Monday, January 15, 2007

Why We Read TMZ and Perez Hilton

Ayn Rand wrote in The Fountainhead about a newspaper's appeal to the public through featuring society (AKA celebrity, nowadays) news:

"It overstressed the glamour of society -- and presented society news with a subtle sneer. This gave the man on the street two satisfactions: that of entering illustrious drawing rooms and that of not wiping his feet on the threshold."

1 comment:

Trish said...

I read both those sites. A pox on my houses.