What the ... ?Employees of the "Dr. Phil" television show posted bail for a central Florida teenager jailed for taking part in a videotaped beating of another teen, a spokeswoman for the show's host confirmed Saturday.
Staff members of the talk show helped ... one of eight teens facing charges in the case—post bond this weekend, "Dr. Phil" McGraw's spokeswoman Terri Corigliano said in an e-mail.
"We have helped guests and potential guests in the past when they need financial assistance to come on the show—assisting with clothing allowance, lost wages, accommodations, travel and necessities."
Excuse me but a teenager [allegedly] helps beat up another kid so they can make a video of it to post on YouTube and McGraw bails the [alleged] jerkette out? Have people lost their senses? All right, let's put an alternative scenario:
1. YouTube pulls the video the moment it knows. It filters any similar channels from now on;
2. Bail is opposed for any defendants in a gang attack case;
3. McGraw's show is blackballed and any attempt by any media to do interviews with perpetrators is anathema at least until after the incarceration;
4. No book deals, no syndication, no anything for any perpetrator, alleged or convicted;
5. People get a bit of sense back in their heads and refuse to give any perpetrator any sort of headlines from here on in.
Well anything goes in this increasingly politically correct time we live in...and if increases your ratings, then even more so.
ReplyDeleteYou should remember James, that this teen has probably had a very hard upbringing and he deserves our pity, not our scorn.
Or some jail time, whichever.
It is unfortunate that these people are consistently making the news, even more unfortunate that instead of condemnation, they are glorified and excused as a by product of hard times.
If it is only alleged then yes, if he is convicted, then NO.It is known that people can be wrongly accused, and look guilty when if fact they are not. No excuse for gang bashings, quite a big thing in Cairns at the moment. If they have had a hard upbringing they still know right from wrong.
ReplyDeleteTotally agree with you, James.
ReplyDeleteShe deserves to be in jail... as long as she goes after the trip to Dr. (I'm your conscience) Phil, I can probably live with it. (although I do think it is a horrendous decision on the show's part)
ReplyDeleteThe fight wasn't about YouTube though, it was about a 'diss' on myspace and the video was basically a bonus.