What Drives America?
Just for kicks, I did a Google search a few minutes ago on "hot topics". Of the news sites that were returned, what stuck out to me was that several of them listed things like celebrity news, sports news or some other form of entertainment information.
Looking at the front pages of more popular online news sites give you the same feeling – celebrity, sports and entertainment news. Celebrity divorces, which celebrity was where yesterday and who saw them, a sports star’s wife filing for divorce – why is this stuff newsworthy? Because America wants it in the news, that’s why.
These days, more Americans are driven by entertainment in some form. Now, when I say ‘driven’, I mean that is what they live for. They don’t live to provide for and take care of their families, although they may make a feeble attempt every once in a while. They don’t give priority to making sure ALL of their children’s needs are met. But these days, adults will procreate because it is fun, but then won’t do what is necessary to take care of their offspring. They live to have fun. Their kids suffer because of it, and are in turn raised to believe that all that they need to live for is to have fun as well. It all comes back to entertainment – sports, movies, celebrities…you name it.
Personally, I’m tired of being littered with information about the latest Hollywood wedding, and subsequent divorce every time I open the front page on an online news site. Because of this, I honestly rarely visit them any more unless I hear about something by word-of-mouth and I want to go look it up. I’m tired of being bombarded by ‘news’ of what Tom Cruise did last weekend, or what reasons Cynthia Rodriguez has for wanting to divorce A-Rod. This is not news!
News is covering events around the region, state, country and the world. I will concede that there is room in the news for some entertainment news such as a new movie coming out or which players made the all-star team. But covering the every move of the Spears sisters is ridiculous. Cover the latest successes in Iraq and Afghanistan. Cover that earthquake in China, or the Presidential race. Some of these other people should get real jobs and contribute positively to society.
