So I did it: Pop Media and the Gender Stereotype

I watched the infamous fight between Elisabeth and Rosie on You Tube. The deal is she's a pretty white republican and Rosie O'Donnell is an overweight lesbian liberal. There are many things I dislike about The View in general mainly because of the ridiculous discussions that they have which all the hosts engage in however Elisabeth Hasselbeck is simply an idiot. She was on Survivor Season 2...right? She lost? But she's pretty so she's on something that's supposed to be a new-type talk show and she's supposed to be representing the opinions of 20something American women? 

 In all honesty she appears to be an incredibly uninformed conservative. I'm not sure what her background in journalism is, I'm not sure what her educational background is but nonetheless it seems she gets all her information from googling things. I don't understand why she seemingly views everything so black and white and is so quick to defend the American government because they are protecting Americans from terrorists. How is it possible that someone sees every scenario so devoid of anything other than right or wrong, so devoid critical thinking or placing things in social and political conexts from such an extraordinarily ethnocentric perspective in a way that completely lacks any type of reflexivity? 

It makes good TV I suppose. But, it is unfortunate that she does not seem to realize that she represents everything that is wrong with young women in American culture today. How can you dream your American Dream when there are thousands of innocent people dying and the scream of social injustice resonates around the globe? In all honesty I do not believe that those in academia who are experts on these subjects are contacted for their informed opinions on any topic discussed on the show and I'm honestly not sure why. 

The older I get the more I realize that American journalism, in general, is a big pile of bullshit spun a certain way to appeal to the majority of Americans. And unfortunately it is believed that this audience is apparently not educated enough to understand something beyond the bullshit that comes from The View or any other newsish-type program for that matter. It's bullshit, and honestly I should write a paper on it. 

 Yours Truly, 

 michelle danda

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