Should Mr. Snow Man be hanged or glorified or canonized ? -- On Our Addiction to Big Media and
Our Submission to Movie Celebrities.
This writing was prompted by me
watching Big-Media reporter talking to a Hollywood star and asking
him "does he consider Mr. Snow Man a hero or a traitor?"
Without a blink in his eye the celebrity man answered "traitor".
When asked "why" he went into visible shock, moved his lips
a bit - yes a reflex only - and, brain-dead, was unable to explain
his original statement.
In instant, I've (rationally)
speculated that this few-second broadcast permanently cemented the
opinion of thousands of ordinary people. Maybe millions of viewers.
After all it was Big-Media.
I am pointing here to the fact, as well
as the curse of modern life : The Big-Media-and-Movie-Celebrities
symbiotic relationship.
It is -- business motivated ! --
practice of Big-Media to target Movie Celebrities as opinion-makers
on every topic that is "hot" on airways. The sick part is
the hypocrisy of Big-Media. On one hand, they tell us that their
mandate is objective (rational?) journalism. On the other, they
bombard us with "junk" journalism like the above example
where the obvious target was not the opinion per se but (any)
Movie-Celebrity. Why? Because, and only because, Movie-Celebrity
would attract more audience ... and more revenue.
So, who are Movie-Celebs as
opinion-makers ? The vast majority of them, no doubt. Let's suppress
for few minutes our hardwired herd-ape submission to authority
(celebrity) and ask self clearly:
Who (the hell) is Movie-Celebrity
as a trustworthy opinion-maker ?
Your beloved Movie-Celeb is, most
likely (way!) more attractive physically then you. Also, he or she is
most likely a thinker like you - a man or a woman with average
intelligence. But, is he or she more knowledgeable on given topic
than you ? I dare say: "Certainly not !"
Just compare the daily schedules of
both of you.
You:
Most of the day you work to survive.
The rest of the day you rest, grab a beer (optional) and surf news
channels on something that have grabbed your attention. Like for
example, should Mr. Snow Man be hanged or glorified or canonized
which includes exercising the first and the second action in order
stated at the beginning of this sentence.
Movie-Celeb:
Most of the day your idol works hard to
hold to his / her status as a Celeb. The rest of the day he or she
spends celebrating (again, hard!) his / her Celeb status.
Now, I will ask you to write an
imaginary email to your (any) Movie-Celeb asking for an advice on
investing your hard earned money for retirement, or maybe to choose
for you the right treatment for your cancer (sorry for shocking
example), or give you definite answer who is right, creationists or
scientists.
Big-Media did. As for you? Good luck.
