I am a bit angry after reading a news item about Paris on CNN.com, which was written by the Associated Press.
BTW, if you visit CNN.com, you will see a headline on the top of the frontpage. I have to mention this every time it happens.
So what was it about? The title of the article is: “Rwanda trip delayed as Paris shops.” What it is subtly trying to say is “look instead of doing charity work, Paris went to Japan to shop and have fun.”
First annoying “mistake” I found is that it starts off with these words ”Socialite Paris Hilton.”
But the biggest problem is that the article is written by a careless and ignorant hater. This is the first line: “Socialite Paris Hilton may not be ready to head off to Rwanda to do good deeds, but she was up to judging a beauty contest in Tokyo on Tuesday.”
In an other passage, you can find this: “She had announced plans to do charity work in Rwanda this month for The Playing for Good Foundation, but later decided to postpone that trip.”
Reread that second quote again. What do you think the average reader on CNN.com will think it means? The average read will think that it is Paris Hilton who took the decision to postpone the trip, when in fact, it was the organization, “Playing for Good Foundation”’s decision to postpone it.
No where in the article you can find the words ”restructuring” and “2008.” The trip was postponed until 2008 due to “restructuring” within the organization. Why no mention of this?
The article ends with these phrases: “”I love Tokyo,” Hilton said. “The shopping is great.” Japan has the reigning Miss Universe, Riyo Mori. Mori is the first Japanese to win the pageant since 1959.”
Basically, it ends with the impression that Paris broke her promise and decided to have fun and shop around in other countries. I know it doesn’t like a big deal, but it’s from the AP and it happens often. The writer didn’t plan it to be this way and he/she probably isn’t too hateful. Nowadays, I believe that writers don’t even care what they write about because they know people won’t react the way I do when it’s about Paris. If you think I’m wrong or crazy, let me know.
You can read it here. In other related news, as some of you noted, Paris still hasn’t started one of the major charity works she was talking about. At least 3-4 months have passed since her jail sentence.
Source: The Media Tries To Make Paris Hilton Look Bad Over Rwanda Trip
