Letters to the Editor
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Ok, enough is enough
I have read over the past year with irritation the number of people who complain about gossip and celebrity news in Salon. I always thought, well, if you don't like it, don't read it. That said, this summary of celeb non-news as the lead article, as well as in a secondary article called The Year in Gossip, is a bit much. If I want that much non-news, I'll head for EOnline or something similar - I don't actually need another heavy dose of gossip and celeb culture masquerading as watered-down social commentary from Salon.
How about WHY this stuff is so prevalent, WHAT is going on with a mainstream media that focuses on a war between Trump and Rosie rather than real wars (or even imaginary ones, like the "war" on "terrorism")? What is the matter with our Western global culture that we give a flying rat's tootie what Tom Cruise was wearing to his third wedding rather than what Putin was wearing when he decided to off a couple of pesky journalists (one a former KGB man and fellow spook)?
These are interesting questions - But Salon, like other media, is focusing on the shadows on the wall rather than why, what and how of the figures actually casting them.
Very disappointing.