Popular Culture

I believe that MTV is ruining our society. Back in the day, this channel offered exactly what it stands for: Music Televison. Back to back music videos, one after another, played on this station, providing the audience with what they want. Nothing fancy, just good ol' music. Now if you click over to this channel, it's rare to view a music video. Instead, obscene reality television shows such as "Flavor of Love" and "Paris Hilton's: My New BFF" can be found. I find myself asking myself more often than not, "Is this really happening?" This used to be such an amazing television channel, my favorite to be more specific, and now it has nothing to do with music at all. I have no interest whatsoever in shows such as "The Hills" and "Laguna Beach." They actually make me sick because these rich preppy girls are making millions off of a show all about their laidback lives of tanning and gossip. The show "TRL" still runs every afternoon, but even this show has transformed into more like a talk show rather than a music video countdown. The only music videos that are played are only ran half way through, if that, and it makes me furious. Maybe the reason MTV has gone down is because the new music out these days has gone down with it as well.