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This crying, screaming horror had happened to George W. Bush years ago, would we all be in this predicament now? If we had footage of him peeing his pants when he got his draft notice like I know he did right before he called HIS mommy, that would have crushed his chances to be the maniacal, power hungry monster he is now. But that's not what the news used to be about.
Thank you so much for pointing out that we as a society have not asked for this in the least. I am old enough to remember watching the news when it was dry as toast and not supposed to be entertaining, and it wasn't. News has definitely not changed over the years because I wanted it to. Like everything else, it's about what's cheap and easy.
As for Paris Hilton, I watched a documentary on PBS (where else besides HBO) the other night about juveniles in prison for life without possibility of parole. I won't go into the details except to say that it seemed pretty unfair and just plain crazy. Those are the stories the mainstream media should be salivating over. Those are citizens of the US, whether they're young, old, poor, middle class or rich. And they are COMPELLING TRUE STORIES. What the hell is going on. Paris Hilton is boring.
