Celebrity Culture

Celebrity Culture

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Is 'Celebrity News' Gossip Or News?

Amy Winehouse pics1 Amy Winehouse Bruises Ribs & Boobs During A  Drunken Episode

This morning a report posted on a celebrity gossip forum read "Amy Winehouse ended up in the hospital over the weekend after falling in a drunken stupor and bruising her ribs. Read more on Amy below.

Troubled singer Amy Winehouse was wasted and fell, bruising her breasts, ribs and hitting her head. Thank goodness she didn’t pop her new boobs!"(PerezHilton.com)

Celebrity sightings, and tracings is often considered 'news' by the entertainment industry; there are countless 'celebrity news' shows and stations that report only on the behaviors and events of celebrities. But is this 'news' actually 'news'? I wouldn't consider it anything more than ceelebrity gossip and entertainment news whose success can be attributed to a society with as obsession with celebrity culture. In order for something to qualify as news is must be informative and educational and the level of report is professional and phrases such as "Thank goodness she didn’t pop her new boobs!" don't appear because proper etiquette is used and an unbiased method is followed which ensures that just facts are being delivered, not opinions.



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