Alternate theory: Us back seat policy wonks like lurid gossip too, but we cannot admit it. We will never admit to knowing who Snookie is. But this allows us to be both high and low brow at the same time - like the Daily Show. Although, the Wonkette blog is another cake-and-eat-it-too enterprise. ... Okay, and Huff Post as well. But the story is one of the better excuses to cover gossip as news and still be considered serious issues people.
Plus, for those of us who are not fans of the surge or glorifying generals, there is a definite element of schadenfreude. Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Granted, we would prefer that it was over something substantial, but this is better than nothing. We will take what we can get. Please be patient with us. We just reelected a secret Muslim communist black guy. We are making baby steps.
Although, in a way, it is relevant. After all, she basically wrote a hagiography about him and this scandal cast some harsh light on that kind of journalism. It basically illustrates how the U.S. press is basically embedded with the establishment both figuratively and literally.
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Date: 2012-11-14 06:44 am (UTC)Alternate theory: Us back seat policy wonks like lurid gossip too, but we cannot admit it. We will never admit to knowing who Snookie is. But this allows us to be both high and low brow at the same time - like the Daily Show. Although, the Wonkette blog is another cake-and-eat-it-too enterprise. ... Okay, and Huff Post as well. But the story is one of the better excuses to cover gossip as news and still be considered serious issues people.
Plus, for those of us who are not fans of the surge or glorifying generals, there is a definite element of schadenfreude. Oh, how the mighty have fallen! Granted, we would prefer that it was over something substantial, but this is better than nothing. We will take what we can get. Please be patient with us. We just reelected a secret Muslim communist black guy. We are making baby steps.
Although, in a way, it is relevant. After all, she basically wrote a hagiography about him and this scandal cast some harsh light on that kind of journalism. It basically illustrates how the U.S. press is basically embedded with the establishment both figuratively and literally.
But also, yeah, what everybody else said.