http://theculturebeat.com/2008/01/02/450/ Movies, TV, Faith, Comics, Books, Media, etc Wed, 15 Jun 2011 20:22:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://theculturebeat.com/2008/01/02/450/#comment-2111 Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:58:28 +0000 http://www.theculturebeat.com/?p=450#comment-2111 It’s a fair question, and a fair point. Since I don’t religiously — or irreligiously — follow the tabloid press, I haven’t kept score on which kids they seem to target. But if that correlation holds true, then I’d say that’s the third party complicit in this trend: the periodicals, the parents, and, of course, the readers. I take it as another sign of cultural hypocrisy when it comes to children.

]]> http://theculturebeat.com/2008/01/02/450/#comment-2112 Wed, 02 Jan 2008 23:47:24 +0000 http://www.theculturebeat.com/?p=450#comment-2112 I have to wonder how much certain celebrities have brought this on themselves. There are actually some big stars and personalities who don’t regularly appear in the tabloids and personality mags, who maintain some sort of decorous private life. They’re the “dogs that don’t bark,” to quote Sherlock Holmes. Do most of the examples of celebrities who are perennial tabloid fodder those who have sought the spotlight and now must keep getting that addictive charge–even for bad behavior, since bad attention is better than none–and thus make their whole family fair game to the amoral gossip press? Just askin’.

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