Chris Brown vs. Rihanna
Chris Brown’s physical abuse towards Rihanna was a big controversy in the media in 2009. The news, magazines, interviews, and much more were spreading the news about the confrontation that happened between the two celebrities.
New York Daily News states that the domestic abuse started when Chris Brown started receiving text messages from other women. Supposedly as soon as Rihanna saw the text messages, she tried to leave his car, which led to an argument causing Chris Brown to grab her and force her back into the car. As soon as Rihanna pulled away, Chris Brown was said to have “hit her” giving her “visible injuries”. New York Daily out the full blame on Chris Brown and explained the abuse of Rihanna to give great sympathy towards her and against Mr. Brown.
The video interview posted on starpulse.com focuses on the consequences of Chris Brown’s actions towards singer, Rihanna. This video shares information about the restraining order Rihanna has on Chris Brown. It reports that Chris Brown was charged in 2009 for assault. He did in fact plead guilty to what happened and had to attend a year of domestic counseling. Aside from the restraining order, Chris Brown remains on probation for about five years. Two years after the domestic abuse, Rihanna decides to drop the restraining order on Chris Brown. She did this to make things “less awkward” at the grammas. Also, after the abuse made on Rihanna she came out with the song “Love the Way You Lie”, which is about domestic abuse debated to be connected to the abuse committed by Chris Brown.
Both articles share a different amount of importance that revolved around the fight. While New York Daily focused on the actual fight and how everything started, Star Pulse focused in on the actual legal consequences put on Chris Brown by Rihanna. This goes to show that different sources of media concentrate and feel more strongly on different parts of stories and situations.
Now, since a few years have passed since the fight, I notice a lot more similarities and differences that occur throughout the media. Whereas when the fight first leaked, I didn’t really know what to believe or the great detail of what actually went on. Since each source that talks about the fight is so different, I can only believe and listen to what every article, video, picture, and interview have in common. In this case, I do believe that Chris Brown was and is guilty but at the same time I do not put all the blame on him because no one knows or can back up that Rihanna didn’t push him to this point or cross the line with him. By saying this, I am not saying it is okay for domestic abuse to take place but, I am saying no one really knows what happened accept the two of them.
Source One: Video Interview from Starpulse.com
Source Two: Article from NY Daily News
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