Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Bieber: Mugshot of the Year

       "And I was like baby, baby, baby ohhhh, Thought you'd always be mine." Many people today are wondering what has happened to the pop star that once sang these innocent lyrics. When searching Justin Bieber on Google pictures of a young sweet kid used to pop up along with his most recent concert updates and fan pages from teenagers across the world. If you type in his name today, mugshots are the first thing we see along with titles like "drug possession" or "fight last night." Bieber's most recent incident occurred two weeks ago when he was pulled over for drag racing a yellow Lamborghini after a night of drinking. Not only was Bieber arrested fro DUI, it is believed that tests will soon show marijuana and xanax in his system. This story took social media by storm. Several twitter parody accounts enjoyed a laugh over the situation. 

A Daniel Tosh parody account tweets this              A Will Ferrell parody account tweets this picture  
picture stating "Justin Bieber be like...."                  stating "on the next episode of MTV cribs, justin bieber"
       1,318 retweets, 1,104 favorties                                         512 retweets, 415 favorites
      View image on Twitter                                          View image on Twitter   

       Images like these went viral as Justin Bieber became the biggest topic in news and social media. This arrest followed several other crude behaviors from Bieber which ultimately led to a petition to have the star deported entitled "We the People." The petition is currently being looked over at the White House as it has obtained over 113,000 signatures. Actor Drake Bell encourages people to sign the petition and calls the star "talentless." Social media has opened the gates for the amount of information we can gain access to. Bieber's story has blown up due to the tweets, facebook posts, blog posts, and other social networking comments made about his latest. His story shows the power social media has and just how fast the news can spread.

At least he's happy?

                           

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