Editing Internets (section)

==Reaction==
On the evening of October 9, 2004, the day following the Bush/Kerry debate, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' parodied Bush<ref>{{cite web | title = ''Saturday Night Live'' Transcripts - Season 30: Episode 2 - Queen Latifah | publisher = snltranscripts.jt.org | date = 2004-10-09 | url = http://snltranscripts.jt.org/04/04b.phtml | access-date = 2006-12-23}}</ref> with [[Will Forte]]'s impression of George W. Bush:

<blockquote>I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft. I don't know how many of these Internets are carrying these rumors, but they're just wrong. I think the problem here may be more of a question of getting rid of the bad Internets and keeping the good Internets. You know, 'cause I think we can all agree … there're just too many Internets.<ref>{{cite web | title = Debates and Internets | publisher = Tuba City | date =2004-10-10 | url = http://www.tubafrenzy.org/weblog/archives/2004/10/debates_and_int.html | access-date = 2006-12-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006144837/http://www.tubafrenzy.org/weblog/archives/2004/10/debates_and_int.html|archive-date=2011-10-06}}</ref></blockquote>

The ''Saturday Night Live'' parody was replayed the following morning on [[CNN]]'s ''[[Inside Politics Sunday]]''.<ref>{{cite news | title = ''Inside Politics Sunday'' transcript | publisher = CNN | date = 2004-10-10 | url = http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0410/10/ips.01.html |access-date=2006-12-23}}</ref> Numerous homages and parodies, most including an audio or video clip from the second 2004 debate, appeared on other humor and entertainment web sites, including [[YTMND]],<ref>{{cite news|title=theinternets|publisher=ytmnd.com}}<!-- | access-date = 2006-12-23 | url = hyperlink blacklisted--></ref><ref>{{cite news|title=theinternetsmix|publisher=ytmnd.com}}<!-- | access-date = 2006-12-23 | url = hyperlink blacklisted--></ref> and spread [[viral video|virally]] on the Internet.

On his show ''[[The Colbert Report]]'', comedian [[Stephen Colbert]] consistently referred to "the Internet" as "the Internets".<ref name=CNN>{{cite web | title=CNN story about "the Internets" and "the Google" |website = [[YouTube]]| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MunMCO3uNdA  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/MunMCO3uNdA| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live| date=2006-10-27 | access-date=2007-12-27}}{{cbignore}}</ref> During one episode Colbert's character, also named [[Stephen Colbert (character)|Stephen Colbert]], states,

<blockquote>Last night, as I was surfing the Internets … literally: My backyard wave pool has Wi-Fi …<ref>The Colbert Report [http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=164481 World Water Day Episode: #04039] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080324163814/http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=164481 |date=2008-03-24 }} Thursday March 20, 2008</ref>
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[[Keith Olbermann]] similarly made use of the term during his [[Countdown with Keith Olbermann#'Oddball' segment|''Oddball'' segment]] whenever [[viral video]]s are covered. The term continues to appear as a popular topic tag on both technical<ref>{{cite web | last=Benedict | first=Jared | title="Internets" tag at the future is yesterday | url=http://redjar.org/jared/blog/archives/category/internets/ | access-date=2007-12-27 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071218224146/http://redjar.org/jared/blog/archives/category/internets/ | archive-date=2007-12-18 }}</ref> and political<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wonkette.com/tag/the-internets/ |title="the internets" tag at Wonkette |access-date=2007-12-27 |archive-date=2008-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081010125118/http://wonkette.com/tag/the-internets |url-status=dead }}</ref> blogs.