Now cut to CBS's Wednesday, September 21, edition of Entertainment Tonight. Rather is a guest, along with Roseanne and O. J. lawyers. The show's intro has lightning-quick jumpcuts between images of O. J., Rather, and Roseanne, subliminally equating them. She asks about risks. In that case, he was right.
Most people have little spare time and only finite space in their attention box.
Denouncing tabloid mania is now something of a craze itself. The beauty is that these forums can be used simultaneously to deplore sensationalism and indulge in it. I've asked my editors to illustrate this column with a shot of Michael Jackson. He isn't discussed here, but the substance doesn't matter. It's the sensation that counts.