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It is in the best interests of a capitalist society to keep the gaze away from the shenanigans of industries and right wing politics to a huge preoccupation with celebrity culture.
Is it any wonder that we now have to pay for drinking water, live in massively polluted cities, live on the mercies of the American Medical Association and the Pharmaceuticals, that the rich, lazy media should be investigating for the good of the citizenry in the first place.
It is completely disgusting that an untalented, bratty, self destructive socialite like Paris Hilton (what really is her claim to fame?) makes headline news around the world while close to half a million Iraqi women, men and children have lost their lives in the US occupation, or how about unnecessary deaths of Americans due to lack of health care. The travails of a visibly troubled Britney Spears takes up more news time than the daily killings of Palestinians by US interests, or if that is a hard pill to swallow, then how really the US sabotages voter turn outs that would make this society more equitable.
Bring on the Kool-aid because the media is never going to raise the bar for a well informed society. Dumbing down of America has become a guilt free pasttime.
