Unit Two Proposal

For my unit two project, I would like to analyze the arguments presented by those directly effected by the Lindsay Lohan scandal this past year. Lindsay was recently arrested on several occasions for various reasons (mostly related to drugs and alcohol). She was then sent to trial to decide whether she should go to jail, rehab, or be free. It was up to the judge to determine her fate and there was much controversy over what that should be. I think that this will be an interesting topic because coverage of the scandal was all over TMZ, Perez, Twitter as well as the rest of the media. Sources like these interest me because I always want to question the reliability of them. I wonder where, exactly, the get their information. It is interesting to see how everyone feels about this particular situation, within the movie industry and beyond. Because of Lindsay's influence on young people everywhere, some people thought that she needed to be sent to jail and rehab to set an example. Others thought that she didn't deserve the negative spotlight that she was under. I look forward to examining further why people thought the way they did.