Unfortunately, I had to watch the home going service for Whitney Houston from a flight terminal in Afghanistan. Though, I was frustrated and tired, I still felt blessed to have had the opportunity to watch the event and marinate myself with the memories, songs, and movie screen performances by Ms. Houston. Truly she was an icon, a beacon for pop music and a true star. As I sat there enjoying her legacy, I also became angry. It started to appear that every time the news reporters who were narrating the coverage gave her credit for something, they’d turn right around with triple discredits in regards to her drug use, personnel struggle and past marriage. WOW. I mean it literally went like this, over and over again.
“We’re covering the funeral for such a pop icon, a true voice that could never be duplicated and although she was such a great singer, she had her downfalls. It was reported that she had become dependent on drugs and alcohol. She struggled for years with drug abuse, she had a failed marriage, in her later years it was said Whitney had exhausted her finances but today, she will be celebrated.”
All that don’t even go together, were they going to build her up, or pull her down… it was difficult to tell. They did the same thing to Michael Jackson. They are quick to cover the demise of our black icons and hero’s, but they very rarely want to actually give them the praise they deserve. That’s why Tyler, Kevin, Cissy, and all the other speakers had to say the things they said. Regardless, to what anybody says, Whitney deserved to have the flag at half mast, she deserved all the praise, she deserved her place in music history and she deserved her home going service. May she rest among the angels in heaven.
Now, I am a bit too young to know about Elvis, and Marilyn Monroe , but I am just curious to whether or not the news reporters dwelled on the facts about their, alcoholism, drug use , failed marriages and s*x scandals. (I wonder)
Posted By: Shakeim Edmonds
Sunday, February 19th 2012 at 12:13PM
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