Celebrities

I am tired of reading/watching news about celebrities. All that ever gets put out is stuff like Lindsey Lohan going to jail and then getting out early. What about everyone else? Many other people go to jail every day, but they receive little to no coverage for it. And what about the people who are innocent yet found guilty? Do they ever receive recognition for what happened to them? Is their story ever up on the news so people will get into an uproar and try to change things? Unfortunately, usually no.

I guess I really don't mind the celebrity coverage. It's the stories that bother me. It seems that all that's ever talked about is who cheated, who is divorcing, who is pregnant, who got jailed, who got out of jail early, blah blah blah. I have been told in the past this is because that is all that Americans want to hear, after all, we are a nation of gossip. I don't believe that is all that America wants to hear, though. I believe we really are deeper than that. The problem is that, for some reason, we get bored with the good stuff in life very quickly, which is why we tend to make problems for ourselves or create drama. We do not find the good interesting or enticing. But why?

What I want to see on the news is the good. Yes, we need to know about the bad so it can be fixed, but that is not the bad that is aired. I want to hear about the Pujols Foundation and all they are doing. I want to hear about what Michael J. Fox is doing to combat and raise awareness of Parkinson's. I want to hear the positive changes in our nation. And if there is negative to be heard, I want it to be reasonable. There is no reason for me to know about someone cheating. That is private information. How would I like it if everytime I screwed up, no matter how big or little, every single person in the nation (and many across the world) heard about it? I don't even like it when I find out I screwed up!