On Saturday, a car carrying NBA star Lamar Odom hit two people. One of them a 15 year old boy, who TMZ now reports has died. This is a very sad and unfortunate event.
I must take issue with the way some media outlets have reported this story from the very beginning. The misleading headlines are cause for a pause. I understand that on Saturday intial reports were not clear Tuesday, we know he was not the driver but if you read the headline that Globalgrind and other media outletsjust ran, you would have no idea. If you were new to the story, you would think it was another Brandy incident.
This is TMZ’s headline: Victim Dies After Crash Involving Lamar Odom’s Driver. No confusion there. “Details…(Photos)” incinuates that there are pictures relevant to the story. The picture above is what they delivered. The picture of Khloe with a big smile on her face doesn’t help the tone either. But for the fact that Lamar was in that car, the story would not have spanned outside of the NY area. But it’s not his crash, if you are in the car with your parents when they have an accident is it your accident? The blame is attributed to the driver.
Other misleading titles:
Lamar Odom Car Accident Leaves One Dead – Gather
15-year-old boy dies from injuries suffered in Odom crash – NY Post
We want the catching headline but don’t go too far.
