TrickMo

I normally try to steer clear of celebrity gossip, if only because it’s nonsense and completely uninteresting, but the news about Ashton Kutcher racing CNN to the million Twitter follower mark caught my eye. Not ignoring the irony of it being ABC reporting this ‘news,’ I am just wondering about the implicit comparison being made here. When did people start equating the ramblings of celebs to legitimate news sources? Those things often make the news (something I could really rant about too), but when did they start actually being the news? If Ashton wins, will he be declared the superior news source? Better yet, I’m wondering if CNN will have to change their tagline to ‘More People Get Their News From Ashton Kutcher.”