Up & Coming Weekly

October 07, 2014

Up and Coming Weekly is a weekly publication in Fayetteville, NC and Fort Bragg, NC area offering local news, views, arts, entertainment and community event and business information.

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20 UCW OCTOBER 8-14, 2014 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM Concert Connection Sponsored by IT'Z ENTERTAINMENT CITY www.itzentertainmentcity.com HUSKE HARDWARE HOUSE 405 Hay Street • 437-9905 www.huskehardware.com Oct. 10 Tommy King Oct. 11 Tommy King MARQUIS MARKET 116 Person St. • 483-1337 marquismarket.com Live Jazz every 4th Friday FORT BRAGG Main Post Parade Field www.fortbraggmwr.com Oct. 11 Darius Rucker THE CROWN COMPLEX 1960 Coliseum Dr. • (910) 438-4100 www.crowncomplexnc.com Oct. 11 Mary Mary Tye Tribett Oct. 17 Scotty McCreery Nov. 6 Blue Man Group HILLTOP HOUSE 1240 Fort Bragg Rd. • 484-6699 www.hilltophousenc.com Thursday Live Music VILLAGE COFFEE HOUSE 3037 Boone Trail Ext. • 484-4515 2nd SaturdayScottJohnson 2nd and 3rd Friday Open mic Fayetteville's Concert Connection Sponsored by IT'Z ENTERTAINMENT CITY www.itzentertainmentcity.com Off with Their Heads by LAURA BOARTS They're on television. They're on the radio. They're in our magazines, newspapers and even online. The "lynch-mob media" strikes again! …And again. …And again. With so many treacherous issues going on in the world, why do so many news outlets choose to weave repeats of, for example, six second video clips of some- one famous doing something ille- gal, and basically demand their boss to be fired, amongst larger, more important, fact-driven world issues? This is a complex subject. Maybe the purpose was intended to make the news consumer feel as though there are news worthy subjects that they can actually control the outcome of. Regardless, we, as broadcasters in any realm, have the responsi- bility to present the facts of what is happening in the world, and even to report the goings' on in the entertainment industry. However, there has been an increase in our media's "lynch-mob mentality," setting fire to the image and reputation of any accused person before they've even stepped into a court room for a judge and a jury to decide their guilt or innocence. This is not why we exist as broadcasters. This 'lynching by media' is quickly becoming the new way that assumed perpetrators (or the person in charge of them) are being dealt with. Apparently, there is no better sys- tem in place than to have a bunch of journalists deciding which person or company is evil and deserves the 'Queen of Hearts' treatment – "Off with their heads!" There are enough horrific things going on in our world – wars, rumors of wars, terrorism, the deaths of innocent people, dictators rising to power, nuclear threats, even beheadings. Someone has to pay, and apparently it's our job as broadcasters to convict and demand resig- nation. I feel that someone has the responsibility to apologize to you, news con- sumers. I give you my sincerest apology for the news media's public lashings and constant backing of biased, negative news reports calling for some- one's head on a platter. It's almost all we can do to keep our heads above the noise. So, what can you do to help us? Choose light. Choose life. Choose to find the positive in the midst of medial lashing. Difficult? Maybe. But be assured you can find the roses among a garden of thorns. There are news outlets, even here in your own community, that strive to bring light to the darkness some media create in lynching those involved in the latest trending social issue. We highly value our relation- ship with Up and Coming Weekly for this reason. We both choose to pro- mote the good things in life — the arts, family, education, our community, local businesses — the list goes on. So here's where you can start on your search for light in the media — check us out. We promise we will always deliver positivity, truth and a helping hand as we strive to "Keep the Main Thing, the Main Thing" — namely Jesus Christ, and his message to bring light and life to a world in need. LAURA BOARTS , WCLN's Music Programming Assistant, Contributing Writer. COMMENTS? Editor@upandcomingweekly.com. Sometimes it is hard to find good news in the media.

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