What was the deal with the early 00s obsession with celebrity

>>81927363
for a moment i thought she was Marlon Brandon in Apocalypse Now.

>>81927363
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cAbrqjWLvs
Nothing to see here goy, move along

because celebrity gossip totally isn't a thing anymore and doesn't get worse year after year....

>>81927363
America was politically unified (Bush had a 90%+ approval rating after 9/11) so we needed something else to entertain us.

>>81927363
>early 00's
aaaaaaand whats changed?

>>81927363
24-hour news was a mistake.

>>81927427
>>81927363
Because tabloids were popular and gossip was getting big on the internet. TMZ and Gawker were making millions.
The news networks were desperate to stay relevant.

>>81927363
How do you think Trump got elected?
They still do it, but its on the internet now

OP mark my words. It's going to happen again. The writer's strike is coming right at us like a freight train and we aren't moving off the tracks. Watch how shit tv and film is going to be in 18-24 months from now

>BUHRITEHNEY WAWHTCH

it was mostly 24 hour news networks trying to figure out what the fuck to put on air for 24 goddamn hours.

Then fox news figured out people wanted politically biased news, then everyone else figured that out, and journalism ended.

>>81927512
>TMZ and Gawker were making millions
OP is talking about the pre-TMZ/gawker period.

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Legit want a tattoo of this. It represents so much for a shithead like me.

>>81927405
>Brandon

>>81927409
kill yourself

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People questioned it at the time too...

>>81927452
this

and this>>81927409
>pop culture feeds off pop culture feeds off pop culture feeds off pop culture feeds off pop culture...

>>81927363
Is that Jim Norton?

>>81927575
>Watch how shit tv and film is going to be in 18-24 months from now

I can't even imagine how it could be worse...