Oct 29 2009
Pets of well known people
Why is it that humans have a morbid fascination with celebrities, politicians, actors, singers and the wealthy? If that was not enough some people go one step further and want to know what pet they have. Take for example when President Obama took office earlier this year. There was more press coverage on what breed of dog the first family would pick than there was of other major issues at hand.
The latest curiosity in the world of celebrities and their pets is when Jessica Simpson’s dog was grabbed by a coyote . Although the incident took place over a month ago, there is currently a surge in searches on the subject.
It seems that whenever someone famous is seen with a certain breed of dog or cat, that breed has a huge increase in interest from the press and media. I don’t think it is as much a need for the regular public to even know but that the media hypes the interest to generate sales of their magazine or TV show.
I don’t really care what breed of dog Martha Stewart has (before you make a comment, yes I know they are Chow Chows) because I have my own dogs that I think are just as wonderful. Maybe the press should learn to let sleeping dogs lie and cover more news worthy items like the pollution problem in Nigeria or global warming.
