No need to worry, she is fine
Apr. 13th, 2008 03:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
valkyriezaI logged in to CNN this morning, for a quick update of the international news. In the top headlines on the website among the fears of terrorism, trouble in the middle East, Zimbabwe voting crisis, Tibetan monks being arrested for political activism in China and so forth, the headline, which almost wants to make you click on as the 'which is the 'out-of-place' phrase question we used to get on the tests in high school, was that Brittany Spears had a fender-bender and no-one was injured.
I understand, we want happy and entertaining news, but it still strikes me as something tainted that we equal persecution of those, who feel they have been denied their rights to practice their religion; or the fact that the threat of word wide terrorism is worsening despite the increasingly severe security measures. Yet the news that a two-bit dug-abusing starlet was involved in a minor traffic accident makes it to the same range as all the 'bigger' issues. Issues relating to death, human suffering, religious tolerance are being put on the same bench as Spears's slow reflexes in hitting her brakes!
When I was much younger, the exciting 'news' were the upcoming Olympics and the scandals and excitement surrounding the biggest sports event in the world. Now, we are reassured that it is great that the talentless wonder of Brittany is saved for future generations. I wonder if most people are even aware these days of the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing?
I understand, we want happy and entertaining news, but it still strikes me as something tainted that we equal persecution of those, who feel they have been denied their rights to practice their religion; or the fact that the threat of word wide terrorism is worsening despite the increasingly severe security measures. Yet the news that a two-bit dug-abusing starlet was involved in a minor traffic accident makes it to the same range as all the 'bigger' issues. Issues relating to death, human suffering, religious tolerance are being put on the same bench as Spears's slow reflexes in hitting her brakes!
When I was much younger, the exciting 'news' were the upcoming Olympics and the scandals and excitement surrounding the biggest sports event in the world. Now, we are reassured that it is great that the talentless wonder of Brittany is saved for future generations. I wonder if most people are even aware these days of the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing?
