Usher - I'll probably catch grief for this...

I read the same story and agree with you. It's bad journalism.

True, but the only reason this is "news" is that Usher is involved. Do articles about injuries routinely mention parents at all? I'll have to look for some.

A quick (and completely unscientific) search through recent accident reports shows that news articles routine do not name the victims or their parents. It's always "A child was rushed to the hospital..."

News reports always name the people involved, with the exceptions of minors and those names that law enforcement requests be withheld.

Remember the "5 Ws and an H"? WHO, what, where, when, why and how...

It was sensationalistic (and bad form) to include the step-father's name and leave out the father. If I had been the father, I would have felt disrespected. This reads more like a statement from a celebrity's press agent than a news report.

I agree - other than if the father is non-existent. Maybe the father is not involved with the child. In that case it could be that Usher is more involved with the child than the actual dad. But of course the dad could have been at the child's side as well. No way for us to know.

But yeah we wouldn't even know about it (other than if it was local news) if he wasn't Usher's stepson.

I would have thought so also but I did a search on "child injured" and the articles that came up did not mention names. Like I said, unscientific but telling.

As I said before, minors' names are typically withheld.

Aha! The "news source" was TMZ. Explains everything.

I try to watch TMZ sometimes, sometimes they report hilarious things, but mostly it seems to be:
"We have a shot of
____fill in the blank with the name of someone I have never heard of_____
leaving
___fill in the blank with the name of a bar I have never heard of, even in New York____
and the camera guy asked her this great question."

Cut to Harvey who makes quizzical face.

"He asked her if she thought the people inside needed more deodorant."

Everybody laughs.

Joe(thank god for the 24 hour news cycle, right?)Nation

That's exactly my point.

If it were your kid, it wouldn't even be news.

I did a quick lookup beofe starting this thread on Usher, via wiki.
He was married to the mother a brief time, the mother had more than one child by that man. From what I can tell he was not an absent father. In fact, it seems that Mr. Usher is notorious for his infideties during his marriages (but that's another story).

Why should I feel bad for this entertainer because the son of a woman he used to be married to, and was unfaithful to, is near death? I mean any more than I would feel badly for any person who is 3 degrees away from the situation?

My step daughters step dad died a little more than a month ago. We had a good relationship, but his death was no reason to offer me condolences.

My sincere condolences to the boys father and mother, and his siblings.