"Fergie National Anthem" Post Served Multiple Purposes


The "Fergie National Anthem" post, to me, served a purpose in addition to the lesson of reading the whole article and not just the headline, as well as the message in the article itself (shedding some light on bullying). It also shed some light on how social media has somewhat served as an equalizer and leveled the proverbial playing field between celebrities and common people (Katie Couric’s video did this also). Celebrities are subject to even harsher criticisms, and more pervasively, now than they were before. Their "people" have it much harder in "protecting" them from the cruelness that people can be. Before social media, it was much easier for information directed at celebrities to be filtered. Now, celebrities are almost as accessible as a regular person and can now face bullying closer to a level more synonymous with what the average person faces. It would be nice to see celebrities use this to call more attention to issues surrounding bullying. If they are going to be tastemakers, then they need to do as much good with that power as possible.

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