Celebrity gossip, quite possibly the largest waste of time multiplied by the highest output and financially stable markets. Who reads the junk anyways? Apparently any and everyone accept me. I couldn’t walk by a group of people last week without someone talking about Chris Brown and Rhianna. Everyone seemed to be an expert on the matter advising me of what legal advice they would give Chris and warning me how to stay away from rowdy Bajan girls like Rhianna. There was even an infamous you tube video of both of their songs being mixed to the soundtrack of an abusive encounter. Bloggers have become ruthless and are digging up dirt on Chris Browns past, claiming that he may have been abused as a child, which would explain his sudden abusive outbursts today. The tabloids are now better, but for the sake of the readership, it seems as though they have at least been trying to abstain from any overt mockery or satire of the situation. Although I did see a headline at one of the newsstands reading “Friends fear it will end in death.” Really? I’m no expert on abusive relationships but it seemed like from the title alone they were more concerned with bringing home the dollar that actually offer sound relationship advice. From what I have been able to gather so far, blogs are a little more rough around the edges engaging in inappropriate jokes and satire comedy about the celebrity dilemma. The tabloids have been overly dramatic and have gone out of their way to make everyone feel as though they have to care. Both represent certain forms of extremism. Both done with a specific purpose in mind, to gain more viewers/readership. The tabloids probably have more at stake since their well-being depends on how many people purchase their weekly crap fest. The blogs maybe not so much, since many don’t actually profit greatly from massive amounts of viewership. The public discourse and the public sphere in which these celebrities’ lives are torn apart in front of have become a totally unregulated free for all. Has anybody the decency to just leave other people alone? Personally I couldn’t care less who was dating who or why somebody is the way they are. Why can’t everybody be like me, a miserable group of people who don’t care about others… On second thought, it’s probably best most people are not like me; instead I would prefer a certain type of balance. Like maybe if there was a way to regulate the amount of times a worthless story gets mentioned in the public arena, kind of fascist at its roots, but totally with the best intent. Also if you try and put yourselves in their multi-million dollar shoes you would see how annoying it would be to have non-stop gossip being spread through every medium possible. Maybe that’s the price of fame, and I guess for many outlets it’s the way they will be able to make money. What it news papers and tabloids were just about good news? That would be pretty dull, one man’s misery, is another man’s success. I’ll do both a favour and just stop reading.