American Media Launches Full Scale War Against Gibson

Is it just me or this the Mel Gibson story going out of proportions? In a time of war on Lebanon, a mess in Iraq, Castro falling ill, North Korea testing weapons, the Gibson story has been getting A LOT of coverage.

In case you’ve been asleep for the past week or so, here’s a quick rundown of what happened with Mel. Mel was pulled over by a cop and in an argument with the cop, Mel said “The Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.”

Ever since the story got out, Mel has apologized many times, seemingly bearing no result. Hollywood is going nuts over the story. Barbara Walter said she will never watch a Gibson movie again, Disney doesn’t want to use him, and ABC already dropped him. Others are going public with their condemnation of Gibson’s behaviour.

Personally, I think his statement was uncalled for. It’s never a good thing to generalize. But do I think there’s too much media coverage? Damn right I do! There are people dying in the Middle East, American and NATO soldiers dying in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a billion other more important new stories. What one celebrity said about one ethnic group does not call for all this coverage, especially when the celebrity does not represent any political organization. Which also brings important questions… where do you draw the line for free speech? Is this case of political incorrectness more than anything else? Or is it the fact that he looks like Saddam in the picture below, and we all know how much affection the American news networks have for Saddam.

If you live in a different country, have you found Gibson’s story getting more coverage than required?

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