Article by Jon Michaelson
Hollywood celebrities are no different than anyone else right up until the rest of the population places them on pedestals. It really is my belief that a majority of the population cares more about what is happening with Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber than what is happening to our soldiers fighting abroad.
Being a journalism graduate I am all for the freedom of the media. I additionally consider that people today need to know everything they need to know about everything. The key word is need, and I must define this a bit more by offering examples. People need to know the state of the union, they need to know the background of politicians so they’ll get a better judgment of the persona of individuals who want power, they need to understand about the advantages and drawbacks as well as the positive facets and flaws of merchandise they may want to purchase, they need to know about crime rates in their area and anywhere else they may desire to go, etc. What they don’t need to know is each and every last detail irrespective of how obscure about each and every Hollywood celebrity that walks the face of the earth. Though that is what they want to know. I am not saying that the mass media needs to be censored to prevent people from reading about Hollywood celebrities. Instead I am asking why do people care?
Hollywood celebrities are no different than anyone else until eventually the rest of the population places them on pedestals. It truly is my truthful opinion despite the fact that I am sure most people would deny it that a majority of the population cares much more about what’s happening with Paris Hilton and Justin Bieber than what is happening to our fighting men and women overseas. This can be illustrated by the Houston Chronicle. Living in Houston I read this newspaper every single day and it is as respectable a paper as I’ve read and I have read most of them. The Chronicle’s part A has celebrity news on page 2 and typically you have to flip to the back two pages to read the news about Iraq and Afghanistan. There are exceptions with both when anything really substantial takes place, but what I have explained is the general norm.
We’ve got entire magazines about Hollywood celebrities that point out the details of the private lives of actors and actresses, sports stars, and may preferred category of celebrity – reality stars.
Ordinary people will not place full page advertisements when they have a break up and most of the time they most likely would not want everyone in the world to learn about their private life. Well perhaps they might if Facebook proves anything.
Why is it even news what anyone thinks about their sister-in-law? I have never been able to grasp why other people in the U.S. are fascinated with the British royal family. Did we not kick them out of our country in 1776?
The point of this is that folks are becoming obsessed with the most mundane details about people who the media has displayed in the limelight. Well perhaps the crystal meth story isn’t so mundane (hopefully producing meth never becomes an ordinary activity)
This is all just a part of the dumbing down of society. People today devote their time concerned with the unimportant instead of educating themselves with the important matters in today’s world. China is swiftly catching the U.S. in pretty much everything, but it is OK mainly because we can go to celebrity internet sites and vote on which hairstyle looks best on Charlie Sheen’s head. I personally voted for flat top cut and clean-shaven!
My conclusion is that people like gossip about Hollywood celebrities for precisely the same reason’s they like soap operas. Seeing an individual live out publicly things that normal people do daily. It supplies them an outlet to bash actions and choices humans make in a justifiable way. Celebrity gossip that’s “good” is often something a celebrity has done that’s embarrassing or otherwise not in great taste. Sort of like laughing at an individual falling down stairs. If everyone else is laughing with you it’s not incorrect.
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