PressEthic

For all of your writers who missed the entertainment news of last week, let me just inform you that freedom of speech is still alive whether its publicized or not. At last week's MTVs Video Music Awards emcee Mos Def was arrested for what is reported as "disorderly content." According to "Trace Magazine," the wordsmith pulled up to Radio City Music Hall uninhibitidly jeering his politcally fused "Katrina Clap," which targets President Bush and his pathetic response in assiting the hurricane katrina victims. What is especially interesting about the article is that his appearance was unplanned and not approved by memebers of the MTV staff. My question is "Why did no one really hear about this event?" It definately wasn't in any newspapers and surprisinly wasn't covered by BET (go figure). Nevertheless, is news like this not news? Is their a codebook of what makes political news notworthy? Was it not covered because he was a hip-hop artist? Let me know what you guys think? Would it have been different if Beyonce serenaded us with the same song and dance as Mos Def. . would the media have covered it more?