Willow Smith (13) and Moises Arias (20) Spark Controversy

So, remind me, why is this even news? Because it shouldn't even be news considering there's nothing wrong with this -- it could have just been a photo shoot.

Apparently the controversy is in that it's black and white and because Moises is shirtless it obviously (sarcasm) means it's sexual. Some idiots even had the audacity to call it child porn, which it's not, because they're not even touching.

The media will just do anything to make people look bad.

You can see the photo in the linked source below.

Willow Smith, 13, Lies in Bed With Shirtless Actor Moises Arias, 20, in Controversial Photos

• Source: US Weekly
• Published: May 7, 2014

 

Meh, more celebrity gossip. It's amazing how little things have changed over the years.

 

This, exactly.

I mean, this is literally nothing but a photo shoot-type thing, and there's news on it -- news on nothing, essentially! This is why I hate the media.

 

That sneaky little devil. Going and procuring young women to take pictures with him that are in no way sexual, but make the world(Actually, media) think it's sexual. It's diabolical. Rico strikes again.

Yes, like both of you, I can't stand it when things like this are big time newsworthy. I would consider it a bland world if we didn't have expositions within the Entertainment industry, but major news? It's ridiculous. Should I really wish to open a can of worms, I could mention how often a certain flight gets mentioned to say "We still don't know what happened, but we're looking". All good and wonderful. "Six dead in Cairo following a recent bombing in the sq- And we still don't know where that plane is." This may not be how it actually went, but I recall some big explosion (no pun intended) over the internet about how often CNN keeps interupting new stories to talk about that long-since-missing plane.

As for the picture, I actually like it, objectively speaking. It has weight as a visual image. It's not exactly sexual, as it isn't pornographic, but that's not to say it isn
't sexual.

 

Well, see, the examples you gave are actually fine. Trying to figure out how an airplane disappeared is legitimate news. However, this thing with Willow and Moises wasn't. All they were doing was being together; even if it's sexual, which I highly doubt it is, so what? It's not like this stuff hasn't happened before. You see young kids starring in teen and adult-oriented shows all the time -- two shows that come to mind are Malcolm in the Middle and Everybody Hates Chris -- so this is really no different.

 

Personally, my feelings are neutral on the plane story. I care enough to hope the plane is found, and I'm silly enough to believe deep down it could be like the movie "Alive!" a little bit and somehow there are passengers still alive. What I was remarking is that people are annoyed, much like you are by this photo's notice, by the fact that "nothing to report yet" is worthy of reporting.

I rarely watch the news for a number of reasons. Namely, the sensationalist angle of it all with zero entertainment and with a lack of that, you might think they'd stick entirely to honest exposition. I'm looking at MSNBC and Fox News here. I entirely agree with one quip President Barrack Obama made at a light-hearted, typically comically hosted banquet "Face it Fox, you'll miss me when I'm gone.". I'm not a political fanboy, but what he said was essentially true. Stuff like the photograph that has sparked this is a slow news day stuff. Or pretty much what our news has become: news not meant to inform, but to distract.