2007-01-19 05:03:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
No. The media is just catering to the demands of the public. the public is obssessed with celebrities.
2007-01-19 05:08:14 · answer #1 · answered by Kogetsu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just watch Larry King and you will get the picture. The TV media worries about ratings more than anything else, so that may help explain this fixation on stars rather than on more important social and political trends across the globe. If you want a better sense of what is going on around the globe, see if you can get BBC News or CNN International from your cable provider.
2007-01-19 06:13:19 · answer #2 · answered by hansblix222 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a word yes. There is less real formalized journalism going on and news organizations have become gossip columnists.
News has been 'dummied' down and faux news shows like the Daily Show and the Colbert Report have unfortuantely become too many people 's source of news. Newspaper readership is down, news magazine readership is down and people no longer have intelligent discourses on issues in the news. Rather than have radicalized political rants by extremists of political parties who use ' journalists' as spin meisters rather than journalists.
It's very sad and I hope people going into the media actually start doing real journalism, rather than the fluff stuff.
2007-01-19 05:40:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES.. I do not care about seeing Whitney, K-Fed, Brittany or anyone else every freaking night when I am trying to watch the news. They are human beings. Who cares if they are dating or getting divorced. It happens everyday in this country. If I got a DUI, I would be in jail.. Not on the breaking news coverage on Extra or Entertainment tonight!
2007-01-19 05:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by BigWashSr 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES!!!! it's so stupid they're acrting like a bunch of stupid ppl in highskool!!! no ppl in high skool don't even obsess tht much! ppl are just a bunch of mindless sex-crazed idiots! i swear to God i think everybody who works for vh1 worships celebrites (yea i know it's suppoes to be a show about celebs but STILL i mean who really honestly gives a **** how much JLo's purse was i'll admit i like seeinf they're houses but tht's diffrent i mean wouldn't you watch the travel channel to see fany 5-star hotels)
2007-01-19 09:35:10 · answer #5 · answered by mamama 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.u hear about stalkerazzi that stalk celebs.!!i think there is a time and a place to take photos [[like at a redcarpet event]] but to let a person no matter how famous have NO private time is juss not rite!!!
2007-01-19 05:19:42 · answer #6 · answered by summer h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't that what its all about?
2007-01-19 05:10:55 · answer #7 · answered by Amy J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