JUICE NEWS: YES WE KONY

Making a person into the criminal du jour via the media is an expensive proposition. Where does the money come from to get the buzz going (above with media stars) or to cover the cost of materials, posters, etc.? Who is behind this whole hoax? The usual buffoons of course.

Rap News Episode 12: YES WE KONY. 
 

It's March, and the Internet delivers 2012's first globe-consuming meme: the unstoppable, Stop-Kony 2012 video, which has highlighted the plight of African child soldiering like never before. 

But is it really good? 

Is it really bad? 

Or is the world really more complex than 'good guys' and 'bad guys'? 

Whatevers; one thing's for sure, this is momentous: never had a 27-minute video devoid of both cats and boobs ever achieved such virality. Is this a demonstration of the internet's ability to instantly inform and engage tens of millions; and a hopeful sign that there is a willingness among those millions, to engage passionately with something more meaningful? 

 Or does Kony2012 just mark the dawn of a rapacious new era of viral humanitarian marketing? 

Join your charitable host Robert Foster ~ and our special guest, General Baxter, direct from AFRICOM ~ as we delve into the dark heart of the matter.

It seems Kony 2012 not only made Joseph Kony famous, but also the now not-so-hidden agenda of Wall Street and London's AFRICOM. I wonder if the makers of this informative and entertaining video had to spend 9 years duping people into parting with millions of dollars to get this online like Invisible Children did?

Let's see if we can make this go viral and prove that in addition to being deceitful, Invisible Children also misappropriated millions of dollars when simply telling the truth would have sold better, and with lower overhead. The final message is also quite powerful ~ showing the true potential of modern society, if the truth is known and technology mobilized against, not for the agenda of the megalomaniacal elite.

Juice Rap News: written by Giordano Nanni; lyrics and performance by Hugo Farrant.

Produced by Farrant & Nanni in a back-yard studio in suburban Melbourne.