Apparently, Justin Bieber crashed a prom over the weekend, which the students seemed to enjoy. He even danced with the prom queen! Nobody was that click-baity about it, but I noticed something interesting I did have to comment on. Like every story, there are two sides.
The reason I decided to review click bait is because I don't want to live in the world of Idiocracy. I don't want a world of sound bites, articles optomized for search engines, and pure meaningless fluff. I want even handed reporting to let me know what happens in the world around me - and since I'm from Southern California, celebrity news is local news. Justin Bieber crashes a local prom, that's local news.
So the news I always grew up with - ABC, NBC, and even MTV News reported that Biebs crashed the prom and the students loved it. Yay! Everyone is happy.
Except, not everyone was happy. School district officials had something to say about Justin Bieber crashing the prom, like he pushed himself in and they were concerned about safety. I didn't learn that from the news I'm supposed to rely on, though. So who offered the even handed reporting that voiced the school district's side of things? TMZ and Perez Hilton. ABC may have had one line about it, but they acted like it was nothing. NBC straight up said Bieber was allowed to crash the prom, so maybe Brian Williams isn't the only person in their employ who exaggerates the truth.
News is in trouble when gossip sites are more interested in reporting the whole story than the actual news is.
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