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On Friday, October 24, 2008, Jennifer Hudson's mother and brother were murdered in their South Side home and then this morning the body of her nephew was discovered. This is a horrible thing that occurred and I hope that the person who did this will be caught and prosecuted. However, I have to look at how hard this tragedy has hit so many not because they are related to Jennifer Hudson, but because they themselves have experienced a tragedy like this. How many of these stories have we heard on the news every night? How many times do you tune yourself out to hearing: "Another CPS Student Shot" or "Woman Murdered"? Every one feels bad for the victim's families but they do not receive the same mass attention that the Hudson family is receiving. Why is that? Because the people who have also experienced murders and child abductions are just normal every day people and Jennifer Hudson is a celebrity. I just can not help but think of what a horrible thing occurred to this family but how much attention this event is drawing, mostly due to Hudson's star power. I think that maybe this mass murder will cause people to look at the world differently and realize that it can happen to anyone. But, I have to wonder also how the families of other tragedies like this are feeling hearing how much attention this story is getting and how little, or maybe not little, attention their own story got. This truly reveals the biases of the media and the public to concern themselves with events that happened to celebrities. And to also mass publicize the details and what not for everyone to read. I truly feel for the family of Jennifer Hudson and that of the other families who have experienced such a tragedy.
Maybe this will show what situation the country truly is in and how people are willing to do anything they can for their own possible gain. What is your take on the media coverage of this murder?
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I totally agree. I was reading an article about the murder in some magazine, and I thought to myself about how many people around the country and even world are murdered every day and who actually knows or cares about it. Most people it just blows over them and they don't care about it. When I heard this story it kind of made me sad, because there are so many murders in the Chicago area and just because it is some who is famous it is a bigger deal. All murders are a big deal and should be pursued by the media in the same way. And they should go after the murderer in the same way.
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