Right or Wrong? Just something random I came across.

The Internet is a world of its own containing an array of unmeasurable possibilities. If anyone ever wants to search for a specific item, information on a person, apply for a job, entertain themselves, book vacations, catch up on a show, watch the news and practically anything at all the world wide web is the definitely the place to do it. On that same note, there are also an infinite amount of uncredible material, fraudulent schemes, distasteful videos and lousy websites. A few days ago I ran into a hilarious video on YouTube.com, a news package by a reporter for WAFF 48 from Alabama. I watched the video practically 5 times consecutively and every single time it was just as funny as the first. Then I watched it 5 more times and suddenly I began to find it quite offensive, lacking tact and even making the victims look like fools.

The report was about a young black woman who was attacked by a rapist in her bedroom while she was asleep one night. During the package, she says a few words about her experience and then the interview is turned over to her brother, Antoine Dodson, who pushed the attacker off of her. Although Dodson and his sister were victims and the situation was unfortunate, anyone watching the video will focus less on the actual purpose of the news package and more on the comical aspect. The way this piece was put together it is safe to say it ridicules the family. The sound bites the reporter decided to use seemed more like she wanted to bring attention to her work and report and not to the Dodson family. One wonders if perhaps she could have continued to ask different questions until she got better quotes. There are other videos on YouTube that show more footage of the interview; however, not as attention grabbing and way more serious. I was guilty too of watching this video just too laugh but I also think it depicts the family in a negative light. Why did her producer decide to run this story? Who knows...

 Several weeks later, the same reporter goes back interviews Antoine Dodson about how it felt to become an over night Facebook sensation. The story about his sister having and intruder in her bedroom is briefly touched upon. One ting is for sure, Antoine Dodson lucked out and was able to move out of the projects after all the hits he got on youtube.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgRKz25fR7U&feature=fvst