Comments on: Celebrity death coverage reveals ridiculousness of 24-hour news channels http://www.msu-underground.com/archives/595 The Unofficial Student Publication of Missouri State University Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:42:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Nate http://www.msu-underground.com/archives/595/comment-page-1#comment-72 Nate Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:42:57 +0000 http://www.msu-underground.com/?p=595#comment-72 America is a death cult that has had it's humanity stripped away by entertainment and consumerism. The latest bout of celebrity obituaries is either a ruse by elite interests to distract attention from the political atmosphere in Iran, Honduras, India, etc, or just the collective yearning for meaning in our superficial and pointless lives. The news media serves to perpetuate this lack of social consciousness. America is a death cult that has had it’s humanity stripped away by entertainment and consumerism. The latest bout of celebrity obituaries is either a ruse by elite interests to distract attention from the political atmosphere in Iran, Honduras, India, etc, or just the collective yearning for meaning in our superficial and pointless lives. The news media serves to perpetuate this lack of social consciousness.

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