Monday, February 23, 2009

Glover hates the mass worshipping of the ordinary

It is worth reading Stephen Glover's piece in this morning's Indy as he discusses the blanket Jade Goody coverage over the weekend.

Yes it is a sad story and yes the media have done an about turn on the Big Brother star but Glover whilst recognising the sad personal circumstances make the following observation.

I am happy to accept that she is not a monster, and I even rather admire her expert manipulation, or that of her advisers, of the media. But I hate this mass worship of the ordinary. And it seems to me that intelligent columnists who romanticise her life and invest her death with heroic significance are writing sentimental nonsense. What has already happened is bad enough, but I fear it may be only the beginning, and that it may all end with even the supposedly serious media forcing us to witness her death.


Enough said

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