In the digital times that we live in, it takes extraordinarily little time for a highly offensive and downright sexist narrative to go viral, never mind the bruised dignity of the person being so unjustly maligned. It is downright irresponsible of the media to go to town about the kind of clothes that Arora wears. While it may be quite alright for them to inform the people about a celebrity’s gym or hair-stylist visits, it is not kosher to pass off sleazy headlines as genuine news and moralistic platitudes about a person’s clothes even if they happen to be a celebrity.
When carried to absurd lengths, paparazzi following the celebrities’ every move can have a catastrophic consequence for the person concerned as happened with Princess Diana in the past. At the very least such behavior can have a gravely negative impact on the mental health of the celebrity in question. The whole issue speaks to a very important matter today’s consumerist society’s unhealthy obsession with the goings-on in their favorite celebrities’ lives. This makes the media serve up more and more salacious and spiced up news that further whets the appetite of those who consume such tripe. This obsession with profit over performing the true role of media-that of informing people of facts has had a very deleterious impact on the moral fiber of a crass consumerist society.
That the media should fan such sentiments is very depressing, but hardly surprising, considering how pathetic so many of the mainline new channels are with their live shouting matches amongst their so-called experts and guests. It is no surprise that most national news channels are nothing more than entertainment channels these days. That being stated, the spineless trolls that have made it their business to malign Arora do not have it in them to bring down this woman of substance who continues to be a role model to millions for all the right reasons.