Is this the culture I’ve vowed to protect and sacrifice my time and effort for?

If you want to know why the rest of the world hates us just switch on the TV and turn the channel to any of the western news outlets. From CNN to Fox to CBS, the top headline is the death of an Ex Playboy Playmate and subsequent battles for her body and baby. Along with the silly circus that is a bald has-been pop singer the top stories for the past two weeks are nothing less than atrocious. It only serves to prove that broadcast news is no longer news. News is entertainment. All the majors are actually owned by entertainment conglomerates that arguably succeed in cost reduction and fairly well orchestrated marketing synergies. Don’t kid yourself if you think it’s anything more. Hell - conspiracy theorist can further argue my entire point of being here is to aid in the marketing of one of the largest “productions” available today. This story has all the high drama, violence, and plot twists some of the best Hollywood writers wish they could dream up. And yet even with all the compelling excitement we have here on a daily basis, some of our biggest stories are displaced by the death of one of the least intriguing personalities I’ve ever had the displeasure to endure. Is this the American Ideal of satisfactory role-models? Knowing full well that mainstream TV is profit driven, measured by ratings of viewers, means this is apparently what you’re asking for. But I have a difficult time believing this crud is important to anyone. Perhaps there is ulterior motive by these large conglomerates. Maybe they have a vested interest in selling these celebrities beyond their ratings and therefore push the story regardless of initial public interest thereby the tail wagging the dog. So I ask you, is this obsession with a dead miscreant drama queen being fed to us by the media or are we really that base that this is really considered news?