Brad Pitt Says Media Focus Is 'Misguided'

[Kerrytravelers]

<http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050607/ap_en_ce/people_brad_pitt_2>

Brad Pitt Says Media Focus Is 'Misguided'


NEW YORK - Brad Pitt is taking on poverty and AIDS in Africa — and the tabloids. In an hour-long ABC "Primetime Live" special set to air Tuesday night (10 p.m. ET), Pitt talks to Diane Sawyer about the humanitarian crisis in Africa.

"I can't get out of the press. These people can't get in the press. So let's redirect the attention a little bit," he tells Sawyer.

"We have the potential to end poverty (in Africa) in our time. ... Man — I mean, what is more exciting than that? The potential's there. We gotta go for it."

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Unfortunately, AP chose to spend the rest of the article talking about Bradalina and Jennifer... sigh. At least Pitt's heart is in the right place: He has done a PSA for One and has spoken out for One on numerous occasions.

[paineinthearse]

1. I must need glasses, read this as "WR Pitt" nt

[sasquatch]

2. He's right on so many levels it isn't even fucking funny

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

3. Lets spend 1 hour talking to brad pitt!

now thats misguided :crazy:

[Media_Lies_Daily]

34. Would you rather see Herr Busch interviewed?

[ronnykmarshall]

47. I wouldn't waste time talking to him for an hour.

There much better things I'd like to do to him for an hour.

[Cha]

4. Good for Pitt!

Did he say who he liked?:P

[saracat]

14. He campaigned for Kerry .

[Centered]

28. Does that really matter?

Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green or Independant... Standing up for those who are in need is good no matter what someones personal political beliefs are.

Good for you Brad it is enough to know you are doing something for those who can't!!

[Cha]

29. FYI, I was asking who he liked..

Jennifer or Jolie..but no one got it.


I already saw him in mags before the election with beaucoup Kerry t-shirts on. I know where he is politically. I was having fun with the TO's description of the interview.

[Centered]

30. LOL my mistake

hehe my mistake

[Cha]

31. No Prob..

Welcome to DU, Centered!

[Centered]

43. Thank you

my first welcome... ahhhhh now I feel all gushy :)

[Inland]

5. Diane Sawyer looks at him blankly, then changes topic back to A. Jolie. nt

[K8-EEE]

21. Wow you got that right, inland!

Yeah...that's right.

[AuntiBush]

35. Another "Media Whore" fallen into total disgrace. Pitt's the hero here!

I no longer know what's more disgraceful:

1. Bush Administration (Worse than the damn Mob).
2. War-Mongrel, Corporate-Run America Media WHORES.
3. War Profiteering Corporations that OWN the Media WHORES!
4. Hate-filled Other Half of Americans.
5. False Christian Hi-Jackers.
6. Patriot Acts, Nat'l ID Act, Banckruptcy Bill, Medicare, Social Security Treasury ROBBERY...

Shew. I'd be better to mention what isn't a disgrace.

Biggest Blame: THE TV MEDIA WHORES! They're "suppose" to be the ones we reply on to "investigate" while our troops are dying, innocent lives gone in the name of "Democracy," and "Jesus." Awww...

:rant:

[Roland99]

48. Ooof.

Well, ABC is owned by Disney. Apparently, in more ways than one.

[Warpy]

6. So he's not just another pretty face

and joins guys like Sean Penn in having a heart instead of a wallet in their chests.

[Robworld]

7. Sounds like good attentions, but...

...I bet he just wants us to ignore all that juicy gossip about his love affair with Angelina Jolie

http://www.Dumdumgoestothecircus.com

[amazona]

9. why would he want us to ignore the gossip?

This much-hyped affair is money in the bank for Pitt and Jolie. Who knows if it's even true.

On Edit--it sounds like to me he is talking about the Africa issue because he's a nice guy or maybe he just gets bored talking about the same stuff all day.

