Arlington's Cornerstone Baptist Church took a stand against hip-hop culture earlier this week. The church, as a community, destroyed CDs, DVDs, and other items that they feel promote hip-hop culture. According to FOX 4, the church is using the "recent shootings allegedly sparked by a certain song played in a nightclub" as proof of the negative. Of course, FOX 4 is referring to the incident at El Angel Club which sparked controversy surround the 'Lil John song "Put Yo Hood Up." Later in the story FOX 4 refers to the incident again as "a shooting tied to a hip-hop song."

Frankly, what bothers me most about this story is the one sided approach that FOX 4 gave this story. It makes sense to me that if the El Angel Club shooting was the justification that the church used to explain their actions, FOX 4 did the right thing by reporting that. However, I would have liked to see them take the next step and talk about how the theory that Lil John's song sparked violence has since been discredited.

As was first reported by Michael Davis on the Dallas Progress Blog, it seems clear that the violence started before the Lil John song was ever played.

I just would have liked to see FOX 4 go the extra mile with this story. But maybe I just feel that way cause I disagree with the Arlington church on this one.

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