Anything goes in gossip sector of 'journalism'.

Nicolas Stevens

07 March 2010

It was while viewing an image of Alex Rodriguez that caused me to feel grimy in June 2007. He was getting on a hotel lift late with a curvy blonde girl who was not his better half. What? Investigative journalism? In any case , it was in a major American paper.

And it felt to me like the game modified forever that day. Some days later on loads of Red Sox fans behind home plate ridiculed Rodriguez as he strode to the batter's box by wearing blond-haired masks. It felt, all at the same time, creepy and voyeuristic and funny and prejudiced. We did not quite climb into Rodriguez's bed, but we were giggling outside with our ears pressed to the wall. I guess I / perhaps / sort of understand covering the baby-kisser or pope or folk of real power this way. Charlie Glaze does not have to do this after purportedly holding a knife to his wife's neck. The electrical toothbrush is an illustration of that. So, too, our capability to now get dinner at the gas station. At least there, the participators accept the exchange and get paid. ). It is either that or lose money and ratings and eyeballs to folks who do not make any sort of moral stand. Show me the restaurant that tells you what you should be eating, rather than giving you what you need to consume, and I may show you an empty eaterie. The market has spoken, loudly, and you can not and do not disagree with a mob. Folk keep establishing with their wallets that they desire gossip more than reports now.

so that you can rail against how dumb American Idol is, or you can just sing along. Today's youngsters -- and youngsters are what make everything well-liked -- don't appear to be as judgmental as their mom and pop. And old media cannot keep ignoring those sort of wants, not if it wants to survive. It is difficult not to note that papers keep going into bankruptcy while TMZ Sports is booked to open this year. One of the first orders of business at TMZ Sports, be assured, will be to out a gay male sportsman. It'll either wreck that athlete's life or make him the subsequent Jackie Robinson or perhaps both. That is a pretty hideous thing to do to somebody against their will, glaringly. But an outraged America will punish the behaviour by showering it with perspectives, bucks and rewards. Thanks for bothering to give your thoughts.