re: #78 Justanotherhuman

So much of “news” is just PR. Instead of in-depth reporting and/or analysis, it’s easier to use fill-ins with absolutely no news quality or merit. Reporters themselves are sometimes the news (more often every day, it seems) and get their own interviews, treated more like Hollywood “stars” than simply news readers, where they reveal their neuroses, their habits, more about themselves personally than anyone really has a right to know, or particularly wants to know.

Is it just an outcome of a society that seemingly is becoming more narcissistic, where we elevate the individual so much higher than what we need to know (the cult of celebrity) and neglect what affects the common good?

That’s one of the reasons I dislike the pundit characters. They are promoting themselves and their image. Their fanbase becomes a personality cult. Our politics are based more on loyalty to TV characters than the politicians themselves. Socially, I don’t think we’ve seen anything like this since the televangelists.