Monday, March 30, 2009
Politics vs. Hollywood
Lately I've noticed an annoying trend on sites like CNN.com and other political news websites. I find they've been reporting a lot more on what's going on in celebrities lives, instead of using their time and resources to report on important political news and events. Just today I've seen stories on home pages about TI's jail time and Rhianna's new tattoo. Leave it to the gossip shows to report on these events, CNN, don't pollute your stature by becoming a gossip network. Okay, so I might be exaggerating a tiny bit when I say they're heading toward becoming a gossip network, but I don't think it's doing them any good reporting these kinds of things. Do you think they just bust out these stories on slow news days or are they heading in a new direction as to possibly appeal to a different audience? Whatever it is, it's annoying.
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In term of Politics and Hollywood, here is a story I just read and I think it says a lot about how the media is demonizing differing opinions:
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Although this is fox news it is just a report on what is happening to an actress that has a differing opinion of the work Obama is doing. In a responsible manner there are quotes from other actresses that are in full support.
Maybe these networks are trying to appeal to the younger crowd and while they have us hooked with stories like rihanna and TI, they'll get us to watch them regularly when they do show political and world news.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree. When I go on to a news website such as CNN, I want to read about real news. I don't care about celebrities nor do i see the fascination that some people have about them. Most of them are just people that nobody really cares about that the media likes to talk about. It's bad enough that they have special shows (Entertainment Tonight) that waste the airwaves talking about these people, so keep them out of regular news sources.
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