The Pollution of the News, Created from Within

As a student of journalism, I occasionally find myself pondering my future as a member of the ever-adapting media. Will I serve as an emphatic addition? Will I ever be able to benefit society?

While the optimist from within shouts "Yes," the grim reality is, I may very well be working for an accredited publication but only to write a blog about the travesty that is celebrity imbeciles.

Today on gawker.com, one of the first entries is titled, How Paris, Lindsay, and Britney Conquered the Media. How they have indeed!

Even articulating my distaste for this depressing phenomenon causes me to feel as though I am a inappreciable waste of literacy.

The blog writer Mary makes the gravely accurate assessment that no news publication has been capable of abstaining from the inherent charm of young, rich girls going to jail, partying, and having massively publicized break downs.

Newspapers and TV stations, ranging from local to multi-national all take part in the juvenile and petty gossip. Is there warrant for sheer celebrity gossip in any other forum besides specifically celebrity news? Doubtful.

I'm personally not sure it has any significance in the daily lives of the masses.

If there is any valuable extraction to be made from frivolous celebrity coverage, it would be that the result of excessive drinking and drug use is shamelessly displayed daily and it doesn't seem enviable as Paris, Britney, Lindsay and others have proven.

Results can include but are not limited to: the distribution of embarrassing sex tapes, the plunders of rehab and eventual relapse, boundless weight loss, exorbitant weight gain (due to Taco Bell cravings), loss of memory regarding the inclusion of underwear in attire, jail time, loss of child custody, the urge to attack others, and the uncontrollable desire to shave one's own head.

Sure, It's something we can all grow from. But perhaps we could discuss global affairs, social and economic issues, and essential events in the news first.

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I am creating this blog for a digital journalism class and this is my riveting first post.

It's exciting.