Both of the links for the video that the professor posted were not working for me, but i had heard about this interview before. mis interpretations can be scary especially when it comes to something that will be nationally heard and judged on. even though i couldn't watch the interview reading the script gave me an idea of what the interview was about. the whole concept of framing plays a big role in this incident like in the frame work article "don't think of an elephant" you will automatically think of one maybe even because we hear the word. in this incident just by hearing the word gun any person would probably automatically think of violence.  unfortunately we have been taught that guns are bad. and we live in a very violent world throughout the city we are surrounded by many terrible neighborhoods where people use the guns that are meant for protection to hurt others. gang violence is affecting us everyday and our youngsters are growing up in this violence. although guns are used for our protection people tend to categorize guns as bad. when the young boy said he wanted a gun he was saying it to show that he wanted the gun to protect people not to be violent. but seeing where the interview took place and who the young boy was as far as race. i think that race and prejudice had a lot to do with this interview in general and the whole idea that the interviewer was trying to portray to the audience. stereotypes such as black folks use guns to kill or something similar are surrounding our everyday lives and when we hear a child say i want a gun of course the first reaction is going to be a gasp. but that was not the case here the child was really saying he wanted to PROTECT. protection is something that this has probably not come across during his life in the neighborhood where he has been raised. the truth behind the interview protects the truth of what the for really meant and deletes the stereotype because we see what the true story was and what he actually meant as oppose to what would make a good story. if i was trying to write my own version of this story i would be sure to emphasize the far that the child wants to actually grow up. that the child actually wants a future and not only a future but a good future because he wants to have a career. how many children today actually really look forward to following the footsteps of gang members and drug abusers. the tittle of my article would be "4 year old boy wants to grow to PROTECT as oppose to what the tittle is. we don't hear stories like these often. the media uses framing works most of the time to create their own versions of stories that will sell instead of the truth. the word protect would be a very important word that i would use to enforce the positiveness that it portrays.