The Case for Christ Bearer in an Era of Media Assasination  When
news broke that Wu Tang affiliate Andre 'Christ Bearer' Johnson
had attempted to commit suicide in a uniquely painful way, the
media had a field day. The author, a friend of Christ Bearer,
says the judgement is unfair without knowing the life of the
person and artist.  (The author with Christ Bearer)  Initially,
I was apprehensive about writing this. When a good friend, a
public figure, has had such a huge life changing incident there
is a reverence for privacy that needs to be respected. The day I
heard about what was being reported my heart sunk. As soon as I
saw the sensationalist headline "Wu Tang affiliate apparent
suicide attempt," something told me before I opened the article
who it was about. Not because Christ Bearer is the kind of
person who is unpredictable, but intuitively I understood the
type of painful place that he is coming from.  I first met
Christ Bearer a year or two ago through a mutual friend. Working
on a documentary about