Charlie Brooker on... The bullying of Rebecca Black

[Mayna00]

I love how Charlie is calling out on people who bullied Black, but is bullying Beiber in the same sentence.

Shows you what a cock that Bieber is.

[luthinuvielle]

I hope Rebecca Black got a link to this video. The ending was glorious.

"You will hear Rebecca's song [....] Friday Friday, you gotta get down on Friday cause that's the day you mop the fu***g floor".

xD

[CCNuck]

Dear Lord. I love you, Charlie Brooker. Saying that yeah the song is bad, but how she's been treated is pathetic and sick. Hurrah! Sanity!

[CCNuck]

She's a 13-year-old.  Leave her alone, jerks.

[siren7193]

"That song, that song, gotta hate that song" XO

[shay12365]

why like rebecca black song "friday" & talk about her scandlous!!!! I mean its a cool song she's getting some lesson. when she sung the national anthem it acually sound pretty nice!!! I mean come I don't think u dont have to be the biggest in best singer in the world she do got talent but come on she's 14 now!! she's still got time to improve (not saying she anit proving) the girl is famous.its a lot of singer that dont have the best voice but they made it!!!!!

[TheDavelogan]

Who gives a shit if it's the worst song ever recorded. Don't listen to it if you don't like it. The point is that you shouldn't attack her just because of the fact. If she runs you over in her car deliberately then you can attack her because then she's actually done something that is evil. Why don't people have avfunctioning sense of fucking proportion.

[hellangelzx]

If you can't stand the heat, stay out of the kitchen. Just because you can fucking use autotune, doesn't mean that you deserve to have 15 minutes of fame.

[oldrippy86]

David Carr sucking off the devil FTW!

[punkpoetry]

LEAVE BECCA ALONE!!!

[ShadeCrenshaw]

The bullying is Justified. Maybe not to the "Kill yourself" extent but to the "You deserve to be bashed on the head with a brick" extent. She created something god awful and brought music to an all time low.

[SariaCross]

@ShadeCrenshaw just because someone did something that you didnt particularly like but did no harm to ANYONE doesnt justify bullying. and I cant believe you think it does. NOTHING justifies bullying. I hate to pull the "how would you feel" card but seriously... how would You feel if thousands of people told you that you should bash your head in with a brick and die

[ShadeCrenshaw]

@SariaCross Of course I'd feel horrible. Probably cry a lot too.

But then I'd go "Then again...I did create a god awful piece of shit, not realizing that I'm really completely tone-deaf..."

I know I deserved it.

Then again it probably wouldn't be such a big deal if it remained like just this small little experiment. But since its escalated into such a big deal.

Well, todays critics are a lot more direct with their oppinions.

Mainly due to the fact that we have had ENOUGH crappy tween pop songs..

[MsTonicc]

honestly, I absolutely hate this song, I think that "Friday" hasnt anything to do with music but say to her cut yourself that goes really far

[teameymelli1]

how hilarious is it that even before he spoke, i knew he was british. lol

[TerentiaWillsomethin]

exactly. folks can hate on her music all they want, but leave that poor girl alone...a young kid doesn't ever deserve that type of treatment

p.s. i frickin love charlie, and he looks quite sexy in this video. that is all.

[lexiharrington1]

the way i see it is tht even if the song is rlly bad why would ppl waste their time by saying she should go kill herself n all this shit. i mean thts a lil bit extreme lik its pointless she still a human being n who gives a fuck if her voice is annoying alot of ppls voice is annoying tht doesnt mean they should kill their selfs or die lik jus stfu

[kmarapatt]

LOVE THIS. i hate that song but he's so right.

[runningwild09]

I love how many trolls we have hating on the internet. FFS, grow up already and move along. I dont like Rebecca's song, but I dont troll around and say stuff like "oh you should kill yourself" or "oh you should cut yourself till you look pretty" blah blah blah. If you dont like her song, then why in the world are you actually listening to it? And lastly, if you want to be a bully, then fine, be one. But if things turn against you, then you'll be the one who will be hurt the most. [/rant]

[harlinmaee]

@chavrons1 well, your a parent. I agree. Cyber bullying is wrong. But, you can't make every single kid stop cyberbullying. Their just alwas going to do it. Yes, the comidean is encouraging it but his a comidean.

So my main point is I agree with you, but not every kid is going to listen.

[Andrew19ao]

I will never understand why this video causes real hatrid. These haters don't just dislike the video, they are actually pissed off about something. There is a problem with that.

