The NY Times, states a summary from the amount the kids will make over three years of filming, the name of the trust fund and how they will not be able to touch the money that goes in there until they are 18 years old. How Octomom has 4 citations against her for filming the babies when they came home. That violates child labor laws and they will appear in court on Monday. The NY Times is however the only one to state that, "The medical curiosity of their delivery turned to public outrage when it was learned that the single, unemployed mother had been caring for her six other children with the help of food stamps and Social Security disability payments for three of the youngsters.
BBC News, states the same as the other news media. It is the only one that goes into saying film crews will not follow Suleman and her children 24 hours a day, but will document certain milestones, such as birthdays and special events. BBC News doesn't post the name of the trust fund, whereas NY Times and USA Today do.
USA Today, is the longest of the four articles. This article pretty much states the same, except it is the only one that focuses more on the fact that a court appearance will be made on Monday, and it goes into more detail about the citations received and what may happen in court, as well as the laws that were broken.
Laist, this news report is very against Octomom, whereas the other 3 had a neutral view point. The Laist says, from the opening line that this is a dream come true for Octomom. The article also says how Ocotmom has said from the beginning that she wanted her kids to be on TV.
I am not shocked that the New York Times summarizes a story because they usually cover a story to the best of their knowledge without the input of criticism and opinions. I agree with the statement that claims that USA Today and the New York Times contain more details in a story like this than BBC because I believe that BBC is more interested in covering more important issues than a civilian who happened to become famous by constant media coverage.
ReplyDeleteI had a feeling that Nadya "Octomom" Suleman would be getting her own reality show sometime soon. You can't have 14 kids these days without having one. I agree with Justin that the BBC would obviously rather cover other more pressing issues in the world, and would devote very little if any time to the Octomom. I'm sure that she will be receiving more citations and have to appear in court once again for violating her children.
ReplyDeleteIt's also interesting to look at the way popular media has embraced multiple birth families. The idea of having a media career based on fertility treatment is fascinating, ie Kate of Jon&KatePlus8 claiming that she is doing it for her children (indicating that she wouldn't do it if the media didn't pay for it, so it's not about educating people about multiple birth families, but literally about the $$ that comes with fame).
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