Should the American News Media Provide Coverage on Paris Hilton and Other Entertainment Stories?
An analysis on the true reasons why the media covers Paris Hilton. The vast majority of Americans support our capitalistic society without great pause for analysis. It would stand to reason then that we should expect no less from our media enterprises; meaning we should expect the media to represent their own interests by amassing the greatest amount of capital possible in order to expand their enterprises. Our capitalistic system’s overall goal of efficiency in profit applies just as readily to the media‘s coverage; they market the stories we are most likely to buy at the highest possible returns (mostly our viewing time). Despite many viewers of the mass media networks acknowledging and often even slandering the many shortcomings (bias, 5th grade programming level, and entertainment only stories) of the very news programs they watch, the bottom line is clear, they still tune in. The supreme irony of this debate lies in the fundamental fact that we care enough even to participate and,
