Diverse panelist opinions created a loose forum for audience comments and wild tangents, yet many were eager to critique American culture and its media. During the Conference on World Affairs discussion on Friday, panelist Elizabeth Campbell, a journalist for the Fort Worth Star Telegram, critiqued both media and their consumers for exploiting tragedy with journalism.
People hunger for the tragic and the bad.
As a result, victims are often heavily scrutinized and their personal lives become a ratings strategy, she said. We have to ask what it is about our culture that celebrates that. Audience member Robert McClendon said he has never heard of Jerry Springer. Most Europeans think it's very foolish, and they think Americans are stupid. The Daily Camera.