: I made the same argument about elvis presley, swiveling his hips, had the greasy hair.

>> It is not the same thing.

Bill: It is the same argument because the performer rives around --

>> We're seeing numbers of young anorexic women increase. Seeing numbers of young girls saying I
want breast implants. Teen girls.

Bill: Look. That's not Britney Spears, that's the whole industry.

>> Britney Spears does add it to. Now she's gone from being a mouseketeer to being a pop star to
being -- there are a lot of words used to describe how she looks now. Vamp may be a nires one.

Bill: Would you ban her? Is that what you want to do? Do you want to put her in jail? What do you want
to do?

>> Of course not, bill. Of course not.

Bill: What do you want to do?

>> I think we need to help parents and we need to be realistic and use this as an opportunity to
acknowledge that we have -- there are issues that is are rising and girls are struggling from some serious
self-image problems, anorexia, bulimia, a lot of things based on the images put out in the media.
Corporate america says I want to put Britney Spears out there and they're lifting her up and it is making
life more difficult and this is what girls are striving to look like. Britney Spears.

Bill: Listen. I got it. But that's the way it's always been in the merchandising and packaging of hollywood
and madison avenue. However, I do agree with you, ladies, that parents cannot, cannot, allow their little
girls to go out looking like Britney Spears or behave like her. They have to, you know, put it into
perspective. This is a show, it's a game, and this is what they do. Thank you very much we appreciate
your point of view. I know I'm going to get mail on this. Oh, god, am I going to get maiL

Dangerously Crazy

people need to separate the stage Britney from the 'every-day eating a burger' Britney

GossipMan

Agreed, people just like to blame Britney because its easy and its free publicity for their lame
causes. AHH, I could go on, but it would give me a headache..

BRITwannaB

parents can't control their kids....its easier to blame Britney

BritBaby

I know.I agree completley.And they always blame the famous people

Starshine

I Couldnt Have Said It Better Myself..

I Was Watching Jenny Jones *Gives Everyone A Moment To Laugh At Me LMAO* And It Was One Of Those, "My Daughter Wants To Be Britney Spears" And They Had All These Little 12 Year Olds, Dressed "Like Britney" And All The Moms Were Blaming Britney.. And EVERY Single Comment From The Audience.. Was Backing Brit.. They Were All Saying, "Its Not Britney.. Its You" And "It Doesnt Matter HOW Britney Dresses.. Its Up To You, As A Parent, To Say No" And The Moms Were Saying, "You Dont Know What Its Like, Im A Single Mother" And Blah Blah Blah.. But You Know What? My Mom Was A Single Mother.. And If I Was Doing Something She Didnt Think I Should Be Doing.. She Said, "NO" And I Listened.. Because SHE's The Mom, And Im The Kid..

LOL Anyways, I Trailed Off... Thanks For Posting Dewd.. It Was A Good Transcript

Ephrils

Man, the other person made Britney out to be the scapegoat for everything.. geez, do some parenting or something..

ManSlippers

i watched it when it aired. funny how they tried to blame anorexia on Britney, and girls dressing like hoes on Britney...so I guess its all Britney's responsibility to raise people's kids...that's basically the implication, which is rediculous. I knew I could count on Bill to defend her...he nearly always does.

SweetieD87

I would soo love to talk to those women! My gosh! Have they ever seen Britney say "I dont want to be a role model, Im not perfect"! Im sure they have, they just choose to ignore it. Some people see Britney as some perfect barbie image. And i hate that so much. She isnt perfect, she has never said that young girls should try to look like her, and she hasnt said anything to encourage girls to want to look like her. There are so many other people out there in the pop industry. It really bugs me that it is always Britney. SHe is probably the nicest one of all of them, she doesnt diserve this! If Moms dont like how Britney dresses or whatever than all they have to do is just not let their children listen to her. And they can stop ranting about how Britney influences their children when really they are just trying to place the blame on somebody for their childrens problems. They need to grow up and look in the mirror to find the problem!

ManSlippers

Amen