Supermarket tabloids and celebrity gossip shows are not just innocently shallow entertainment, but a fundamental part of a much larger movement that involves apathy, greed and hierarchy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
People love gossip. It's the biggest thing that keeps the entertainment industry going.
It's that invasive and puerile curiosity to feed a tabloid culture. I don't subscribe to it.
It's like tabloid news programs that talk about how horrible something is, while at the same time they're glorifying it as their top story.
I think my life is often more interesting in the tabloids than it is in real life - or less; it depends. But I'm curious. I just try and see what they're going to make up next, and I try to just have fun with it and not take it all too seriously, because otherwise you can't function.
The lowest form of popular culture - lack of information, misinformation, disinformation and a contempt for the truth or the reality of most people's lives - has overrun real journalism.
When it comes to celebrities and tabloids, to me that is a bummer. That's a little disappointing. And it is amazing how things really get made. I always used to think that where there is smoke there is fire, and now I see stories pop up out of nowhere with no basis in reality.
That crossover of whether it's entertainment or news is the biggest crock of b.s. in television today, because it's all entertainment.
I used to shy away from publicity so as not to let it get in the way of the work. But it's part of the job. The tabloids are a whole other arena. If fame happens, it happens. I just want to maintain focus.
Journalism is straying into entertainment. The lines between serious news segments, news entertainment, and news comedy are blurring.
The tabloids are like animals, with their own behavioural patterns. There's no point in complaining about them, any more than complaining that lions might eat you.
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