Members / CAP121's Page
Friends
-
margaret5828
- margaret5828
- Female
- chesterton, IN
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 1110
- Last Updated
- 03/20/10
-
PinkArmchair
- PinkArmchair
- Female
- Status
- Addicted to the Climmel
- Comments So Far
- 140
- Last Updated
- 03/09/10
-
Clandy
- Clandy
- Female
- Olympia, WA
- Status
- Joined "next"
- Comments So Far
- 717
- Last Updated
- 03/08/10
-
happyclayday
- happyclayday
- Female
- Status
- Here for the duration
- Comments So Far
- 71
- Last Updated
- 03/06/10
-
pebblesinmichigan
- pebblesinmichigan
- Female
- Status
- Here from beginning
- Comments So Far
- 1
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
trishcc
- trishcc
- Female
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 226
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
SmartyPantsSuz
- SmartyPantsSuz
- Female
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 33
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
yaknelle
- yaknelle
- Female
- Chicagoland, IL
- Status
- Through thick and thin...
- Comments So Far
- 4
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
ymarie
- ymarie
- Female
- Status
- He had me at "Take:
- Comments So Far
- 42
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
EmeraldEyes
- EmeraldEyes
- Female
- Status
- Always & Forever
- Comments So Far
- 649
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
llbun
- llbun
- Female
- Status
- Clay is as smart as he is talented.
- Comments So Far
- 58
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
moonhead
- moonhead
- Female
- Status
- Living in Aiken
- Comments So Far
- 347
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
vstreamer
- vstreamer
- Female
- Valley Stream, NY
- Status
- Going to the show!
- Comments So Far
- 32
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
staceym
- staceym
- Female
- Glenshaw, PA
- Status
- From Day One!
- Comments So Far
- 123
- Last Updated
- 02/17/10
-
Madison44
- Madison44
- Female
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 36
- Last Updated
- 02/12/10
-
nigelsmom
- nigelsmom
- Female
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 78
- Last Updated
- 02/12/10
-
fivegoldens
- fivegoldens
- Female
- Status
- Still love the voice
- Comments So Far
- 16
- Last Updated
- 02/12/10
-
ficus
- ficus
- Female
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 17
- Last Updated
- 02/09/10
-
ClayIzzaQT
- ClayIzzaQT
- Female
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 21
- Last Updated
- 02/09/10
-
Gladys4351
- Gladys4351
- Female
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 924
- Last Updated
- 02/09/10
-
memyb
- memyb
- Female
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 90
- Last Updated
- 02/08/10
-
AnAmeraikenInTX
- AnAmeraikenInTX
- Female
- Status
- Just Joined
- Comments So Far
- 312
- Last Updated
- 02/08/10
-
thankful4clay
- thankful4clay
- Female
- Woodbury, MN
- Status
- From the beginning...
- Comments So Far
- 152
- Last Updated
- 02/08/10
-
ClayAiken
- ClayAiken
- Male, 31
- Raleigh, NC
- Status
- joined FIRST!
- Comments So Far
- 0
- Last Updated
- 02/08/10
Clay's Blog
-
01/13/07 41 CommentsPublic Relations or Media Integrity Issue?
“We are in the process of creating what deserves to be called the idiot culture. Not an idiot sub-culture, which every society has bubbling beneath the surface and which can provide harmless fun; but the culture itself. For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse are becoming our cultural norm, even our cultural ideal.” ~ Carl Bernstein
Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine recently gave a review of Clay Aiken’s latest single A Thousand Days in which he barely spoke about the song itself, the music, or the artistry but stated, “Aiken's challenge at this point is more a public relations issue. As press reports continue to spread repeated tales of his lack of humility and haughty, diva-like disposition, how much longer before fans retreat and any semblance of radio support fades like a Christmas wreath?”
Press? I contend that Clay Aiken doesn’t have a public relations issue as much as our society has a journalistic integrity issue. When did rumor mongering become tantamount with journalism? Why is credence given to faceless blogs and gossipers? The internet, while a powerful resource is also like the Wild, Wild West of old where there are no rules and anything goes. Where faceless people hide and are spreading malicious rumors as fact and where publications that once researched before reporting, such as Newsweek, are now using the plethora of gossip sites and blogs as legitimate news sources. A lot of the information being disseminated as news is really no more then just a gloried game of telephone, where it changes with each new media report until what is reported as fact no longer resembles the "truth".
“The media tends to report rumors, speculations, and projections as facts... How does the media do this? By quoting some "expert"... you can always find some expert who will say something hopelessly hopeless about anything.” ~ Peter McWilliams
I recently watched the debut of a new show starring Courtney Cox-Arquette on the Fx channel called, DIRT and it scared the hell out me. The show depicts the goings on at a tabloid called DIRT and “shows” all the machinations of how they get their stories. I found it to be very realistic and saw that IF you are a celebrity and someone has it in for you, they will stop at nothing to trash you, right or wrong.
I wrote about this subject almost a year ago, What Happened to Real Journalism? and it is sad that in this time, not only has the issue not gotten better it has gotten worse. When the likes of Perez Hilton and TMZ.com have become more mainstream and are made credible by being given a forum on radio and TV, we have a problem.
“Never make negative comments or spread rumors about anyone. It depreciates their reputation and yours.” ~ Brian Koslow
If Clay Aiken has a public relations issue it is ONLY because sensationalism sells and ALL the good, legitimate stories of his compassion, his philanthropic works and the stories of how he has changed lives for the better are deemed not newsworthy.
I am sorry, but does this look like a "diva"?
Would a “diva” perform a concert while suffering from vertigo so badly they need help to just stay upright? Would a “diva” visit elementary school children and reward them for writing a book about one of their classmates who lives life with a disability? Would a “diva” take the time to film a public service announcement for a local children’s choir who shared the stage with the orchestra with which he was performing? Do “divas” worry about making a difference in the world? Do “divas” graciously spotlight and encourage those with whom they share a stage? In my experience the answer to all of these questions is no.
It is a shame when society and the media have made it so easy for people who have experienced disappointment or who just plain hate, based on their own contrived expectations, are allowed to publicly berate and trash another person solely based on twisted opinion of facts. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty?
“Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.” ~ Ayn Rand
It appears to me that many have decided to be evil, which do you want to be?