Recently, most of us have heard Ozzie Guillens comments about who his most inspirational person was and he then responded with the answer of the year, "I love Fidel Castro." Then all of the media and the social media went crazy and people were tweeting like crazy about it. Next the 5 game suspension was handed out, the protest outside was created, then all the heated debates on why he said it went on, and finally the live speech he made to the public. This was a very interesting time because everyone was wondering why he said this and why could he not think of someone else to say instead of him.
That question interested everyone and everyone on social media in which everyone thought they knew the answer. However, due to all the tweets that were being sent out between the analysts and experts in baseball. They were really able to spread the word about what he said and let the public know about it. Without being on Twitter, I personally would not have known about his remarks on Castro and how he respects him and etc. Then thanks to social media and the wildfire it starts, it led to him pretty much getting suspended. The reason for this is that if you think about it, if no one tweeted about it and spread it around, then it would not have been a big deal and he would have never been in this position. However, I personally feel that he could have easily thought of someone else to say that is an inspiration and not have to worry about explaining himself or offending anyone. It was just really dumb on his part and he received the consequences.
Yeah, really need to watch what you say these days. The media tends to blow things out of proprotion so something innocent looks like its said by the devil.
ReplyDeleteI feel that with the amount of social media these days no matter who says it if there is a comment made by anyone famous that raises some eyebrows it will absolutely be blown out of proportion. It seems like today the media's main focus is to cause controversy through headlines.
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