The Blogger-Journalist Divide (ft. Jasmine Simpkins)

FANTI

Maximum Fun

Jarrett Hill, Culture, Fanti, Comedy, Tre'vell Anderson, Journalists, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

When Regina King’s son, Ian Alexander Jr., died from suicide last week, popular blog LoveBScott broke the news with the headline “Exclusive: Regina King’s Son, Ian Alexander Jr., Dead at 26 After Apparent Suicide”. The “story” was short on details, revealed not a single named source…and readers were quick to slam B. Scott for disrespecting King. Tre’vell and Jarrett are joined by KTLA reporter Jasmine Simpkins to break down why this controversy is so thorny, especially for Black journalists and bloggers who cover entertainment news.

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0:00.0	Hey, they're beautiful people. Welcome to Phantide, the pockets for all those complex and
0:07.6	complicated conversations about the great areas in our lives. I'm entertainment journalist
0:13.2	and editor Trevelle Anderson. And I'm the ** your and the mother ** is just
0:18.8	around with **** up and Jared Hill. We're so excited to have you joining us. Yeah. You
0:24.5	know, you know, you just got to keep things interesting. I want to keep you on your toes
0:29.0	and ready to roll. I don't know if that makes sense, but I'm into it now. I gotta be on my toes.
0:34.2	I'm not a ballerina. I mean, you do like a chunky heel. So usually when I see you,
0:37.6	you're on your toes, just to see how I do love a chunky heel. Okay, she needs ankle support.
0:43.5	For those of you that saw us on the social media this past weekend, wait, did you give us a
0:47.1	heel this weekend at brunch? Hello, wedge. You gave us a wedge, right? Right, right, right. You
0:52.3	guys can check out our social media. We had a brunch with some friends of the show earlier this
0:57.6	week. But first, this is our semi-regular segment where we talk about our therapy and self-care journeys.
1:04.2	And we wanted to bring it up this week because of the convo we'll be having a little bit later on
1:08.8	in the month. We're going to be having a show on kind of focusing on mental health culture.
1:12.5	I think we told you that we'd be doing that. It's going to be a lot of fun. So it's the top of
1:17.2	the year. Trevelle, you got a lot of new things happening. What's what's happening with your mental
1:22.3	health? It's that good, huh? It's that good. You know what I'm laughing at, and it's not that.
1:32.0	Being behind the curtain, I wasn't supposed to read that Trevelle was and I changed my name
1:36.3	to Trevelle's carry on. Let's see, what's been going on? Well, so last week after we had recorded
1:46.9	our episode, Andre Leontali died, who for those who don't know is one of my possibility models.
1:55.2	And so that was deeply emotional and affecting for me. That was what Tuesday night.
2:02.4	And then Wednesday was my first day on set of the show that I'm consulting on.
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