Hide ya kids, hide ya wife.

Most of you may be familiar with the newscast which focused on a home invasion and attempted rape in a poorer area of Alabama. In the newscast, the victim's brother, Antoine, was interviewed. The interview showed Antoine upset and very passionate on the situation. From there, the interview was remixed with auto-tune and it soon became #1 on Apple itunes charts. Although I laughed at the video at first, I wasn't aware it was a real newscast. I understand the purpose of the original newscast was not to make fun of the situation but the video has resulted in heavy criticism and world wide stardom for Antoine.

Many people feel poorer African American communities are being mocked by the video and not reflected in a good light. I agree, and feel that Antoine should not have been interviewed a second time by the same news station that covered the story when it first broke. I thought the news station seemed desperate to earn ratings and profit off the unfortunate matter at hand.

Here is 2nd interview with Antoine: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r12S2tJAdeM

Although the news station had no power over someone remixing the newscast, by interviewing Antoine to follow up on the story is not what they would've done for any other story. The news station only thought it was necessary to exploit Antoine and his sister and make profit. It is reported Antoine bought a new house from the profit he received from itunes. It's amazing how he was able to buy a house from something like this.

The comments and discussion I found here, http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/hide-your-kids-hide-your-wife-report-racist-or-funny/question-1135981/ prompted me to think more deeply on the issue. I thought the media did a good job reporting on the story the first time, but then turned it into more about ratings and money by over doing it. The second interview was repetitive and not needed and only prompted more buzz on a story that shouldn't have made Antoine famous.