News Headlines Focus on Brittany Shaving Her Head

This week’s celebrity media coverage has moved from the ever popular “death of Anna Nicole” story to “Brittany Spears shaving her head”. This is just another instance of media coverage that is no news. The media is focused on trying to find out what made Brittany shave her head. The fact that she went to a tattoo parlor and got two tattoos after the shearing frenzy is also an interest. The media coverage is tying this all into her checking out of rehab a day before. In every story I have read about this (and believe me, there are a lot) the writer talks about how the beautician wouldn’t shave it for her so Brittany shaved it herself, she got a tattoo of lips on her wrist and one of a pink and another of a pink and white cross. The fact that she was crying and talking about her mom being upset is also in the news. Who cares? This is evidentially news to some people, but why? Is it that any news about Brittany is sellable or is it that people want to know why Brittany cut her hair or is it that we really need a break from the Iraqi war stories? Is our society really so engrossed in celebrity life that this qualifies as breaking news? I really think that there are more important things going on in the world than Brittany shaving her head, the media really just needs to leave the poor girl alone.