"On the Money", an article written by Allison Hope Weiner, is a brief article written as an effort to help explain the controversy surrounding the celebrity telethon that was held almost three months ago. The telethon, America: A Tribute to Heroes, ended up receiving donations totaling an estimated one hundred and fifty million dollars all put into a fund overseen by the United Way, called the September 11th Fund. This fund has received over three hundred and forty million dollars all from donators.
The controversy of the telethon arises with the distribution of the money. During the telethon, celebrities were stating that all of the money donated would go directly to the victims of September 11 and their families. Even though the charity supporting the event, the United Way, relinquished their administrative costs, the other organizations that were awarded donated money did use some of the donations to pay for their operating costs. The other controversial issue that is explained in this article is length of time taken to deliver the donated money to the victims of the national tragedy. The article explains that it takes time for charities to give money to disaster victims. Plans must be in place for who obtains the money and how much they receive. The last controversial issue examined in this article is the celebrities who encouraged people to donate to this fund and their role in how the money is spent. Bill O"Reilly has accused the celebrities of using the tele!.
thon to improve their public image instead of helping the victims of September 11. He also states that if celebrities put more pressure on the charities involved they would be better organized and aid the victims further.
I believed that this article was important to the entertainment industry in the segment of celebrity endorsements. When celebrities, such as George Clooney and Julia Roberts that are idolized by the American public, endorse a product, or give their opinion on a controversial subject, they usually have a following of their fans that agree with them.
Doesn't that money include room and board, food, tuition, and books? ... Isn't that amount of money enough to live on? ... What qualifies one to get money from someone? Dictionary.com defines pay as, "transfer[ing] money as compensation or recompense for work done or services rendered " (Dictionary.com, 2012). ...
Money isessential and it's what keeps the world going. ... At times, money can beimportant to my family and me. ... Money can buy thingsfor your use and your needs. ... I plan to save money as much as possible in the future and I will makesure that I will have enough money no matter what will happen. Maybe I willinvest money in stocks, but not all my money because you cannot rely on stocksat times because they can fail also, but saving money is one thing I determineunquestionably to accomplish. ...
Money felt the John/Joan case provided the perfect variables to support his hypothesis of "nature vs. nurture." ... Money her letter, she was so desperate, she was willing to trust just about anyone who would listen to her story. ... Money basically had his work cut out for him. ... Money would manipulate John/Joan's genitalia and insist this be the twin that was raised as if he were born female. ... Money was known as an outspoken, overly confident researcher. ...
Money is not the only measure of success in life For most people in our modern-capitalism world, money is the first thing, and sometimes the only thing that measures success in their life. Money can buy power. Money can buy fame. Money can buy time. Sometimes money can even buy a life. So money has...
The one thing that everybody wants, but never seems to have enough of is money, mullah, dinero, and cash. ... But one thing I do know about money are my reasons for wanting more. ... Money does not grow on trees. ... I don't think that the reasons for a person to wanting money really should not matter. ... But somebody like me who wants money for success, to be able to buy anything I want, also to buy everything I need and is going to school for this purpose should not be judge. ...
Now being on our own we have to earn money to survive. ... We have to be one time every morning and work hard for success because we still need money. ... The power of money keeps us working and pushes us forward towards our next goal. ... Isn't it enough to have money to survive? ... Money forces us to work for it and by that is limiting our freedom. ...
Todd Erkel seems to imply in his essay, "The Mighty Wedge of Class," which explores his working-class background, "class" is largely a construction of environment, while money factors little. ... Although Erkel presents evidence that the culture into which one is raised influences one's future class status, he clearly suggests that it is essentially the possession of money that constructs this culture. ... When he went to college, he found that he lacked not only "poise or spending money," but the social skills and speech of his peers. ... This behavior among working class parents caus...
