"Any publicity is good publicity"

     Today in class, Thomas mentioned a famous quote "any publicity is good publicity." I began to ponder this idea furthur and have decided to blog about it. While reading last night, I didn't really believe that the pictures of Garmony would essentially "kill" his image. As an avid magazine reader and E News viewer, I have seen many pictures of celebrities doing things they shouldn't be doing. However, the media has a way of twisting the image so what they are doing doesn't seem so bad. I feel that with all the power Garmony holds, he could say a close friend took a picture of him dressing up as a woman for Halloween to make the pictures out as a joke. If people really are his true fans, than the pictures won't influence their political opinion on him.
     I mentioned in class the famous picture of Michael Jackson holding his baby over a balcony. Clearly, what Michael was doing was completely unsafe and risking his child's life. Yet Michael responded to tabloids explaining the fans down below made him feel overwhelmed with excitement that he wanted to show them his baby. Even after the pictures leaked, the press died down and this mishap was put aside. Even after his death, Michael lives on through his new movie "This is It" and even has a new wii dance game out. Did this incident really put a dent in his image? Currently, Miley Cyrus' image is at stake. A video of her smoking a bong was recently released to the public. Reps immediatly defended Miley explaining that she was smoking salvia, a LEGAL drug in California. Likewise, Michael Phelps had a similar experience. Yet, swimmers still look up to Michael Phelps as an amazing athlete. Miley Cyrus will still continue to write songs and star in movies. All in all, I feel that if the pictures of Garmony are published, he can easily fight back. The question comes down to this...Is the only thing worse than being talked about, not being talked about at all?