Cyber+Bullying+Initiative+in+iCarly

[|Press Release]

Above is a link to the Press Release about Nick and iCarly's new PSA program about cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is a major issue being tackled right now throughout the country and someone dealing with it on an everyday basis now is new hit star Rebecca Black. In this interview with [|Good Morning America] Rebecca talks about all the comments that she sees and reads on her youtube page. Her song has been labeled by many as the "Worst Song Ever" and as a number one trending topic on twitter for nearly two weeks the top tweet read "Rebecca Black we don't hate you because your famous, your famous because we hate you." However what is often forgotten is the fact that she is only 13 years old, and many of the people leaving these comments are adults. In a real world situation any adult that would be saying these things to and 13 year old would most likely be in jail or something, but because the you are on the internet, some people feel the right to say whatever it is that they want. These new iCarly PSA's are good but I don't believe they are enough. An entire episode needs to be devoted to this issue because it is a very important and ever growing one. iCarly looks at bullying as a sort of joke as noticed in one episode where a kid was given a "Texas Weddgie" three different times, each time the laugh track was played and people laughed at him. Bullying and Cyber Bullying need to be addressed in more than just a couple of PSA's and I hope Nick realizes this and works to either A) Address is on iCarly or B) Curve how bullying is being portrayed on iCarly.