[anitar1]

37. The Much Hyped Affair Just shows How sick This

Country Is. Who gives A S**tWho He Sleeps With? People Are Programmed To Suck This stuff Up.

[Kerrytravelers]

10. There's always that, but since he is talking about the One campaign,

I like to give him the benefit of the doubt.

Rene Zellweger was on Oprah: After the Show talking with the audience about the obsessivness of the paparazzi and how she loves acting, doens't mind doing the red carpet thing and being on shows like Oprah, but she is tired of seeing herself on tabloids and having celeberity "news shows" dedicated to following her and others around. She is a Dem and wants actual news back.

There are actors who aren't completly shelfish... they just aren't nearly as plantiful! :)

[tkmorris]

19. I doubt that

Most of his contemporaries wouldn't even know what he is talking about when he refers to Africa. The fact that he can speak in an informed fashion on this topic makes his sincere interest in it plain. If he just wanted to redirect attention away from AJ he could as easily have chosen any number of other topics that would have been far more effective in doing so.

Nope, he means it.

[Robworld]

27. I was just kidding about the whole gossip thing

I was making a joke about the obsessiveness of sensational news like Brad Pitts private life, and ignoring the important issues he was trying to discuss.

[SpiralHawk]

8. Kudos to the Pitt man

Doing the right thing. Walk on.

[dweller]

11. Focus people!

will Martha be decorating Jacko's cell?

tune in at 6, 9, 11, and 2, 5-6:30, 8, 10 and 11, 12-4 and beginning again at 6.

Rinse and repeat.
dp

[doublethink]

12. I think it's great if he can use his celebrity status ....

to shed light on poverty. Wonder if his new relationship with Angelina got him a bit more involved in this kind of thing. Awesome. :patriot:

[Lindsey]

13. He is a wonderful human being....

I read somewhere that after one of his trips to Africa nothing really seemed to matter except trying to change the horrific things he'd seen. I have a tremendous amount of admiration and respect for him for using his celebrity to do good in the world.

[True_Blue]

17. Brad and Angelina recently attended a Quaker meeting

SAFFRON WALDEN, UK - Persons who attended the Saffron Walden Friends Meeting last week know something the rest of the world does not: Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt would make "good Friends."

After Jolie and Pitt had visited the Sunday meeting, regular attendees said they were impressed by the pair's devotion to the ideals that inform the Society of Friends.

"They certainly look like they'd make good Friends to me," said Graham Newbury, a lecturer in history at Cambridge. "They're sober, thoughtful people who are serious about making the world a better place in which to live."
http://quakersinthenews.blogspot.com/2005/06/artsfilm.html

[K8-EEE]

22. That's So Funny, I Sat By A "friend"

at the a CA Governor debeate (put on by minority papers, Arnie didn't bother attending) and I'm thinking, why does this guy look like a Little House On The Prairie extra? He was really kind of cute but had SUSPENDERS and a HAT ON, INDOORS....just kinda costumey!

So I thought he was saying come to MY friend's no he was saying come to THE friends. I was like....as if I'm going to his friend's house when I don't even know him! Apparently there's a bit Quaker den that's real old and kinda groovy around downtown L.A., USC area??

[ima_sinnic]

23. I read that he left Jennifer b/c she wasn't into anything besides herself

--I don't think Angelina got him more involved so much as her outlook and interests in life fit his own humanitarian side.

[doublethink]

25. Well then I'm just gonna have to go see ......

Mr. & Mrs. Smith when it comes out then aren't I. :) Yes I am. :)

[warsager]

15. I think its great

and also said that AP didn't actually write more about it. I expect that Pitt will be a champion for great causes for a long time. And even better if his fame can farther any good cause. Halafuckingluyah.

[alarcojon]

16. Right on, Brad!

Any critique of the media which reaches a wide audience (for whatever reason) is to be applauded.

