Reply #59: I think the point people are trying to make is that, while we here at DU are

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informed and wordly and we (in theory) don't care about celebrities bickering, there are MANY, MANY people *outside* of DU who watch this show. People who are NOT informed, people who only know what they hear in the MSM, and even then don't bother to listen carefully.

We're the proverbial choir here at DU. It's the people who watch Oprah and The View and Entertainment Tonight who need to wake up. And we're not waking them up by posting here on DU. It's people like the celebrities bickering on those shows that are going to get those folks interested in a few real issues between the discussions about weight loss and who's adopted an African orphan.

Believe me, I don't watch the show. And I'm not personally interested in watching celebrities bicker. But if it wakes up a few people who were completely clueless then I say go for it. And if you're not interested in discussing it, why post?