Deborah King The Impact Celebrities Have On Our Lives

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Fully typed paragraph without frame goes here: In the article, “ The impact celebrities have on our lives”, by Deborah King, explains how celebrities are such a big impact on us . To begin with, King points out that celebrities try their hardest to have the most salacious story so that it would grab our attention. The author also demonstrates how we are obsessed with celebrities by telling the reader how we put in money and energy just to know what is trending and is happening. In addition, she also explains that when salacious events happen they are out in the media in just minutes, whereas if it was the opposite and was a good event it possibly wouldn’t even make it out in the public. As a result, King determines why we are so obsessed

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