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Amy Winehouse

Posted by Blakeborough on Sep 26, 2008 in Features, Media/News, Stuff | 4 comments

Contrary to popular belief, I am still here. I’d love to say its been a whirlwind of parties and yachts daaaaaaaarlink, but this would be a lie.

Anyway, I felt compelled to complain today. Poor old Amy Winehouse, as much as she has brought it all upon herself, is getting it in the neck again today for stumbling around ‘The End of Summer Ball’ in London’s Berkley Square. I’m not really sure what people expect from her these days. She is a young woman ruined by drugs and as such her behaviour is strange at best. I get annoyed as I imagine that various journalists rub their hands together with glee everytime she wears just one shoe or takes a swing at a pap.

Quite simply the girl needs help. Everyone involved in her music production and organising of gigs is hugely irresponsible in that they just let her get on with this car crash purely because she’s raking it in. Fine, she went to rehab then came straight back out again, but she’s a danger to herself and those around her and surely somebody should put their foot down; grown woman or not, and MAKE her get help.

Sigh. Unfortunately I can only see it ending one way, and that’s with her death. I’m still not sure why this bothers me so much, but I’m sick and tired of bloodsucking and talentless journalists making a fortune from following Winehouse home then writing a scathing article when she tells them to fuck off.

Grr.

(I should point out that although I have referenced the Metro today, many many newspapers and magazines are just as guilty of this and in fact the Metro article is tame.)

Blackett

Journalism that is harmful to an individual always angres me.

There is always the argument that celebrities are paid so highly so that we can intrude on their privacy, but there has to be limits and when it comes to the Winehouse those limits have been breached over and over again and it does look as though journalists wont be happy until she is dead now.

This woman was beautifull, talented and had looked as though she was going to have an incredible future but due to various circumstances it looks as though she wont hit her true potential. Journalists may not be the sole cause for this but they sure as hell havn’t helped.
Dylan

Journalism reflects society as much as it forms it, if everyone was sensible and didn’t read this kind of rubbish it wouldn’t be reported.

Come on people, if you were watching someone close to you fall apart piece-by-piece it would be a harrowing and life-changing experience, I don’t understand the sick voyeurism when it comes to celebrities.

I won’t blame the journalists because they write what they’re told to and they’re under a lot of pressure but the editors and the public who are interested in this are probably the kinds of people who pulled the wings off flies when they were kids.
Blackett

Oooo thats opening up a can of worms. And I suppose it is a matter of opinion but I always the think that the role and responsibilty of the press is to inform, educate and entertain.

Since the 1950′s and the advent of the zoom lens journalists have lost their way and it has got to the point where we have seen so many celebrities being beaten down into a wolrd of drugs, loss of fame and even death and their job role needs to be re defined.

I am glad that media outlets such as Holy Moly have realised this and have taken a step back and will no longer persue celebrites to gain a non story or hound them outside of night clubs to take snaps of celebs being human.
Andy

‘I won’t blame the journalists because they write what they’re told to and they’re under a lot of pressure but the editors and the public who are interested in this are probably the kinds of people who pulled the wings off flies when they were kids.’

There has to be a point where the ‘only following orders’ argument runs out of steam though, surely?

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