Scarred for life or not?



Left: Oscar Pistorius; Right: Reeva Steenkamp
Source: http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Oscar_Pistorius/Pistorius-refuses-to-take-responsibility-Nel-20140807

A Nightmare that never seems to end….

All hell breaks loose for the Paralympic blade sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who seemed to have it all from being a well-known South Africa’s best athlete; he was sponsored by different sponsors such as Nike etc., and most loved. He lived in a in a stunning 2, 4 million mansion in Pretoria, he had the expensive watches, cars and gear, to top it all of a beautiful model girlfriend (Reeva Steenkamp).
http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Oscar_Pistorius/live


Oscar Pistorius in court.
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Oscar Pistorius in court

 

Cupid shot the wrong arrow

A day of love Valentine’s Day last year turned into a day of tragedy when an accident happened at the couple’s mansion, in his defense and statement Oscar Pistorius claims that he thought Reeva was an intruder that’s why he fired the four shots through the bathroom door.
Oscar Pistorius refuses to take responsibility

 

The Buzz begins….

The media and Oscar Pistorius.
Source: Citizens alert/ Public interest

In no time the story was all over the internet and even social media platforms that’s how quick social media networks are in this day and age. The likes of twitter, Facebook, and YouTube were buzzing with the story. Late that afternoon (on the 14^th February 2013) people already had different versions and angles of what happened on that tragic morning, not forgetting how the news and newspapers content has a way of setting an agenda on how they’d want us (the public)to view an issue. This was interesting because I was still confused and so eager to know more of what really happened on that morning, I was already interested in unpacking the story. The one question that kept ringing in my head was before he got out of bed why didn’t he check and call on his girlfriend if he thought there were intruders in the house? It is still perplexing to me till this day.  On Facebook I have come across a post written: Just maybe this was an accident and we should give him a break for he might have not known what he is doing and went blank in the duration……. Do you agree or disagree? Let’s talk tell me what are your views? ? http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Oscar_Pistorius/Pistorius-refuses-to-take-responsibility-Nel-20140807




Social media platforms.
Source: social media icons

 

The media sure played a huge role in getting the full story to the masses. How crazy did this case quickly turn into a circus, like when the prosecutor was trying to get answers from Oscar Pistorius and he went in circles, how annoyed Gerrie Nel got during that process? Many pages on the internet were created such as the Oscar Pistorius jokes on Google, #OscarPistoriustrial on twitter and uploaded videos on YouTube etc.


 

 

It seemed like a fairy-tale that turned into a horror film…..

Left: Reeva Steenkamp and Right: Oscar Pistorius
Source: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/oscar-pistorius-snowball-lies-list-which-devastates-runners-story-1460192