local paper...prepare for head to explode. I think he hit EVERY talking point.
http://theparisnews.com/story.lasso?wcd=22442>>>>>>>snip
West made a guest appearance Friday night on “A Concert for Hurricane Relief,” a benefit simulcast from New York on NBC, MSNBC, CNBC and Pax. The rapper’s appearance turned into one of those “unscripted moments” on a nationally televised event that broadcasters cannot seem to control.
Maybe the reason broadcasters find it difficult to put reins on such “unscripted moments” as West’s comments and Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” a few years ago is that such incidents create so much publicity, keeping viewers eyes fixed on the tube to see what’s going to happen next.
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“I hate the way they portray us in the media,” West went on to say. “If you see a black family, it says they’re looting. See a white family, it says they’re looking for food.”
He might have a point on that issue, but the benefit concert was not the place to put that issue up for public discussion. The focus should have been on helping the victims. And the rapper was way off base when he went on to declare that government authorities are intentionally dragging their feet on aid to the Gulf Coast. “They’ve given them permission to go down and shoot us,” he said.
The government hasn’t given permission to shoot anyone, but it has commissioned law enforcement officers and the military to return law and order to New Orleans.
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Finally, there is an important question that needs to be asked: Where’s the international relief? For years Americans have responded to disasters around the globe. Now, the disaster is here. The silence of the international community this week speaks louder than West’s prime-time rant.
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