Day: January 3, 2022

When Did Everything Become Celebrity Gossip? – Flagpole

When Did Everything Become Celebrity Gossip? – Flagpole

Not to pile on the landfill of bizarreosity that is modern American life, but I just noticed something (else) incredibly disturbing—most news has become E! entertainment celebrity gossip. If you break down the headlines now, about half of them are essentially gossip. Part One of these headlines generally goes something like: “Politician of one party says something snide about politician of different party.” “NFL linebacker tweets something strange about his love of local honey. Coach reacts strongly.” “Your mother is a terrible, evil, horrible person. We should imprison her immediately because of her recent Facebook posts.” Part Two is where…
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