[chavrons1]

@Andrew19ao

I agree Andrew, there are plenty of worse songs on Utube, yet they get high likes by teens such as this one

Eminem- Cold Wind Blows yet i hear no complaints from the media about those. It has far worse lyrics. I think most of the hatred comes from Jealousy.

[VirusZ001]

LLOLLLLLL OMG, this man is mad arms at the endahahah

mop the fuckn floor!

[goonodeath]

The guy on the top has a point. Fuck this video. Shallow, rich whores like this are destroying music. Fuck this bitch. Fuck her "music."

People just need to ignore her though because more hate equals more fame. Just look at rappers.

[EBHERNANDEZ7]

Awesome comeback!

[BigBen81]

even though i never wrote a negative comment on anything posted by or on behalf of rebecca black (she's a fuckin' kid for crying out loud) and i don't work at a fast food restauraunt, i still felt as if he was talkin' directly to me l mao... well done...

[guitarchitectural]

the thing that's most hilarious about this is that the majority of the people complaining about her shitty lyrics are the same people buying (or torrenting) Black Eyed Peas and Lil Wayne

[mcrazysoccer]

I thought more people had senses of humor. Sure the video's bad, but you're supposed to laugh at it, not get mad and burn the girl at the stake.

[harlinmaee]

@mcrazysoccer But Rebecca Black's purpose for the video, was to show her "talent" She didn't want people to hate it or laugh at it. She wanted people to love it. But, that isn't going to happen is it now?

[chavrons1]

@harlinmaee To me it's shows that there is no humanity. That teens are not being taught that others can be harmed by words and that cyberbullying is not on.

[avenger339]

Holy shit, it's like someone read my mind and put it into the words of a funny English chap. Couldn't agree more.

[GustavBjorklund]

@JustAnotherPassenger Well put. @effystonem7 You truly are an idiot.

[trezza181]

But I don't want to be famous. fag.

[effystonem7]

if she didn't want to be bullied, she and her grown ass parents should know better than to post such a horrendous song/video. ive lost fucking faith in humanity

[JustAnotherPassenger]

@effystonem7 Right, so just to clarify; you think that it's not only acceptable, but actually deserved, that thousands of people should abuse and bully a 13 year old girl - who hurt absolutely nobody - saying she should go cut herself and die? And YOU'VE lost faith in humanity? You're an idiot.

[effystonem7]

@JustAnotherPassenger well it's the internet, and the 21st century, what do you expect. of course there are going to be people like that, that's why you don't post horrendous videos like the one she did.

[JustAnotherPassenger]

@effystonem7 So bullying is justified because there are bullies? Pehaps you'd also like to justify rape because there are rapists? You're still an idiot.

[effystonem7]

@JustAnotherPassenger I never once said bullying is justified. YoU'rE aN iDiOt

[kippetjetoktok]

@JustAnotherPassenger I think his point is that this was to be expected

[shanethrasher]

@JustAnotherPassenger I think the point he was getting at is if there is a building full of child rapist you don't send your kid in wearing a rape me sign.

[jewellia7777]

@JustAnotherPassenger lol yeah. i think if she gets a lot of money for her song, then that $2000 was a fucking good investment

[chavrons1]

@jewellia7777 You could say the money she earns is compensation as many of the teens that have been harming her, could have been taken to court and fined.

[chavrons1]

@JustAnotherPassenger well said, this comedian is justifying bullies ????" Grown Ass Parents" Perhaps just a lot of jealousy over parents doing what they always do, helping out their kids. Yet what type of parents do all these bullies have ??? Why don't the parents take their kids computers away ????? I see no complaining over songs such as Eminem- Cold Wind Blows

[TheRealDerfMan]

@JustAnotherPassenger WTF is wrong with you? Seriously... if Charlie Brooker hadn't taken that stance, would you be posting your silly replies? I doubt it.

Do you have something against freedom of speech? If someone wants the freedom to create horrible art, others should have the freedom to criticize that horrible art. If people's reaction to watching "Fried-Eggs" is nasty, I see it as a good sign.

"When did mediocrity and banality become a good image for your children?" ~ Bill Hicks

[JustAnotherPassenger]

@TheRealDerfMan Uh, no I am capable of my own opinions, I posted this because it's funny and it echo's my own thoughts on the matter.

Nothing I've said shows I'm against freedom of speech, I refer you to an earlier comment of mine beginning "It's the difference between criticism and bullying...".

If you think hateful bullying of a young girl is justifed as 'freedom of speech' or it's just simple criticism, then I would suggest WTF is wrong with you?

