A few months ago I did a post on weirdly true and important things that dictators spoke of and I came across this:
The broad masses of a population are more amenable to the appeal of rhetoric than to any other force
-Adolf Hitler
Sometimes I watch the faces of some of the most famous media personalities deliver their spiel and I see something really disturbing there. There is zeal and then their a zeal of zealot and its never a pretty sight to look at.
Celebrity is about popularity and people like to feel connected to someone that legitimizes their feelings, speaks 'their' brand of truth and makes them feel like they know.