Kamis, 19 Juni 2008

Bias against Southerners evident in coverage of Jamie Lynn story



People Magazine has a nice story about how Jamie Lynn Spears, 17, and her fiance, Casey Aldridge, are setting up their new home in Liberty, Mississippi to prepare for their life together and their new baby, due soon. They have a house on five acres and have purchased typical furniture for a new home, including a four poster bed, a leather sofa and a canopy bed. The nursery for the new baby will feature pink, brown, and silver-green, and is being designed with the help of Jamie Lynn's mother, Lynne.

Their property has a barn on it, because that's what you typically find on larger property. It's called a barn, not a garage, when it's big and features more storage. I grew up in the Northeast and we had a barn. My parents now live in Virginia, and they have a barn on their new property. It's common and not news.

Instead of covering the story that Jaime Lynn and Casey are settling into their new home and waiting for their baby, TMZ took the small fact that there was a barn on their land and used the misleading and rude headline "Jamie Lynn's Baby Will Grow Up in a Barn."

When I first read that, I thought that they were buying a big barn and converting it into a house, something that is more common lately. The results are often striking, with rustic-looking aesthetically pleasing structures that are just as comfortable as a regular home. But no, Casey and Jamie Lynn are just going to have a barn on their land and of course the baby is not going to live there.

If you have nothing funny to say just report the story, TMZ, and not your blatant bias against anyone who doesn't live in a large city. I know I should just accept that TMZ is tasteless, rude and can be incredibly offensive, but that doesn't mean they should continue to get away with it.

UPDATE: And there's also a crack about Asian people not being able to digest alcohol in that same article recapping the news. I don't know why I even bother.

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