I have admitted my addiction/fascination with celebrity gossip. Yeah, I immediately informed The Chick when her beloved Matt announced his upcoming daddyhood. And, I'm a bit ashamed to admit that I sometimes check TMZ several times a day.
Frankly, TMZ is part of the problem with the pap culture. I also think that any pap who flings themselves on the hood of a person's car or stands up against a car, popping off flashes in anyone's eyes deserves to be run over. The age old rule of the road is moron vs. car, car usually wins.
Anyway, TMZ seems to have the inside information about everyone. They know conversations that happen inside hospital hallways. They know who said what in the privacy of their own homes. They flash as unflattering picture as they can while printing up narrative that leaves you knowing exactly what they think of the person they are exposing.
So, my question is . . . why do people still talk to them? Today, the entire TMZ page is taken up with upto the second updates on Britney Spear's latest fall. They know who said what. They know who screamed at who. They have inside information from medical providers or attorneys. And, clearly they are getting this information somewhere. I don't think they are wholesale making it all up. So, given the level of annoyance they cause for individual "stars" and the exposure of people's worst moments . . . why does anyone speak to them?
15 minutes can't be that good, can it?
2 comments:
You know good and well that the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem....so good for you!
it seems the celebs think any press might be good press. but I think the TV show lets us see how crazy it all is as it goes down. (and yet, I'm addicted, too)
anyhoo, I'm still working on the quirk-thing _ I'll finish soon. maybe I'm not as quirky as I thought :)
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