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Media Transforming the Telling of Events

The link below is one of a man beating another man at a Pizza Parlour in Akron, Ohio in 2005. The footage is of a fight that broke out after a woman tried to cut in line at the Pizza place. The man who she cut in front of made a comment to his fiance on his cell phone about how it would take longer for them to get their pizza. The lady became insulted at the comment and started to yell at the man. She then spit on the manager of the restaurant after he tried to get her out of the parlour. At that moment, the woman's boyfriend stepped in and started to hit the man got cut in line and was sent to jail for 4 years.
I think that such footage really is only necessary in a court of law. There really is no benefit to having anyone watching it. The only other exception would the plaintiff's and defedant's families so that they would know what really happened.

Posted by Natalya Goncharova on April 18, 2007 08:05 PM |

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I agree with you- the video is best kept in the courts and not for the public.
It's sad how many people crave to watch that kind of drama. Similar to people who are addicted to reality TV becauseof its intensity.
I grew up watching soap operas- which I know had some influence on how dramatic (and hopelessly romantic)I am. I can't imagine how the next generation will grow up.

Posted by: Julie Swenson | April 20, 2007 11:55 AM

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