The Public Eye

We have learned that one of the factors that dictates news is the interest of readers. One of the things that falls into this category is fame. People want to read about famous people : celebrities , politicians etc. Thousands of average people begin and end relationships every day but the only ones that get spread out on a magazine are the ones that are started and ended by people we see in the movies. A woman down the street from where I used to live embezzled money from town hall but it wasn't in any magazines , but if any famous politician tried to pull that trick their face would be one the news for weeks. This is a both beneficial and detrimental. While I cannot find any good reason to poke our nose into the personal life of overpaid actors I do think its good to know more about politicians. People need to know about the people with power in their local area. The detriment is found when you consider where the focus of the common people is being placed. For instance , hundred of people have read about Eliot Spitzer and his use of prostitutes. Its all over the news and internet and people everywhere are shaking their head and looking down on this obvious infringement on new York State law. Still , with the statistics of rape being what they are , why is the media focusing on one man having sex with a willing person? You can theorize that perhaps if the media focused on the unwilling victims and rapist's stories then maybe we could lower the statistic. Perhaps this is the detriment of drawing public focus , the detriment of idolization of the famous.