[TheRealDerfMan]

Pretty closed-minded of you to think all those hateful comments were JUST bullying. There is nothing wrong with someone like me who's looking for accountability. AGAIN, if someone wants to put out shit, they should be able to take criticism. I think she's old enough to realize what she was doing. Then again, maybe not. How old do you have to be until you start taking responsibility for your actions? Her parents and whoever wrote the song should take some responsibility, but they clearly aren't.

[JustAnotherPassenger]

@TheRealDerfMan WTF? Accountability? How does a 13yr old girl having a bit of fun demand accountability. Is she constantly pestering you? Did she force you to listen to or watch her video? Has a young girl insulted and offended you so badly?. You're still not getting the difference between criticism and bullying are you? I don't object to criticism, I object to bullying, and to those who attempt to justify it as somehow being deserved, all because of a fucking silly song. Grow up man.

[TheRealDerfMan]

@JustAnotherPassenger Sounds like you get "freedom of expression". The way I see it, if someone is free to make such horrible trash, someone else should be free to criticize as they wish. Whoever wrote to her that she should cut herself is clearly an idiot who doesn't know how to voice his discontent, but then again, words can't harm anyone. Maybe someone should explain to her WHY they would say such mean things, if she's so clueless. (And yes, I want people to be responsible for their actions.)

[PhazonElitist]

@JustAnotherPassenger I'd happily rape and murder Rebecca Black if I were given the opportunity.  lawl

[firesocks2017]

@PhazonElitist you dont understand the hurt you are causing when you say things like that and probably don't care either

[PhazonElitist]

@firesocks2017 Of course I don't care. Who would?

[Rea84]

@PhazonElitist Actual human people.

[PhazonElitist]

@Rea84 I'm not an actual person? My goodness, my world has been turned upside down!

[dopingbjarne]

@JustAnotherPassenger And let's not forget that it's not just thousands of people. By now we've got be well over 2 million people (or atleast 2 million comments). This is obviously not a case of people just bullying someone because they fucked up, which would be bad enough in itself. Its bullying becomming fashionable, and sheep mindlessly following a destructive trend. Sad really. Hope she makes a shit ton of money of this, just to rub it in the faces of the people being cunts.

[chavrons1]

@dopingbjarne I agree. If there are 10 million bullies on social networking sites harming 40 percent of teenagers Rebecca Black would make a good target for bullies to go to. She is a very good looking young teen which would make her a good target for jealousy. Plus a lot of resentment because her mum did something for her. Of all those bullies they would be egging many others on to help them out in their hate. "Shallow, rich whores " to me that speaks of jealousy and hence the hatred.

[harlinmaee]

@JustAnotherPassenger Well your right. But again, everyone has their right to speak what they feel.

And rebecca Black should have known what she was going into before she made Friday.

Plus, if she doesn't want to get bullied online she shouldn't have made or agreed to make her music video.

[chavrons1]

@harlinmaee No they don't. Teens need to learn, to talk to others how they would talk to them face to face.

What teens lack is empathy, that is the inability to feel the pain in others, that their words can hurt.

There are thousands of teens online that have videos of them singing. With 10 million bullies harming 40 percent of teens on social networking sites another good looking teen would attract all the bullies because places such as Utube would make them thrive.

[chavrons1]

@harlinmaee I disagree with ten millions bullies online harming 40 percent of teenagers in USA it's starting to become a very learned behaviour that is increasing and not being stamped out. No one wants to get bullied or asks for it, yet what your trying to do is justify bullying which is entirely wrong. Most of us as parents install good values in our children and prevent them bullying others. This isn't happening in USA as you can see by that comedian he seems to be encouraging it to.

[chavrons1]

@effystonem7 Utter Utter Rubbish. There are Tens of Thousands of bullies on social networking sites harming over 40 percent of teenagers, another teenager getting attention would attract them. To laugh at teenagers being bullied on networking sites, shows just what kind of humanity we have in the world. It was okay pouring Hate over USA which led to the killing of thousands of innocent people, yet when you do the same to a 13 year old girl just because a song where is the humanity ?

[JustAnotherPassenger]

It's the difference between criticism and bullying. Terrible song - yes, annoying voice - yes, but she's just a 13 year old girl for goodness sake.

[pooway]

@JustAnotherPassenger Go and fuck yourself

[JustAnotherPassenger]

@pooway Wow, my very first troll comment!, thanks! You honour me with your idiocy.

[moxiks]

Shit dude I hate rebecka black. But man this guy is right.