Britney Spears Is Perhaps Lonely

I wonder where Britney's going with these I-always-wanted-to-be-a-stripper videos. Her last video was seriously scary. And can you imagine all the stuff her ex-husband has on her? I feel for her because I think Kevin Federline has threatened to write his own tell-all. She's going down a hole and there are no funny characters waiting for her, except a rabbit in a white coat.

She's losing it again. This is what all the paparazzi are waiting for, so they follow her around and harass her endlessly, as they did ten years ago when she had a nervous breakdown. Because of it, her live went into receivership or conservatorship with her father taking over her life. Sometimes it seems like a good thing he did take over, but now it doesn't by the sounds of the autobiography that Britney wrote about her life (The Woman In Me) about her life with the parents and siblings. Basically, it seems she was musically trafficked to make money to support the family. Her father was an alcoholic and her mother was some another kind of  -ic that I can't remember right now. 

This poor kid has been on stage since she was in the fetal position. She auditioned and got on the Mickey Mouse Club with her first future boyfriend Justin Timberlake and her supposed nemesis singer Christine Aguilera. At 15, she became a star with her first video Baby One More Time. Dressed up as a schoolgirl in knee socks, it was a no-brainer that she would be a huge success as there are so many men who covet underage girls wearing juvenile underpants. Then, she dated her Disney pal Justin Timberlake, who later sold her down the river about how she broke his tiny heart and busted up the relationship. I suppose they had to keep the virginal, clean image of Britney alive in order to keep her fans interested. Turns out, he was a liar who dumped her after she got pregnant. 

We haven't heard much about her in the news lately and I hope that's a good thing.  

Media Manipulation

 

I think it’s been demonstrated that the news we watch suffers from some form of manipulation. This problem has been examined many times by media watchdogs and will probably continue to do so.

Television, radio and various other media will continue to evolve and change throughout the years and there is no doubt that slicker ways to advertise and present news will be researched. The bottom line is that there is money to be made and executives to be paid. The only way media manipulation can be reined back is if the viewers themselves begin to seriously examine and question the news that they’re watching. Questions such as: Am I getting all the facts? From what political perspective is this being told? Is there a political agenda for this particular story? Who will benefit from my thinking a certain way? Why do I feel that I’m not getting all the news? Is there something more I should know?

Advertising must take more responsibility for itself and the false illusions it promotes, particularly as it affects young people. Unfortunately, the advertising industry is a multi-billion dollar industry and will likely not change, but get bigger and slicker. Therefore, parents need to discuss the programming, including the advertisements, that their children are watching in order for them to better understand how and why they are being manipulated.

Media manipulation will not go away, but responding to it with a critical mind and a questioning nature can put us more in the driver’s seat. Boycotting news stations is also a powerful tool at our disposal. We no longer have to have our thoughts and feelings manipulated as long as we can use our critical faculties to analyze and question the information we receive. Of course, the best way to avoid media manipulation altogether would be to turn off the television.