Media Madness

Media, these days, can be broadly categorized into two groups - the ones that give inordinate time and coverage of the antics of LiLo, Paris Hilton, Britney Spears and the death of Anna Nicole Smith, and then the ones that are more serious like NBC, Newsweek, BBC etc...

What is the difference between these two? - very little, I think. The first group reports the "celeb" happenings in real time while the other reports a little later and has usually two psychs / sociologists to analyze why we and the media spend time following these "celebs". The difference, if any, is the difference between "headline news" and "newsline". The reality is both spent time on the same "celeb" antics. One was brazen about it and other couched it in pseudo-sophistication. NBC, Newsweek and Beebs have spent time on the same topic.

The fact is these "celebs" and their followers will take any publicity/ reporting. And, media will take anything to make their numbers.