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Craig HillWarnie's sex scandal - Stay out of it.
May 18th 2006 14:13
When I ask people what they think about celebrities and their personal lives, they normally and almost always reply - 'I don't really care'. Somehow the four words don't really do it for me, because it is absolute bullcrap. If you didn't care about Bec and Lleyton Hewitt's child; if you don't care about Lindsay Lohan's latest crash diet;or if you don't care about Shane Warne's latest rendevous with two Pommy models you wouldn't be rushing onto the Internet, rushing to catch the news, or rushing to your nearest newsagency. Sure, you're figuring - if I didn't care so much about the private lives of these so-called 'celebrities' how would I know about such issues?
The answer is simple. The media.
The media are the ones to blame for the exaggerated and dramatised publications that either enlighten or deminish those who many know. It's just stupid that we can have more than 10 magazines celebrating the lives of people who live on the other side of the world who make a living by making movies. Why don't we hear more about the great doctor's who have worked to save many lives? Or the person who gave it all for those less fortunate than themselves? Or more on how to live life as great as possible?
What the worse thing about the media is, is their potential to corrupt the minds of people. Thanks to the media, we see people like Shane Warne, Rex Huntand Wendell Sailor (just to name some recent examples) be portrayed to be sleazy, dirty or sinister individuals, rather normal blokes. They make actors look glamourous and above everyone - when all they do is pretend to be other people! And when they do stuff up... the whole world must know about it. Why?
All in all, people are people. No one is better than anyone and that's the way it should be. We want to know how Warnie went in the latest test match, or how many tries Wendell Sailor scored in his last game - but what they do in their private life is their's, all we should care about is how well they're doing their job. If you stuffed up somewhere in your life, would you want everyone to know about it? Doubt it.
So to the media - worry more about the game, rather than what the player's do in their own life. Because honestly, most of us don't really care.
The answer is simple. The media.
The media are the ones to blame for the exaggerated and dramatised publications that either enlighten or deminish those who many know. It's just stupid that we can have more than 10 magazines celebrating the lives of people who live on the other side of the world who make a living by making movies. Why don't we hear more about the great doctor's who have worked to save many lives? Or the person who gave it all for those less fortunate than themselves? Or more on how to live life as great as possible?
What the worse thing about the media is, is their potential to corrupt the minds of people. Thanks to the media, we see people like Shane Warne, Rex Huntand Wendell Sailor (just to name some recent examples) be portrayed to be sleazy, dirty or sinister individuals, rather normal blokes. They make actors look glamourous and above everyone - when all they do is pretend to be other people! And when they do stuff up... the whole world must know about it. Why?
All in all, people are people. No one is better than anyone and that's the way it should be. We want to know how Warnie went in the latest test match, or how many tries Wendell Sailor scored in his last game - but what they do in their private life is their's, all we should care about is how well they're doing their job. If you stuffed up somewhere in your life, would you want everyone to know about it? Doubt it.
So to the media - worry more about the game, rather than what the player's do in their own life. Because honestly, most of us don't really care.
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