Leggings Are Newsworthy?

I am reviewing this: Kylie Jenner Wears Leggings To Lunch, Just Like You

Before I start picking apart this post, let me just say…I like the Kardashians. Yes, that was very painful to admit, thank you very much. Though, let me explain, with further pain.

I love the family in the sense that…I’m a watcher of their show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’…and yes, their multiple spinoff shows taking place in Miami and the Hamptons. This is not my proudest moment. I, in a very strange way, respect the Kardashians. Are all of us that criticize them really strong enough to receive that criticism ourselves? Probably not.

Anyway… personally, I believe this blog post, or fashion update, is kind of…unnecessary. I get the ‘celebrities are just like you!’ reel that magazines spit out to those of us that really don’t understand that celebrities are humans, but to say Kylie Jenner wearing leggings is news worthy is simply unnecessary.

When I first saw the title ‘Kylie Jenner Wears Leggings To Lunch, Just Like You’ I laughed, then I clicked on the article. The title worked at making people want to read it… but maybe not in a flattering way.

The post is two paragraphs long, with the first paragraph talking about the other Jenner sister Kendall and her success in the spotlight, and how Kylie has avoided the public (which, c’mon, that’s impossible for the 17 year old).

The second half of the blog post describes in fairly good detail the badass outfit the reality star is wearing to this epic lunch. Props to the writer, Casey Lewis, for the clear image and detail on the shocking, Harley-esque outfit, including spandex leggings as pants (Gasp!). This is the part of the article I did enjoy, for the mere fact that the word choice was interesting for covering such a basic story, that often times is unreadable.

Kylie Jenner Outfit

I get that this blog is part of a fashion/health/beauty/fitness website, and I’m not downing that. These are my favorite kinds of websites to read!… and I’m not one to judge. My sense of style goes downhill as the year goes on and that hill eventually leads to an endless supply of sweatshirts.

I also respect and understand that the author does regularly cover what celebrities are wearing, as just the other day I was hunting for the latest sweater Sophia Bush was spotted wearing. (Update: it was way too expensive. $500 too expensive. Safe to say, I will be loving that sweater from afar.) The author of this series on this website is greatly talented, and I’m kind of envious she has a large forum of readers. I just can’t connect to this particular post.

Love Kylie Jenner. I’m just not fascinated that the most shocking and important thing being publicized about her is her wearing spandex leggings and a leather jacket to lunch. There is more to be covered than that. Like what did she have for lunch?!?!

But seriously, I did appreciate that once clicking the photo, it was said where to find the articles of clothing and at what price. Again, might be loving the outfit from afar.

Apparently I’m not the only one that was kind of ‘meh’ about this article. Well… people leaving the comments felt more than ‘meh’. There was a lot of family shaming, as they commented more on what Kylie and her family does wrong than the outfit being reviewed, or even anything to do with the article. To say it simply: people were are harsh on the Kardashians/Jenners.

There were also some comments that don’t get the big deal of the leggings as pants…and others that did. There is no way to win this debate.

Overall, what I learned from this post: Kylie Jenner wore leggings to lunch. Leggings are not pants, unless you wear them as pants. Then you’ll get an article written about you. Also, I'm a fan of Casey Lewis' writing.

The blog is well written, fact-accuracy and diction wise. Just not a fan of this particular subject, as it offers nothing but the ten-second fascination of the fame the Kardashian/Jenner fam holds.

What's Worse? Lying or Lying about Lying?

The news is anywhere and everywhere - phones, television, computers, the radio, and newspapers. Any medium can report news, obviously television still being the larger outlet since it’s the oldest and everyone has a TV. No matter how little each one of us watches the news, it affects our lives. It’s inevitable. There may not be a clear-cut line that connects the latest breaking news story and our daily lives of work, but if you reflect on it hard enough, you will find a connection, almost always nationwide.

Bottom line is it affects every single one of us.

So what happens when you tweak the news, or say misremember it?

It automatically becomes unreliable, no matter who is reporting it. Even when long-time anchor and journalist Brian Williams provides us with it.

For those of you who are actually oblivious to the news, which I usually am, American journalist and anchor of NBC Nightly News, Brian Williams (If you don’t know him by name - don’t worry, I didn’t either – I was kind enough to provide a picture.) has admitted that the helicopter that he was riding in when covering a story from Iraq, was not in fact hit by a grenade. Though he claimed it had been for the past 12 years.

http://www.nbcnews.com

So what’s worse than lying about that oh-so-tiny detail? Hmm, maybe lying about the fact that you lied about it by insisting that you misremembered it.

Now, personally, I’m someone who gives everyone the benefit of the doubt. Seriously. It’s easy to get certain details confused and intertwined, but… I don’t see the confusion here. Either the helicopter you were in was targeted and got hit, or it didn’t.

As of now, it has been confirmed that the helicopter hit was not carrying Brian Williams, but it was the helicopter in front him. Okay, so it was a mix-up. I get that it’s an extremely hectic and on-edge, dangerous environment. Minds are going in a thousand different directions, regardless of grenades being a factor. However, I’m sure the incredibly smart, experienced Williams could remember being hit, as that would just add to the tension and be a something that is not forgotten.

Again, say he simply doesn’t remember how it all went down. What is overly suspicious to me is this information was only ironed out after veterans involved back in 2003 called the NBC icon out on it. If no one said a word, America would still believe that Williams plane was hit by grenades. What I don’t understand is that Brian Williams is clearly respected and has a reputation to protect – he is expected to be unbiased and reliable, it comes with the job –so if details were a bit fuzzy for him remember, why wouldn’t he simply say he doesn’t remember and leave the blurry part out? Instead he goes on with the story and provides American with false information.

So what’s happened since this whole debacle? Williams has been suspended from NBC without pay for six months. Do I agree with these consequences? Yes. Do I feel it’s too harsh? No. Do I think it’s not harsh enough? Again, no.

I started by saying news affects each one of us. In this case, it obvious has affected Brian Williams the most, however, it was 12 years ago and if this error wasn’t brought to America’s attention, yes it’s a big deal, but it wouldn’t change anything. It wouldn’t change the outcomes of any other news stories of the past, or any historical events that have taken place in America or overseas since 2003. This information just affects viewer’s trust with Mr. Williams; it doesn’t affect us as citizens and living humans in this world.

While everyone grows up being told lying is bad, it’s even worse in the media age. However, when it comes down to it, no matter what the circumstances are, lying or truly misremembering, we are all human and all are learning, and with that comes error. We face it and move on.