Carrie Underwood- Before He Cheats
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Right now he's probably slow dancing
With a bleached-blond tramp
And she's probably getting frisky
Right now, he's probably buying
Her some fruity little drink
'Cause she can't shoot whiskey
Right now, he's probably up behind her
With a pool stick
Showing her how to shoot a combo
And he don't know
I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped-up 4 wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seat
I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights
Slashed a hole in all 4 tires
And maybe next time he'll think before he cheats
Right now, she's probably up singing some
White-trash version of Shania karaoke
Right now, she's probably saying, "I'm drunk"
And he's a thinking that he's gonna get lucky
Right now, he's probably dabbing on 3 dollars
Worth of that bathroom Polo
Oh and he don't know
That I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped-up 4 wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seat
I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights
Slashed a hole in all 4 tires
And maybe next time he'll think before he cheats
I might've saved a little trouble for the next girl
'Cause the next time that he cheats
Oh, you know it won't be on me!
No, not on me
'Cause I dug my key into the side
Of his pretty little souped-up 4 wheel drive
Carved my name into his leather seat
I took a Louisville slugger to both head lights
Slashed a hole in all 4 tires
Maybe next time he'll think before he cheats
Oh, maybe next time he'll think before he cheats
Oh, before he cheats
Oh
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So the justice issue in this song is that if your boyfriend cheats on you, you can destroy his car in revenge and you won't get in trouble. Despite the fact that people don this all the time to cheating partners, that is destroy some sort of property belonging to the wandering partner, it is technically vandalism. So here we have Carrie Underwood teaching our female youth a valuable lesson, if he cheats on you, then you vandalize his truck, but make sure you don't get caught. Also in the video Carrie is seen pushing people out of her way as she walks down the street, oh hey, that's called assault.
The CBS article said all the same things the Washington Post article said but when into way more depth about all the work the police did to investigate the false crime and the possibility of Storro being charged with filing a false police report and other possible charges from the Clark County Prosecuting Attorney. This article also talked about donation funds that had been set up by 2 local banks to help Storro pay for her medical bills stemming from the false attack and that local detectives would now work on making sure Storro returns all those donated funds. It was also mentioned that an attempt was made to contact Storro's parents in light of the news that the attack was false and that they did not find a way to contact the parents. Also, there were details about Storro's news conference after the attack where she told the press about her "horrific encounter" and what she would want to tell her attacker should she get the chance.
The CNN article went into more depth about the police finding discrepancies saying that a big one was the fact that Storro was wearing sunglasses during the attack which she claimed to have happened at night. There was also more detail about the home investigation which led to Storro's confession. This article also noted Storro's hospital treatment and release, the impact of the false investigation on the police and the community, further interviews with Storro's family, and that Storro was in a "fragile mental state". Also, again there was particular detail about interviews she gave the media about the false attack, this article had a quote she told a CNN affiliate about how she was in God's hands and how she wouldn't let her attacker ruin her life.
In my search to find an article where media is critical of self I found a story about a Washington Post reporter who was fired for tweeting a false story. In light of the scandal and allegations against Ben Roethlisberger last year he was suspended from the Steeler's first 6 games of the season. A few weeks ago a Washington Post reporter, Mike Wise, tweeted that Roethlisberger would only be suspended for 5 games and the news spread very quickly. What I found most interesting was that Wise's defense for his tweet was that he falsely tweeted on purpose, and he did so to show how easy it is to make false claims on twitter and that twitter is not a credible new source. Based on the fact that on his twitter he says he is a writer for the Washington Post, the newspaper found grounds to dismiss him because in referencing his position as a reporter it made his twitter somewhat more reliable than the average user.
The criticism the author of the article offered was that while Wise had a good idea to expose the falsity of twitter, there was a better way he could have done it with out jeopardizing his job.While Wise was out to show how people blindly believe tweets and never check sources, I do not think he realized how quickly (and sadly) twitter has become a major source of information. Also, the author was critical of twitter in that agreed with Wise's motive to show people that twitter is not a news source or a credible source of information. Unless you want to know what Ashton Kutcher ate for dinner, don't look up important things on twitter. Or at the least, double check what you read on twitter before freaking out about it. 
