Since last week we have been discussing in class about daily heros and how we as a society follow up on the news, I found this one article that fits our topic. I was checking the yahoo news as I do everyday and I came about this article in headline news. Heigl and husband adopt a Korean baby girl. Heigl is currently on one of the most watched TV shows, Greys Anatomy and her husband is a singer. They are thrilled to have adapted a child since they have been planning on doing it sooner or later. This is a clear example how the rich and famous are portrayed in the USA. The media covers basically every single minute of there lives. It seems like they have no privacy in their lives. Its not like she has done a bad thing by adopting a Korean girl but I'm sure they would have liked not the whole world knowing about it. However if they didnt want it private, the media would have made a story out of it anyway. We can also take another perspective on this topic. This could be an aspiration for more people to adopt other children that need loving parents in there life. They have opened doors for other newly married couples to adopt children in need. I find it interesting that the media have followed up on the adoption and sprayed it to society so that it would ring a bell in some people. On the contrary it also could be a bad thing by taking a kid out of there country and erasing there heritage. Being adopted at a young age could deny them there roots and culture. Taking kids from there country and converting them into living this American Dream is very controversial. Kids should be educated in the culture department and know where and what they are made of. Heigl is only trying to do the best for this girl and her intentions are nothing but positive. Anyway it shows how the media can create a picture about stars and we as a society look up to these pictures and admire or hate them. Imagine she did something bad. The media would jump straight on it and her image would be ruined. So the media can control images for these heros that we look up to in this country.
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