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Anna Nicole Smith died six weeks ago ... yet her love life, drug use, family, and death are still leading news stories.
Britney Spears shaves her head and enters rehab, and it's on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News every 30 minutes.
Why should I care?
People go into rehab every day. People die every day. So the fact that some famous busty blonde dies or needs rehab is not news ... it's to be expected. But celebrity seems to feed upon itself nowadays. So when even the most mundane and/or personal events happen to these celebrities we have to hear about. Over and over and over again.
I don't care what Tom Cruise's little daughter wore on St. Patrick's Day. How in God's name does that reach the same newsworthiness as the ongoing war in Iraq, Iran's nuclear ambitions, or the global warming debate?
When this kind of stuff was limited to dedicated shows like Entertainment Tonight it wasn't so bad ... people whose lives are so small that they need to live vicariously through famous movie stars and singers are welcome to it. But we're not talking about some Hollywood faux news program. This is network news.
Let me say it for the record: I do not care who fathered Anna Nicole's baby. I know it wasn't me.
I've never gone drinking with Britney Spears.
And to be honest, I don't even care if Tom Cruise believes we're all possessed by billion-year-old alien spirits.
It's not a matter of privacy. These people live and die (pardon the pun) off their celebrity and their ability to get on television. They throw themselves into the spotlight and get what they deserve. I have no sympathy for them. I just don't care about their personal lives!
Oh, Angelina Jolie is adopting her thirty-eighth kid? I don't care!
Britney Spears shaves her head and enters rehab, and it's on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News every 30 minutes.
Why should I care?
People go into rehab every day. People die every day. So the fact that some famous busty blonde dies or needs rehab is not news ... it's to be expected. But celebrity seems to feed upon itself nowadays. So when even the most mundane and/or personal events happen to these celebrities we have to hear about. Over and over and over again.
I don't care what Tom Cruise's little daughter wore on St. Patrick's Day. How in God's name does that reach the same newsworthiness as the ongoing war in Iraq, Iran's nuclear ambitions, or the global warming debate?
When this kind of stuff was limited to dedicated shows like Entertainment Tonight it wasn't so bad ... people whose lives are so small that they need to live vicariously through famous movie stars and singers are welcome to it. But we're not talking about some Hollywood faux news program. This is network news.
Let me say it for the record: I do not care who fathered Anna Nicole's baby. I know it wasn't me.
I've never gone drinking with Britney Spears.
And to be honest, I don't even care if Tom Cruise believes we're all possessed by billion-year-old alien spirits.
It's not a matter of privacy. These people live and die (pardon the pun) off their celebrity and their ability to get on television. They throw themselves into the spotlight and get what they deserve. I have no sympathy for them. I just don't care about their personal lives!
Oh, Angelina Jolie is adopting her thirty-eighth kid? I don't care!