GOSSIP MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND

ages:18-25
Purpose: to show that some articles out there are solely based on gossip with no substantial amount of evidence. As well, this growing infatuation with celebrities is gradually taking over the type of news people are paying attention to.

The growing world of entertainment thrives on gossip. Especially when famous high profiled celebrities like Madonna make the gossip mills turn. This time it's not about adopting another child or a divorce, it's about Madonna falling off a horse which she claims was apparently caused by a photographer startling the horse by jumping out of the bushes to photograph her. On the other hand, photographer Thomas Hinton claims that he was only there to photograph Madonna before and after her accident.
Both the photographer and Madonna's spokesperson, Liz Rosenburg make their arguments, which seems what this article is solely based on; making back and forth arguments. This article neither has solid substantial evidence, nor does it have on the scene eye witnesses, who can prove either side's argument. It's basically a 'he said this' and 'she said this' sort of article. It goes one step further by going off topic about other old Madonna news such as a denied adoption, a divorce and her money issues in the divorce settlement. This alone proves that since they were unable to prove anything about how Madonna fell off her horse, they are are using past proven happenings in Madonna's life to strengthen their already weak article.
There is obviously a bias in the article as it repeatedly reinforces to audiences that this is not the first time that Madonna has fallen off a horse. They are trying to defeat what she is claiming about the photographer being the one to blame for her accident. They do this by saying 'this wasn't Madonna's first', and later on reinforcing past incidents where she fell off a horse numerous times. This therefore will lead audiences to form the opinion that it was Madonna who was not being very careful or experienced. This takes the focus off the photographer who apparently jumped out of the bushes and startled her horse.
Whether Madonna is deliberately blaming the photographer for her accident to take the blame of herself, is yet to still be proven since this article was not capable of doing that with substantial evidence. How and why Madonna fell of her horse seems to be of more interest to audiences rather than actual news worthy events such as ways we can help save our enviornment. I guess money is not the only thing that makes the world go round, it's the world of gossip.