Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
It's That Time Again
It's Whiskey Wednesday at the old blog and I've got a few rants, but I'll stick to the ones I can actually put up here. I'm going to rant about the media's penchant for underestimating all of us.
I was watching a little news last night (I don't get much chance. I'm outnumbered by the little people in the house.) and they spent fifteen minutes on Lindsey Lohan. Meanwhile, great world events are occurring elsewhere. Somewhere, I know, a meeting of top officials has gone down, but CNN has decided that we need to know the EXACT details of Lindsey's breakdown. Not to mention the Brittany trainwreck.
What the hell is that?
Of course, this isn't new stuff. After all, there's a reason that Hollywood stars were used in selling bonds during WWII. We seem to care what movie stars think. Why, I have no idea. At best, they are as informed about world events as I am. At worst, they are being paid to state an opinion. But either we are insatiable in our need for more Brittany melt downs or the media is feeding us this crap for some other reason.
I believe that there is an effort to keep us distracted from real life. I don't know that the government wants us sitting slack jawed in front of the T.V. as another big star disintegrates before our eyes, but they certainly don't offer an alternative. I think that keeping us focused on the latest Paris Hilton antics keeps us from seeing other things. Things about our world around us.
If we're hanging on every word that MSNBC spouts about the insane Alec Baldwin divorce, we're not paying attention to the way our world is changing around us. Perhaps it has always been this way. We distract ourselves from seeing the way that nothing is permanent. What was true yesterday, isn't true today. We adapt, maybe even protest. But in the long run, we live our lives to the best of our ability.
In the age of Information, I am bombarded all day long with "what's happening". But isn't it sad that I've heard very little substance in the last two weeks and that every lead story features the downfall of a woman who is seriously troubled?
There's no fix. Watching the hearing on Gonzales certainly wasn't very interesting. So, I tend to flip to reruns of CSI and shake my head. If I'm going to seek entertainment, I'd rather it was fiction.
Just sayin'.
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