The Kony 2012 Campaign video has been all over the internet, social media sites, and TV. Co-creator and narrator of the video Jason Russell has been talked about and scrutinized just as much as the video. Has all the publicity of the video and of Jason got to his head? Many believe so and it didn't help that he was arrested on March 15 for public masturbation and vandalizing cars in San Diego, California. Speculation is that Jason was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, which was claimed not to be true by Jason's wife, Danica. Danica also released a statement that said the diagnosis was reactive psychosis, an acute state brought on by extreme exhaustion, stress, and dehydration and according to the doctors, Jason's overnight celebrity led to the breakdown. Danica believes Jason will remained hospitalized for at least a few weeks and he will make a full recovery.
I agree with exactly what the doctors stated, that Jason becoming and overnight celebrity got to his head. I also believe that Jason took all the negative talk about the video and the antics of the Invisible Children Inc. to a personal level since he was so involved in the process. I don't think Jason was under the influence of any drugs or alcohol like it was stated by his wife. The one thing I do wonder is why the other creators Laren Poole and Bobby Bailey haven't done anything like Jason because they were just as important in the creation of the charity and movie. I hope when Jason has been released from the hospital and has recovered that he will have a press conference and apologize for his actions while also trying to shift everyone's mind from this instance back to being focused on finding and stopping Joseph Kony.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20580362,00.html
Its a tragedy that this junk shifts media attention from the original objective of the effort. Consider the source too. People Magazine would tend to emphasize on the sensationalistic side of the story - even exaggerate it. I wonder if there is anything in credible news sources about this. Avoid People in the future.
ReplyDeleteThis happens all too often with the media. They shift attention from the important topics to personal mishaps. It is sometimes tragic. While we clearly don't have the most stable leader for the movement, this is turning the campaign into a joke, which it should not be.
ReplyDeletei feel that people aren't perfect and he is the leader of Kony Invisible Children, but people have life's outside of what they support (Kony). i think that his personal actions outside of his campaign have nothing to do with his actions for Kony.
ReplyDeleteThere are articles stating the same thing on places like MSNBC, so credible news sources are running articles like this too. I don't like how one bad event can lead to deterring the overall meaning of a project, but it makes for a good headline. I do question his mental stability though, because regardless of the amount of pressure that somebody is put under, that is not cause enough for running in the streets naked and vandalizing cars.
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