http://johnfullerblog.com/2010/07/08/lindsay-lebron-who-cares/ John Fuller's Blog Tue, 31 Jan 2012 03:50:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://johnfullerblog.com/2010/07/08/lindsay-lebron-who-cares/#comment-4101 Wendy Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:38:24 +0000 http://johnfullerblog.com/?p=1834#comment-4101 I too saw the news this morning about the Russian/US Spy Swap and glanced down and saw a photograph of Lindsay L’s fingernail dissing her judge. While the Russian Spy story was incredibly more “newsworthy”, and I would like to say I didn’t care, but I did go ahead and read about Lindsay. It’s my personal opinion, but I think it is the part of me that wants to be connected to the world in a social way that was interested in that. When the news media reports on celebrities, it’s someone the whole world knows and can relate to (well, hardly relate)and talk about - in a fragmented way, I feel connected to the rest of the world reading about “someone else” we all know and (love or hate - you insert your opinion). I don’t know if this is good or bad about us, but I think it has to do with the “social” aspect of society. I too saw the news this morning about the Russian/US Spy Swap and glanced down and saw a photograph of Lindsay L’s fingernail dissing her judge. While the Russian Spy story was incredibly more “newsworthy”, and I would like to say I didn’t care, but I did go ahead and read about Lindsay. It’s my personal opinion, but I think it is the part of me that wants to be connected to the world in a social way that was interested in that. When the news media reports on celebrities, it’s someone the whole world knows and can relate to (well, hardly relate)and talk about – in a fragmented way, I feel connected to the rest of the world reading about “someone else” we all know and (love or hate – you insert your opinion). I don’t know if this is good or bad about us, but I think it has to do with the “social” aspect of society.

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