We could be brash and just say that obviously too many people don’t have enough to do, but that would be ignoring the fact that Michael Jackon was adored Worldwide, and his trials and tribulations kept him in the media spotlight despite his declining music career. Other recent celebrity deaths also triggered a widespread sense of personal loss — Farrah Fawcett, Ed McMahon, Heath Ledger…
This recent post sums up a sort of “social theory of relativity:”
- One reader wrote: “Everyone is out making a big deal about these people, and don’t even get me started about Jon & Kate. Since when does a divorce merit a half hour on Fox news? I’ve lost friends in Iraq, but no one gives two shits about that!”
Yes, it’s truly sad that celebrity divorces and TTs (Tiger Transgressions) make the headlines while young soldiers are dying on the front lines of war, with barely a mention… Where are our priorities?
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