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The original story broke just about 10 days ago[1].. by the san bernadino sun..
Then it was picked-up, spiced-up a bit, packed with some search-engine-optimized keywords: Tweet, Rapper, Drake, Yolo then almost simultaneously posted by heavy-weight media outlets, Mail Online[2] in the UK and The Huffington[3] Post here in America.
It's interesting to see how they spiced it up and focused it on the Huffington Post site. They also covered the story in there "LIVE" segment where they falsely blamed the "rapper" and blew the whole thing off with a snide smirk. If you check out the conversation threads, you'll see just how many people got the wrong impression about this tragedy. You'll see just how many people are talking about how this is "evolution" or old-heads talking about "these young kids today".. like no young people died in car wrecks in their younger days.
I think the journalist were completely irresponsible in their decision to focus on the sensational. I think they disrespected the families of all the victims and dehumanized all them.. especially the, so-called "rapper". But not too many people actually noticed any of that.. they were too busy wagging their fingers and condemning the condemned.. doing to us what they already did.. again.
Here is some video from the San Bernadino Sun..
And here is some of Ervin Mckinness's Music..
There's no gangster vibe in his music.. no violence.. just a young artistic dude starting out on his life journey.
They can dehumanize us.. that's what they do.. but we cannot do it to ourselves too..
-peace.
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1.http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_21464110/names-released-men-who-died-ontario-crash#ixzz26R87uyI
2.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...weets-YOLO-moments-dying-fiery-DUI-crash.html
3.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...tweet-yolo-dies-car-crash-dui-_n_1880348.html
Then it was picked-up, spiced-up a bit, packed with some search-engine-optimized keywords: Tweet, Rapper, Drake, Yolo then almost simultaneously posted by heavy-weight media outlets, Mail Online[2] in the UK and The Huffington[3] Post here in America.
It's interesting to see how they spiced it up and focused it on the Huffington Post site. They also covered the story in there "LIVE" segment where they falsely blamed the "rapper" and blew the whole thing off with a snide smirk. If you check out the conversation threads, you'll see just how many people got the wrong impression about this tragedy. You'll see just how many people are talking about how this is "evolution" or old-heads talking about "these young kids today".. like no young people died in car wrecks in their younger days.
I think the journalist were completely irresponsible in their decision to focus on the sensational. I think they disrespected the families of all the victims and dehumanized all them.. especially the, so-called "rapper". But not too many people actually noticed any of that.. they were too busy wagging their fingers and condemning the condemned.. doing to us what they already did.. again.
Here is some video from the San Bernadino Sun..
And here is some of Ervin Mckinness's Music..
There's no gangster vibe in his music.. no violence.. just a young artistic dude starting out on his life journey.
They can dehumanize us.. that's what they do.. but we cannot do it to ourselves too..
-peace.
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1.http://www.sbsun.com/breakingnews/ci_21464110/names-released-men-who-died-ontario-crash#ixzz26R87uyI
2.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...weets-YOLO-moments-dying-fiery-DUI-crash.html
3.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...tweet-yolo-dies-car-crash-dui-_n_1880348.html