Saturday, February 17, 2007

And the world judges Britney

I'm not interested in Britney Spears' mental state. I'm not interested in whether her career is over for good or on the rebound.



It seems everyone else is.



There are pictures everywhere of her going to a tattoo place, pictures of her shaving her head, pictures of her waiting to get the tattoo, pictures of her leaving the place and so on.



There are eye-witness accounts from inside and outside the tattoo shop. Someone else chimes in to say that she flew to California in a cheap seat on a flight.



Others are jumping in here to give away information about her rehab experience recently.



Call me strange but isn't this fascination in the realm of obsessive right now. Can this woman, a private citizen I imagine, not do what she wants without the world poring over her every move.



I accept that she is not a typical person, she has come from a position of fame and lately notoriety. But surely there is something wrong with following her around everywhere to see what she buys, what she wears, what she eats, what she throws up.



I'm wondering if these people couldn't possibly find something more useful to do with their time than sneaking around behind Britney Spears hoping she does something "newsworthy".



Who is responsible for making this stuff a headline news item across the globe?



It's really sad that humans, intelligent people, are fed a diet of gossipy fluff, passed off as news and being "in the public interest".

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