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Monday, June 09, 2008

Everybody's being used--Miami Herald ombudsman

(Edward Schumacher-Matos): "Journalists are at the apex of two colliding social revolutions:
  • an obsession with celebrities and
  • a freewheeling blogosphere pushing attitude over facts.
The pressure is to turn celebrities into two-dimensional cartoon characters. And why not?
  • The celebrities are rich at the public's expense, aren't they? We pay them to perform, and they in turn
  • use the media to manipulate us and generate more popularity and money.
It's all part of the game."... (Mr. Schumacher wrote in his ombudsman capacity of the ethics and fairness or lack of same in the portrayal of a sports figure in a Miami Herald blog). I agree there's an obsession with celebrities but see that as an outcome of a different social calamity). sm

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