#18: Free Choice in the Realm of Media

I find it interesting how lately new pieces of media continually overshadow one another, and things that were sources of massive controversy say three weeks to a month ago have become yesterday's news, so to speak.  For example, the NFL hasn't touched on the issue of domestic violence pretty much since it happened, save for two short PSAs which only air during football broadcasts and on the NFL network.  I think if this period had been less taxing on the media world, the NFL would still be in the hotseat, and there would have been action from the commissioner, more publicity about the trials of Adrian Peterson and Ray Rice, and more publicity about that 49ers player who was under investigation by the NFL.  It seems that in the public eye, police abuse and past abuse overshadows domestic abuse if it is fresh, which is fair enough, but I still maintain that the issue regarding the NFL could have been a much bigger deal than it was played up as, which I guess says a lot about us.  We can only care about something for so long, and then it gets thrown out and replaced with the next 'big thing', which at the moment is police use of force, which even though it is an american issue still headlines all over the place in Canada.

#17: GTA/Iggy/Eminem/Cosby

I think this last little period of time has stirred the most controversy than there has been in quite some time.  From a few months ago when the ISIS twitter feed began its attack on social media to the numerous police incidents resulting in riots in the USA, then the Jian Gomeshi case, and now Bill Cosby's history is coming to the surface again.At this point in time, I think the general public has worked themselves into a very riot-y, protest-y kind of mood, and Cosby has to be very careful about everything he says, does, or comments which may become public.  His appearance in London coming up now could actually have a big effect on many things, especially where his career is concerned.  Watching that documentary on the Dixie Chicks, this is beginning to look very familiar.  Cosby now has a public appearance, for which tickets have been purchased, but a PR blunder has resulted in a wave of hate towards him.  Will his career be completely be driven into the ground like the Dixie Chicks'?  Probably not, because I think it has been recently shown that popular culture values support for the military over a clean sexual abuse history.