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Celeb News: TLC's T-Boz Clarifies Rihanna Situation With Twitter Rant
Member Since: 4/26/2012
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Where is Superspaz to clock the ignorance and close this thread?
It's just like earlier.
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All my faves have a sexy image. It's not her right to bash them because she didn't do it 20 years ago.
I hate people like her I swear.
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Originally posted by M A R C
If they weren't talking about Rihanna, then who else they were talking about?
It's so funny they would talk about that subject right after Rihanna attended the awards.
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They've been saying this before Rihanna's cfda dress,
and they'll continue to say it after the fact.
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Originally posted by Beyond Say
Chili and T-Boz need to stop. They were controversial for their time as well. They had sexually suggestive lyrics and were banned in several countries. Because they didn't say her name, they probably were not even thinking about her and being that Beyonce ALWAYS keeps them in their broke ass feelings, they were more than likely referring to her.
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Member Since: 8/31/2013
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Honestly I think they were referring to Bey because they seem to have something against her... and them referencing the "highest selling female group" thing supports my thoughts. I'm glad Rihanna dragged them for all of our faves though...
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Originally posted by Drayb
So the interviewer just blatantly lied when he said, ". . they said Rihanna"?
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... Yeah? Blind credulity is not a good thing; what immediately came to my mind when I saw the interview was that no one mentioned Rihanna's name other than the person who edited the clip. You guys need to think, what interviewer or news organization in the world would think "hey, we have a soundbite of someone saying something controversial about one of the biggest stars in the world. Let's NOT show the clip, and just allude to it without proof, despite having cameras rolling and transcripts available"... If you've taken any journalism class, or have an ounce of common sense, the answer would be NONE. That's just not how journalism works.
And inb4 "omg ur a hive [insertstanwarnonsense]". Whether T-Boz was talking about Rihanna or not, I disagree with what she said.
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Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr
... Yeah? Blind credulity is not a good thing; what immediately came to my mind when I saw the interview was that no one mentioned Rihanna's name other than the person who edited the clip. You guys need to think, what interviewer or news organization in the world would think "hey, we have a soundbite of someone saying something controversial about one of the biggest stars in the world. Let's NOT show the clip, and just allude to it without proof, despite having cameras rolling and transcripts available"... If you've taken any journalism class, or have an ounce of common sense, the answer would be NONE. That's just not how journalism works.
And inb4 "omg ur a hive [insertstanwarnonsense]". Whether T-Boz was talking about Rihanna or not, I disagree with what she said.
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Ok, I see I need to break it down for you because either you are lacking in comprehension skills or you just didn't listen. Go and listen to the Youtube clip, at 2:00 to about 2:08 tell me what the man said. I'm done. Good bye.
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Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr
... Yeah? Blind credulity is not a good thing; what immediately came to my mind when I saw the interview was that no one mentioned Rihanna's name other than the person who edited the clip. You guys need to think, what interviewer or news organization in the world would think "hey, we have a soundbite of someone saying something controversial about one of the biggest stars in the world. Let's NOT show the clip, and just allude to it without proof, despite having cameras rolling and transcripts available"... If you've taken any journalism class, or have an ounce of common sense, the answer would be NONE. That's just not how journalism works.
And inb4 "omg ur a hive [insertstanwarnonsense]". Whether T-Boz was talking about Rihanna or not, I disagree with what she said.
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There's a difference between alluding to something and flat out making a claim. They said very clearly that TLC SINGLED OUT Rihanna, meaning they referenced her directly. Now again, if they were lying then that calls in to question their credibility as a news outlet but we, as the viewers, are NOT the ones taking anything out of context. The context was GIVEN to us by the interviewer who is supposed to be a credible and primary source of what was said in the interview that they themselves conducted.
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Originally posted by Drayb
Ok, I see I need to break it down for you because either you are lacking in comprehension skills or you just didn't listen. Go and listen to the Youtube clip, at 2:00 to about 2:08 tell me what the man said. I'm done. Good bye.
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Re-read my post.
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Originally posted by RihRihGirrrl
There's a difference between alluding to something and flat out making a claim. They said very clearly that TLC SINGLED OUT Rihanna, meaning they referenced her directly. Now again, if they were lying then that calls in to question their credibility as a news outlet but we, as the viewers, are NOT the ones taking anything out of context. The context was GIVEN to us by the interviewer who is supposed to be a credible and primary source of what was said in the interview that they themselves conducted.
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All I'm saying is, it is common sense to question the credibility of anyone who doesn't give sources, or in this case direct quotes. I mean on ATRL of all places, where yall are constantly asking for sales receipts and fact checking them from IFPI/Mediatraffic and ****, the concept shouldn't be too difficult to understand The fact that they had an alleged scandalous quote pertaining to one of the biggest popstars in the world and didn't air it, should seem dubious to anyone. People need to understand that reporters are human, reporters and news organizations flat out LIE (see Fox "news" for a political example). The fact that they have a studio and a camera crew doesn't mean you should blindly take what they say on faith, unless they provided footage of the interviewee (T-Boz) HERSELF saying "I think Rihanna is too revealing".
This incident should be proof of that; a news company, presumably wanting to generate greater traffic and ad revenue, flat out LIED and preyed upon blind credulity of the masses, drumming up "controversy". The fans and more importantly Rihanna took what they said, and now anyone who is curious about her TLC/"old thot" tweets, or the 'feud' that they created out of thin air will Google it, come to the page of the news outlet who did this, and increase their traffic and exposure.
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Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr
Re-read my post.
