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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Swift backlash. Do you kinda hate Taylor Swift?
Kanye West is certainly crazy, but it seems more and more people think maybe he was sort of right at the MTV Video Awards: Taylor Swift might be OK, but she’s not the greatest thing since ice cream.
The Taylor Hater Nation is very large and - according to posts on blogs and Facebook groups like “I hate Taylor Swift,” - they are so over Taylor.
A MTV.com opinion piece, “Why You Shouldn’t Hate On Taylor Swift,” tried to justify Swift’s award winning ways, but readers weren’t having it.
“This article is exactly what annoys me the most about Taylor Swift, she is portrayed as a victim we are supposed to feel sorry for. Her boyfriend broke up with her - poor Taylor. Kanye interrupted her - poor Taylor. She has an awful performance on tv and people critiize her, how dare they - poor Taylor. She is an adult woman worth millions of dollars, with buckets of awards, she doesn’t need my sympathy,” one poster said.
The Haterations caused MTV to write a second item on Swift.
So what do you think? A lot of people obviously like Swift - her record sales are off the charts -, but are all the awards justified.
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Jackson family: involuntary manslaughter charge a slap on the wrist
Michael Jackson’s family doesn’t think an involuntary manslaughter charge is tough enough and want Dr. Conrad Murray to face stiffer charges in the King of Pop’s death last summer.
In fact, the family would be “very upset” if Murray faces anything short of murder, Brian Oxman, the family’s lawyer, told CBS’ “The Early Show” Wednesday.
Oxman said Murray displayed recklessness in dispensing powerful drugs to help Jackson sleep, warranting a second-degree murder charge, the AP says.
The involuntary manslaughter charge prosecutors reportedly are seeking carries a four year maximum jail sentence.
“That is just a slap on the wrist, and a slap in the face, because Michael Jackson was someone who we knew was in danger of being brought to his knees, brought his death, by the use of these medications,” Oxman said.
Murray is expected to be charged as early as today.
What do you think? Should the charge be harasher?
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“Queen of Hip-Hop Literature” coming to town
Essence Magazine best-selling author Vickie Stringer will help kick off Black History Month with a 6 p.m. book talk and signing with Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Dayton Metro Library, Main Branch Auditorium, 215 E. Third Street, Dayton.
The free event is sponsored by MochaReaders, Dayton Metro Library and Friends of The Library.
Considered the “Queen of Hip-Hop Literature” by some, Stringer, a Columbus resident, will introduce her new novel “Dirtier Than Ever (Simon & Schuster, $25).
The self-described former hustler and bartender served 7 years in federal prison before forming Triple Crown Publications and self-publishing her first novel, “Let That Be The Reason,” in 2001.
Her company grown from a one-woman operation to one that has distributed more than one million books to bookstores and libraries worldwide.
What do you think?
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