[lbo-talk] authentically working class

Marvin Gandall marvgandall at videotron.ca
Thu Sep 11 06:31:02 PDT 2008


James Heartfield writes:


> The glee that the liberal press take in reporting the (thoroughly
> ordinary) problems in Ms Palin's family life seems to exemplify their
> disdain for ordinary people.
=============================== Is it the allegedly "liberal" press - or a "sensationalist" media oriented towards personal gossip rather than social issues? And gossip about "ordinary" people? The media only became interested in Palin's family life when she became an extraordinary national figure. If the media expresses disdain for so-called ordinary people, it does so by ignoring and frequently blaming them for their personal hardships. It's overly preoccupied with salacious gossip about the rich and famous, liberals and conservatives alike. It's overriding interest is boosting readership and ratings, and there has always been a mass audience for this sort of fluff, except perhaps when a rise in political consciousness has been able to, at least partially, displace the circus in pursuit of bread.



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