"Who’s next? Charlie Sheen? How about Jon Gosselin getting 10 minutes of daytime airtime to apologize to Kate and their eight children? Or maybe Snooki and the others from 'Jersey Shore' getting 20 minutes to apologize for their show (among other things)? Of course not. Still, the word is out: Celebrities, big ones, are now to be accorded the same access to the airwaves as presidents and prime ministers. Behold: You have just witnessed another milestone in the evolution of celebrity culture in America."
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Celebrity Culture in America
After Tiger Woods' craftily-arranged speech, Adam Buckman wrote a good analysis of our reality TV culture:
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