Welcome to your First Amendment right of free speech. Thanks to this, people thought it would be a great idea to start a website that revolves around gossip. Juicy Campus is a website that allows you to log in as an anonymous user and post anything you want. You can even post people's names and state whatever you want about them.
I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I'm addicted to celebrity gossip. Ok, I'm really embarrassed. I don't know what it is and why I am so drawn to it. I must waste up to an hour of my day every day online reading the gossip sites like Perez Hilton, E!
Negative Campaigning seems to only get worse with time, and many politicians resort to mudslinging to attempt to sway voter’s opinions. Well, one thing is for sure – they are swaying the public’s opinions – just not in the direction that they want.
I went to the school nurse yesterday. Actually, no, let's start further back. In October of 2008, I attended a theater workshop. We learned how to stage-fight and make it look real. There was a lot of arm swinging and general movement. We walked back from the wrestling room we were learning in, to the auditorium.
Without a doubt, Britney Spears is the main opic of all the Gossip magazines and television shows. At first I was with everyone else thinking, "This girl is nuts!", but now after seeing so many videos and articles where the paparazzi is overwhelming and downright suffocating the girl, I now feel a bit differently.
Everyone hates the media.
Isn't that what our generation is about?
We complain that people like Britney Spears and Heath Ledger get so much negative media attention. We hate that news media is so biased. We talk about how bad television and magazines are for our youth. The world is a horrible place because of the media.
But can you imagine where we'd be without it?
I recently read an article by Ann Quindlen called "Gossip Minus Guilt". It was extremely interesting and brought up a point of view I had never thought of on the topic of gossip. Below is a summary and response to the article.
