TMZ

For the fall season, a new TV show has started entitled, TMZ. This is a video production based on the website, tmz.com. Essentially, this is a celebrity gossip show/site. Their idea is that most anything a celebrity says or does is worthy of plastering all over the world. They are the ones that "broke" the story of Mel Gibson's drunken raving about the Jews. I guess my big question is, "So, what?" These people decided that this was so important that they got people to at least break confidence (from the police department) and leak this info to be publicized.

What purpose does this serve other than to drag someone through the muck and trash their name? Did this serve the public good? Was some massive cover-up exposed or some criminal mastermind brought to justice?

No, it is merely salacious judgmental GOSSIP.

As much as I could be interested in the show, I have decided not to participate. I will not contribute to that part of belittling our society. Certainly in the interest of fair play, who would want to live life under a microscope, with every misstep, idiotic action, and misspoken word broadcast for all the world to see and pass judgment? Would you be willing to accept such scrutiny? How would you feel if it were forced upon you anyway?