Clearly, I feel that the Duke story should have gotten more press than it did. The men were assumed guilty of a very serious crime (due in large part to the media coverage that displayed them in an unkind light), that could have resulted in jail time. And yet, when you turn on the news or take a look at the front page of a newspaper, there's Don Imus. Let's face it, he's a celebrity, people want to hear about him, and I don't know if we should be soley blaming the media for doing so. Everyone wants to hear about Imus and his downfall, and yet people are criticizing the media for not covering the Duke story now that it's all over...that's called hypocritical.
It's the whole fascination we have with celebrities, we want to know about their lives and when something like this happens, we apparently can't get enough of it. Never mind the fact that several men were almost sent to jail for a crime they didn't commit. As long as we have our celebrity news, we're happy.
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