Blog post 2
Bill Clinton. What comes to mind when seeing his name. Is it his policies? The laws he passed? How many supporters he had? For most of you, upon seeing that name, you think of the Monica Lewinski scandal. The scandal that ripped through media like a fire storm, being covered by every outlet and medium imaginable. I find that fascinating, as this showcases perfectly one of the concepts we touched on in class, which is privatization. In short, this is the practice of focusing more on the private matters of a politician's life as opposed to their normal political business dealings. This is clearly something that has been done for quite some time now, but is becoming more prevalent in our day and age. As shown in the Lewinski scandal, more and more politicians are being presented as celebrities. Being showcased in tabloids with big flashy headlines having nothing to do with their policies. A more recent example is that of president Trump, who made more headlines than one could count. ...