What is wrong with the world today?

So, I've been trying to compose this entry for a couple of days now, but I keep deleting it because the words don't seem to be coming out just right! I'm still not entirely sure it's right, but I just can't seem to tweak it anymore.... Lately I have been absolutely appalled at the condition of our society! I'd like to think that I am not one to speak ill of the deceased or the mentally infirm, but at this moment I am so taken aback by the downward spiral the news media has taken I don't think I can be held accountable for the thoughts that follow. 1st - Tyra Banks! I like Tyra! I like America's Next Top Model! I'm not so much a fan of the talk show, but I won't even watch Oprah! The thing that gets me about this is that Tyra has been very open about her weight and yet the press are still hunting her down, tracking her to a beach and camping out for that photograph that proves what we all already know: Tyra doesn't weigh 125lbs! How has our society gotten so obsessed with weight that a woman who is 5'10" can be considered FAT at 161lbs? 2nd - Anna Nicole Smith! The woman was a train wreck, people! Her life was one long side show that we all watched because we couldn't look away, not out of enjoyment! Yes, it is sad that she passed away so suddenly and apparently mysteriously (my money is on some kind of negative drug interaction or the result of on and off crash dieting - take that makers of Trimspa). It is terrible for a child of 5 months old to lose a parent... but, consider the parent! Danielynn, at this point hasn't a snowball's chance in hell at being normal! 3rd - Britney Spears! As if it isn't enough that our culture tells us that you can never be too rich or too thin, Britney came along as a semi-innocent, fantasy inducing Catholic School girl in her first video telling the world that it's OK for a 16 year old girl to be viewed as a sex symbol! From that first video for "Hit Me, Baby One More Time" until the present, Brit has pushed the envelope, going from slightly naughty to downright slutty on camera and has persuaded the teenage girls of America that they should do the same. Where is the moral outrage? Apparently, non-existent! After all, Britney shaved her head this week in news that made CNN!!! Forget minor news stories like the War in Iraq, kidnappings, murders or even the flipping Oscars! Our time has been wrapped up in news stories that parade in front of us a three ring circus of the unimportant, the overexposed and talentless, and neurotic! Bottom line: In the grand scheme of things, not a thing I've said here will matter. And voicing my opinion merely makes me "The Cynical Fat Girl." But what hope is there for the young women of tomorrow if exposure teaches them that you must be a thin, brainless tramp in order to be newsworthy, or even important!