Why is the waste of space aka Naomi Campbell, first item on the news? Why did the number of media organisations covering the war crimes trial of ex President Charles Taylor go from 20 to several hundred? It couldn't have anything to do with the medias obsession with 'celebrity' could it? That such a self-obsessed, odious staff-beater as Campbell merits such coverage defies belief.
Who said the media were dumbing down?
As Marina Hyde concluded in todays Guardian, "The message from The Hague today is simple: you can kill and rape and mutilate as much as you like, but if you really want to gain a purchase on early 21st-century western discourse and are not simply pissing about, you do need to have once had contact with a celebrity in some incredibly minor way. Even now, let's hope that Janjaweed militia are making a pitch for posterity by sending baskets of muffins to Lindsay Lohan, because if and when they are ever brought to justice, they sure as Shirley aren't going to make the major bulletins without that kind of news peg.
What else is there left to say? Other than: this is your world. Try not to choke on it."
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