New York Governor Elliott Spitzer has resigned, because he participated in an illegal prostitution ring. However, instead of on Spitzer, the spotlight's been aimed at the prostitute he hired, because of her "singing career." She didn't even get arrested, though prostitution is illegal, and her Myspace page has become a popular site. Who cares? More than a million Iraq and U.S. soldiers are dead. There's a presidential race going on as we speak. One of the worst presidents in American history is about to leave office, but all anyone cares about is some prostitute who happens to be getting alot of attention at the moment. For a long time, the American people have been obsessed with trivial news, like what Britney Spears is doing in rehab, or Lindsay Lohan's alcoholism. Do people just like hearing about sex or drug-related issues? What is so entertaining about these issues that people will just forget about in two minutes? I like trivial news as much as the next person, so I don't mean to be hypocritical, but I don't really know why I even bother with that news in the first place. The American people have standards for what's trivial or fake, what's beautiful or ugly, or what's fat or thin. These standards can be judgemental, or clouded by ignorance of what's actually important. People get this idea in their mind about how something should be, and are only interested in that one opinion. Why do people want to hear fake news? What kinds of standards does the media have of what's important?
Author's note: No offense to those who like People Magazine. The headline "why I quit sex" is what point this post proves about trivial news.
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