All I'm saying is, it is common sense to question the credibility of anyone who doesn't give sources, or in this case direct quotes. I mean on ATRL of all places, where yall are constantly asking for sales receipts and fact checking them from IFPI/Mediatraffic and ****, the concept shouldn't be too difficult to understand The fact that they had an alleged scandalous quote pertaining to one of the biggest popstars in the world and didn't air it, should seem dubious to anyone. People need to understand that reporters are human, reporters and news organizations flat out LIE (see Fox "news" for a political example). The fact that they have a studio and a camera crew doesn't mean you should blindly take what they say on faith, unless they provided footage of the interviewee (T-Boz) HERSELF saying "I think Rihanna is too revealing".
This incident should be proof of that; a news company, presumably wanting to generate greater traffic and ad revenue, flat out LIED and preyed upon blind credulity of the masses, drumming up "controversy". The fans and more importantly Rihanna took what they said, and now anyone who is curious about her TLC/"old thot" tweets, or the 'feud' that they created out of thin air will Google it, come to the page of the news outlet who did this, and increase their traffic and exposure.
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My question is, how do you know he is the one lying? You are presuming much, Sir. TBoz didn't deny either in her garbled rant.
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Originally posted by Drayb
My question is, how do you know he is the one lying? You are presuming much, Sir. TBoz didn't deny either in her garbled rant.
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She actually did since ppl thought she was referring to those cfda pics.
& she clearly says she didn't see any pics
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Originally posted by Alejandrawrrr
Re-read my post.
All I'm saying is, it is common sense to question the credibility of anyone who doesn't give sources, or in this case direct quotes. I mean on ATRL of all places, where yall are constantly asking for sales receipts and fact checking them from IFPI/Mediatraffic and ****, the concept shouldn't be too difficult to understand The fact that they had an alleged scandalous quote pertaining to one of the biggest popstars in the world and didn't air it, should seem dubious to anyone. People need to understand that reporters are human, reporters and news organizations flat out LIE (see Fox "news" for a political example). The fact that they have a studio and a camera crew doesn't mean you should blindly take what they say on faith, unless they provided footage of the interviewee (T-Boz) HERSELF saying "I think Rihanna is too revealing".
This incident should be proof of that; a news company, presumably wanting to generate greater traffic and ad revenue, flat out LIED and preyed upon blind credulity of the masses, drumming up "controversy". The fans and more importantly Rihanna took what they said, and now anyone who is curious about her TLC/"old thot" tweets, or the 'feud' that they created out of thin air will Google it, come to the page of the news outlet who did this, and increase their traffic and exposure.
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But sis it's not common sense lol
how many times have you seen an interview, heck on the nightly news, that goes something like this...
Interviewer (Narration): "When asked what he thought about the recent spike in the unemployment numbers, he responded with...."
Interviewee: "I think it's unfortunate that Americans aren't being given enough opportunities to provide for their families"
Nowhere in his response do we actually hear him refer to the unemployment numbers....
There are many ways for a journalist to tell a story and unless they chose to show the interview unedited and in its' entirety, then there will be things left in the cutting room floor. In this instance, the questions were not broadcast, but rather just TLC's responses (a style used a lot during on-camera interviews) so the viewer will obviously take what the journalist says in their narration as an accurate depiction of what was said to them during the duration of the interview.
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If anyone RIhanna should be mad at the news station, and not TLC
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Originally posted by Drayb
My question is, how do you know he is the one lying? You are presuming much, Sir. TBoz didn't deny either in her garbled rant.
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Before the fact - Again, if the news outlet had tape or transcripts of her naming a A+ list popstar, they would have shown it in the first place. Let's try a little analogy : Let's say I told you your man was cheating on you and I have the texts to prove it. Wouldn't you be suspicious of me if I made that claim, but at the same time refused to show the alleged texts that should serve as proof? I didn't outright say they lied right away, just that I found it dubious and worth being suspicious of, rather than PILING the hate on her on questionable grounds, like I'm sure is being done on twitter.
After the fact - T-Boz did deny it. I know it might have been easy to miss in that barely coherent rant, but she said that while she doesn't take back the gist of what she said, she DIDN'T make the comment about Rihanna. (In fact, it was probably about Beyonce again). I'll take T-Boz' word over the guy who did the interview voice over, especially given that she knows that if she DID say that, the news organization could easily expose her for being a liar, if they DID IN FACT have tape of her saying it. So far, they haven't.
Additionally, to the people citing the CFDA thing, do we know when this interview was conducted? It definitely wasn't live, as they had time for editing (hence, where the Rihanna clips came in). For all we know, this could have been taped before the CFDA footage became available, or at the very least before Rihanna's outfit went viral and reached Australia. the 'boobies' thing is pretty vague and applies not only to Rihanna, but to at the very least Beyonce, Katy, Gaga, hell even Pink
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Lol I swear when some of their mamas whipped after sex apart of the sperm must of got whipped cuz their not whole y'all can catch bricks
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Girl WHAT?
She must've been smashing on that keyboard because wtf is this incoherent mess?
Rih really did gather them with the swiftness. The Navy isn't assuming anything because the news story specifically said her name and attached a clip of her "Where have you been video" If anyone needs to catch the blame its the news network. Rihanna was implicated in TLC's comment about selling sex (because she does) but Rih spoke for women everywhere when she pointed out their hypocrisy. Especially when TLC stans for Bey and even Bey is embracing nudity and sexuality in her work.
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A mess
ATRLers remain being ignorant. Where's Supaspaz?
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No comment on that mess
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The person talking over the interview literally said "The single'd out Rihanna". How would she not think it was about her?
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