Chris Brown and Rihanna: Love in Trouble is the title of a special MTV will air on Monday at 6 p.m. EST. “In trouble”? Seems as though when one person is allegedly beaten by another person in the relationship, love is in considerably worse shape than “trouble.” MTV says it has gathered “journalists, industry professionals, and other experts to provide insight and commentary” about the Grammy-night felony battery charges brought against Chris Brown after an argument with his girlfriend, Rihanna. The network includes sound-bites from TMZ’s Harvey Levin. He comments on Brown’s “squeaky-clean looks” working in the singer’s favor with a jury may well be correct, as ill-making as that sounds with what few solid facts we know right now.
MTV also gave out a clip from freelance journalist Laura Checkoway, who’s interviewed Brown in the past:
Again, it’s pretty dismaying to hear someone say she’s “wasn’t that surprised” Brown is up on charges for this awful behavior. You want to scream, “Well then, why didn’t anyone help or come down hard on this guy before he did what he’s alleged to have done?” But of course, reporters aren’t social workers or therapists, and, again, the context of Brown’s comments to Checkoway about his “abusive family” and “his demons” provide a little insight.
MTV hasn’t made the entire special available yet, and I can’t say I look forward to combing though this dreadful story, but one can safely assume that MTV will do what all TV news does in these situations: provide its usual, vexed combination of insight and exploitation, with the bottom-line hope that viewers watching will be dismayed and repulsed by the incident being described.
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MTV: irrelevant and now exploitation-ists. Good for you, MTV! The fact that you think aligning yourself with TMZ is a good idea shows why you’re hemorrhaging viewers.
This is ridiculous. These are two people who have allegedly just been through one of the most awful things that will ever happen to them. And I say allegedly because we still don’t know what happened. All that is out there is a bunch of BS from “sources close to the couple.” It’s absolute BS. Innocent until proven guilty had never existed in this country. The media, especially MTV and Perez Hilton, have been disgusting about this whole thing. But I would expect nothing less from the lie-telling American media. If Chris Brown is charged with a crime over this alleged incident, then let the justice systems do its job. There is no need for him to be prosecuted and persecuted by the media. Their being in the public eye does not give us a right to their business, contrary to what media vultures will tell you.
why do you keep trying to cram this garbage down our throats! there are more important things in the news to report DAMMIT!
why do you keep trying to cram this garbage down our throats! there are more important things in the news to report DAMMIT!
Regarding the proposed MTV programing, “Love in Trouble”: this is what I would say to the proponents of such a grotesque idea, especially, the MTV Execs, Ken Tucker and Harvey Levin: you, people have nothing else good to live for, and no use to humanity anymore, why don’t you, each find a fold to bury yourself in!! Here are two very young people -Chris and Rihanna(just a little older than my three teenagers) having a little trouble in their relationship, and you are developing a program of “entertainment” based on their tragedy?? Do you people not have children, brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles, just any relative or friends about the ages of Chris and Rihanna? What would you do, if they were in these two people’s situation -you find a way to profit off of it??
This is to you Harvey Levin: your parents sent you to law school just to acquire skills to peddle this smurt you do on TMZ? What a waste.
Disgusting.
Chris did not mean to hit her soo all of yall need to stop and get a life cuz nun of yall no da real story
MTV Stop taking advantage of this situation to crank up ratings getting “experts” to speculate anddig dirt on the couple the worst part the reports are all one sided.SO STOP. for sure you will notget ratings from my household and all my friends and their friends.
When you joke, bite and hit, that definately does not mean he “didn’t mean to hurt her.”
Chris if u hit Riahnna that’s bang out of order,yr rude…..
happy v day all,
I thiink iits sad how so many pe0ple will judge the liife of 0thers wen kn00wiing n0thiing at all.. wats even w0rse iis h0w mtv would talk s0 many w0nderful thiings ab0ut chris br0wn and wen this happens they turn deyre backs on hiim. what kiind 0f pe0ple d0es mtv get run by?? and this iis the channel we all ch00se t0 watch?? I am disgusted at h0w cruel humans can be! put y0urself in his sh0es f0r 0nce! and st0p judgiiing! whatever happens and wen all iis saiid and d0ne my supp0rt l0ve n prayers g0 f0r chriis br00wn n perez hilt0n is n0thhing but a cheap g0ssiper wh0 lives talkin BS ab0ut the lifes 0f 0thers wen we all kn0w hhe has issues 0f himself heh clearly needs t0 w0rk 0n! but wat can ii say dats wat insecure pe0ple d0 they tlak ab0ut 0thers s0 dey can feel g00d! wat type 0f w0rld r we living iin!
Learn how to fuckin spell MORON!!!
“I thiink iits sad how so many pe0ple will judge the liife of 0thers wen kn00wiing n0thiing at all.. “
OH Chris I use to think U are a reall man But to hit ur girl would actually make u a cc.
Chris Brown and Rihanna love one another and that should be enough to get them through this.If we are all true fans of them both we need to pray that all will be ok.. THIS 2 SHALL PASS……