In one of my Newswriting classes at Murray State, we were talking about what makes news...news. After discussing politics, wars in the Middle East and the Natalie Holloway investigation, the oh so interesting and stimulating topic of the infamous Britney Spears was brought into question. Don't get me wrong, at the tender age of 18 I must confess that I did, at one time in my life, have a copy of the pop tarts latest album (how embarrassing) but that was when she was running around wearing a Catholic School girl uniform and singing "Oops I Did it Again", she wasn't dancing on a stripper pole leaving little (or nothing) to the imagination. Oh how things have changed. Since her loosing battle with the razor last year leaving her bald, Brittany has become more popular than ever, just for the wrong reasons. It isn't only juicy tabloids and gossip columns that are "exposing" the erotic behavior of a superstar gone bad, professional news programs have jumped on the popstar band wagon to cover her every move.
But the Britney craze isn't the only phenomenon that has monopolized news coverage lately. The tragic story of Heath Ledger and his supposed drug use has been top news for weeks now. Lindsay, Paris and Nicole are all names that even my grandmother has come to know because of the massive coverage of their personal lives in the past year. As much as I would like to blame Fox, CNN, NBC and so many others for reporting on such none sense, America is still tunning in to see what mistake these young adults will make next.
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