Jake

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eiG5FCYJ8k POPEYES chicken disaster...

This supposedly newsworthy video is about a popeyes fried chicken store in Minneapolis that refused to do a "4.99 special". It starts with there "investigative" reporter Tom Lyden standing outside of the store hours after it had closed, pretty much repeating the same thing over and over. That people were mad cause they didn't get their fried chicken. Its pretty easy to spot the stereotype in this story of black people and their love for chicken (they only interviewed 1 white person and he owned the store).

They run around the parking lot and store asking everyone they see "hey are you mad". They finally get to the bottom of it and talk to the manager who says that his store is a franchise and he doesn't have to participate. Then its back to filming people in there cars swearing at the drive thru speaker. This whole story is rediculos and a waste of time. Its just filming a bunch of people bitching about not getting chicken.

The thing is Tom Lyden knows this isn't news worthy at all. He does it cause he knows viewers are going to hear about people being pist off and immediatly want to know why since their lives are dull and boring and someone screaming "spices it up" thus bringing viewership up. It also entertains people to see a stereotypes portrayed of other races then their own. This story was in no way newsworthy just a another shot to keep their viewers hooked on non newsworthy events. Whats next taco bell closes so they go film a bunch of angry mexicans? It clearly shows the racism in the media today and how they use it to entertain people.