[sankofalist]Somethings to think about. Comments from a journalism listserv: Celine and Kanye

[Michelle Massie]

> Hmmmm:
> 
> I just heard a very emotional (as we all are) Celine
> Dion criticize the White House's passive response to
> Katrina victims. CNN commentators called it
> "poignant." One media outlet  simply said she took a
> "swipe" at the war in Iraq.
> I salute the singer's courage, comments and
> money-where-her-mouth is attitude.
> 
> However,I was reminded of the descriptives Kanye's
> 9/2
> outburst received. A few headlines below:
> 
> Rapper Kanye West blasts the president during a live
> telethon for ... 
> 
>  Kanye West accuses Bush of ignoring black hurricane
> victims - Japan Today - 
> 
> Kanye West's Torrent of Criticism, Live on NBC
> 
> 
> Kanye West Rips Bush at Hurricane Aid Show - Yahoo!
> News
> 
> 
> CBS News | Rapper Blasts Bush Over Katrina | 
> Rapper Kanye West. West criticized President Bush
> during a telethon for ...
> 
> 
> Kanye West criticizes Bush on TV benefit show
> Kanye West put on a wild performance in
> Philadelphia,
> performing his new ...A chronology of Hurricane
> Katrina's path of destruction in the US Gulf Coast 
> 
> Reuters AlertNet - Rapper Kanye West blasts Bush on
> TV
> benefit show
> 
> WASHINGTON, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Rapper Kanye West
> surprised viewers of an NBC benefit
>  
> 
> Hmmmm
> BTW, Celine has pledged $1 mil to the relief effort.
> Kanye said he has to get with his accountant to see
> what he can do.....
> 
> One more thought: Someone on the serve asked why
> Bush
> is always trotting out Clinton during disasters.
> It's
> ironic because Clinton, in his book "My LIfe,"
> speaks
> passionately about N.O. which he grew to love as a
> child and well into his adult years. Were any of the
> flood warning' about N.O. issued during Clinton's
> years in the Big House? 
> 
> Lastly, regarding Rehnquist: CSPAN has been running
> an
> excellent interview with the late chief justice that
> initially aired in 2001. The interviewee had to
> twice
> ask a direct question about the justice's opinion on
> Brown V. Board before receiving a definitive answer.
> 
> Bonnie N. Davis
> Richmond
> VCU



	
		
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