Here’s a reader on why Cash should have gotten an MTV award Thursday: “I know that the MTV VMAs are not important in the grand scheme of things, but I feel led to disagree with the reader who said that Missy Elliot deserved the Best Video award over Johnny Cash. The awards that were given out last night were not for the songs, they were for the videos. The Hurt video was by far the most powerful music video I have ever seen. In fact, it is probably the only powerful video I’ve ever seen. The images of Cash’s career juxtaposed with his current feeble state set to the angst-ridden song is simply incredible. It is the only video that I can truly say gave me chills the first time I saw it. For the MTV people to a) give any award to Justin Timberlake and b) give one to Missy Elliot over Cash is a travesty. It also shows that what is truly wrong witht he music industry is not online file-sharing, but a business model that rewards mediocre songs and talent while ignoring the truly gifted and truly creative.”