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Comment by Merge By on April 3, 2009 at 6:07pm

Who's the victim? Everyone is responsible for their own actions, famous or not. You must face the music for what you done.

Comment by Bianca Gayle on April 3, 2009 at 5:11pm

Yes the lawyers and judges will keep them out of jail, but they would lose endorsements, and major deals, do to the negative publicity

Comment by Bianca Gayle on April 3, 2009 at 5:09pm

ooooooo I cant even argue with that. I agree. The media is a business, whose purpose is to make a profit just like everyone else. But, its how they make their money, that bothers me. Manipulating, bribing, and ridiculing people to make a buck, is not how you do good business. Ask Bernie Madoff!

Comment by Kendell Jones on April 3, 2009 at 5:02pm

But think about it, what if T.I, Vick, etc... were sentence to jail for long time, who would young people look up to. You cant keep celebs lock up for long because they are kids role models, and you can't deny the fact that celebs are rich (one of many reasons they receive publicity) so they can afford great lawyers, and if push comes to shove, pay off judges!

Comment by Kendell Jones on April 3, 2009 at 4:56pm

Media is just one of many buisnesses, therefore they will have to pick the best stories/incidents that will draw the most viewers including publicizing celebrities. So maybe they do pick their next targets but its the people (celebrities) that make themselves targets.

Comment by Bianca Gayle on April 3, 2009 at 3:26pm

They try and make examples out of these Celebrities, which is wrong. Yes they are Celebrities, but they are also human beings, who have talents, that cant go unannounced. Should they not do what they love to do, if being in the public eye, would mean, negative publicity as well as positive publicity. At the end of the day, everyone makes mistakes. For example T.I, T.I is still considered a role model, and a respectful man, with all those guns he tried to get, shouldnt he get longer than a year and a day? why not make an example out of him? The media pick and chooses their next target.

Comment by Merge By on April 2, 2009 at 9:48pm

The thing with celebrities, no privacy comes with being a celebrity. That's the price of fame, always in the public eye. Okay, you do something wrong and everyone see it and know about it, the judge let you go. This will send the wrong message to people, and people will think it is okay. If the judge be harsh, it will send a strong message. The message will have people think twice before they commit.

Comment by Bianca Gayle on April 2, 2009 at 8:08pm

Define messing up? they are doing what average American citizens do, if not daily; weekly. The fact that they are celebrities, they recieve harsher punishments. The media promotes so much negative publicity, for a crime not so deserving of it. We are face with much bigger problems today, why the petty stuff?

Comment by Merge By on April 2, 2009 at 7:54pm

You definitely can not trust the media, you are right they can make you and break you. But you should take responsibility for your own actions. No one ask to be in the public eye but even the money and fame, it comes a price. Michael Vick was on top, then he messed up, Chris Brown same thing, they messed up. The media have a job and they, for the most part are just doing their job.