Is this what we've come to?

Is it really all about Posh and David? Do we really care whether Jamie Lynn has a girl or boy or who is with her when she has this baby? Does it matter who made Michelle's dress or how much it cost at Black and White? Does it matter if the high school girls made a pact to get pregnant? Does that change the fact they are pregnant, long for love, lack attention, or can't find personal value? Everyone has interests, true; but are these things news? Are these the major happenings of today's world? Values are showing! Do these things matter or are they ways to make some people feel better or worse about themselves? Is it all mass marketing? Are we as a people so stupid as to fall for all the mass marketing around us each day? Chalk it up to noting history - of society, people, politics, fashion, entertainment, life - but when it starts affecting what we do as people, has it gone too far? What shapes you? Who are you? And who are you because of news? What affects who you are - What you buy? What you value? What you laugh at? What you cry about? What you choose to do each day?