I think I read somewhere that Angelina Jolie has been working with charities for a long time, and if she influenced (heh heh) Brad in this direction, hats off to her, too.

[Skittles]

18. ditto

I admire anyone who uses their status for a good cause. I believe Mr. Pitt genuinely cares, and I have always like Ms. Jolie because I believe she really cares too.

[K8-EEE]

20. SIGH!!!

I think he just got cuter.

[katinmn]

24. sounds like a little Angelina Jolie rubbed off on him

About time he grew up a little.

[Media_Lies_Daily]

33. I think Pitt was already supporting causes before he met Jolie....

...it just happens that they both have very similar thinking on those issues.

[dissent1977]

41. Brad Pitt has always been political

Of course the only time you hear about it is when Bill O'Reilly goes on the attack. And I would discourage you from watching that show, so you are unlikely to see much of Brad Pitt's political side. The rest of the media is too busy covering his sex life to actually cover the things he has done to raise awareness of global issues. That is I think why Pitt lashed out at the media in this interview, because he wants more attention given to the issues he works on and less attention to his personal life.

[katinmn]

46. First time I heard about it.

You have to admit that he caters to Entertainment Tonight, People and such more than social policy reporters.

I hope he continues to speak out with a little more edge about real issues.

[dissent1977]

50. Yeah, to a certain extent that is true

I remember last year however when he travelled to the Middle East with Jennifer Aniston to talk about peace, and Bill O'Reilly and Joe Scarborough were screaming about it. I think he would really like to get more attention on his activism, but those are the only shows that cover it and they don't give any time for him to share his reasons for being engaged. I wish he would do more interviews with progressive publications, but he has certainly done more than many celebrities.

[katinmn]

51. I'll pay more attention to what he's doing. I'm glad

there's another side to him.

[conflictgirl]

26. I respect this

It always makes me happy to see celebrities using their status to get attention for causes that would otherwise get no attention.

[Kerrytravelers]

32. I was thrilled, too.

Brad, Angelina, Bono, John Cusack ... these people are out there. Granted, there are more Paris Hilton's, but when some one is using what they have in an effort to help others, we need to applaude them!

(Ok, and he's really cute, too!)

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

36. but what about jen?

WHAT ABOUT JENNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN??!??!?
that will be what the media focuses on

[readermostly]

38. Would it be Angeliiiiiiiiina? Just a guess in the celebrity media!!

[roguevalley]

39. he's a good man. he's part of the One campaign to end hunger

and poverty and AIDS. Lovely man, this one.

[Pachamama]

40. I watched him-his heart is sincere & I think that his world was/is changed

by his experiences and what he has seen....He became 100 times sexier to me tonite....as if that were possible...

Wow...if only more celebrities were like him....

I was very moved by his recounting and talking about what is happening there...I loved the story he told about being in the hospital and touching the chest of a young child and the "power of the human touch" when the child looked at him, since these children don't have much touching or holding.... :hug:

[readermostly]

45. I totally agree, Wish the media would focus more on what he is saying

and doing to bring awareness to these issues instead of focusing so much attention on his personal life.

[Placebo]

42. Drunken Frat Boy turned Human Rights Crusader!

Stranger things have happened. :)

[Bridget Burke]

44. Not all of us were Saints in our youth.

Of course, my friends & I were not big drinkers.

Until the Great Dope Famine of '69, that is.

[Greylyn58]

49. Brad Pitt has been involved in humanitarian and ecological

efforts for some time.

For instance, he became friends with the trainer and owner of Bart the Bear(Doug Sues--whom he met)while filming "Legends of the Fall". The Sues' have started purchasing tracs of wilderness area to keep it wild for the animals, but especially for the Grizzly Bear. Brad is a big supporter for such efforts

So, I don't believe this is just a stunt. He's truly involved and not just a mouth piece. His love of nature and humanitarian causes have been part of him all along.

http://www.vitalground.org/

[HuckleB]

52. Who?

Never heard of him.