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Is this news you're interested in?
No, absolutely not. It's crap.
Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people - Eleanor Roosevelt
It seems that a majority of the world consuming this stuff is small minded.
Are these stories drawing additional readership?
Unfortunately yes. Pander to the lowest common denominator and you get just that coming to your place.
Do you feel bothered when these headlines appear before substantial news from abroad such as suicide bombings, earthquakes, or a military coup?
There's much more going on in the world than which star is fucking some other star or getting divorced or showed up at Starbucks. It's really pathetic. I see paparazzi in SoHo all the time. It's silly but people buy the magazines and the magazines buy the photos.
Perhaps you love easy access to news about the stars and are bothered by my following harsh critique.
absolutely not.
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I don't care if you are black, white, purple, green, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, hippie, cop, bum, admin, user, English, Irish, French, Catholic, Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim, indian, cowboy, tall, short, fat, skinny, emo, punk, mod, rocker, straight, gay, lesbian, jock, nerd, geek, Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist, either you're an asshole or you're not.
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