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I feel like all the TFP articles are about certain obscure or niche topics this week. Talking about Taylor Swift feels very fluffy when I 'm really concerned that MSM is not reporting about the Biden corruption and the Facebook Files censorship. What's going on?

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Virginia Lyddane's avatar

The MSM will not report on what is truly happening no matter what TFP writes today, so why not have a little fun. TS is bringing people together in a good way---no diatribes, no rioting, no angst---and that's something to celebrate

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NordicDawg's avatar

Very surprised by the grumpsters here. I donтАЩt know one TS song, but IтАЩm grateful sheтАЩs a phenomenon. IтАЩve got granddaughterтАЩs and a daughter in law who went to the back to back shows in Seattle. Yes, itтАЩs fluff. But it does unite young people without pushing a political agenda. These kids are probably tired of being pushed and pulled ....no mean girls here. WhatтАЩs wrong with that? DonтАЩt we TFP subscribers just want entertainers to shut up and sing? Read the WSJ or NYT sometime.....they cover the waterfront. I love the variety in TFP. And I love Bari and Nellies message of frank common sense at a time where journalism is without courageous journalists. Lighten up.....it was just a story about a feel good social phenomenon.

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Ann P's avatar

But also a story about the huge economic impact that TS has, apparently world wide. Trudeau asking TS to schedule some tour dates in Canada? Because Canada needs the money? When someone or something as тАЬfeel goodтАЭ as Taylor Swift can create a huge positive financial impact on cities, states, or countries, that is a newsworthy event and well worth journalists spending time on it.

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NordicDawg's avatar

Yes, the financial impact in Seattle dwarfed anything else ever held here and repeats everywhere she plays. ThatтАЩs news.

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Nuance&context's avatar

This is written by a Free Press intern. I think it's about time we got a little cheering up from a fresh, young perspective. A lot of the readers here are older and I think it's always good to shake it off. Then again haters gonna hate.....

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DeirdreM.'s avatar

Nuance, Exactly!

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BikerChick's avatar

тАЬAnd get off my lawn!тАЭ

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Bruce Miller's avatar

Well, yeah, but....She seems nice enough and if Taylor brings people joy, why not write about the gargantuan scope of it. Remember what it was like to be young and swept up in the delirium? As someone who actually was at the Beatles concert in Shea Stadium, I remember what it was like. Would you prefer that people look up to a young woman who seems genuinely nice and kind (the bonus to her crew bespeaks a sense of true gratitude) or someone like Biden's muse, Cardi B? Maybe lighten up - it's Saturday. In Summer.

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sc_out's avatar

This. She gifted all of the truck drivers on her tour $100,000 each - thatтАЩs not pocket change to a lot of Americans. SheтАЩs made it from 16 to 33 without the public seeing her naked, without an arrest or rehab stint, and she clearly works her ass off. Maybe she was just smart enough to actually listen to the advice of a slew of professional PR handlers but kids will always find some kind of celebrity to look up to. IтАЩd rather it be Taylor Swift any day over the alternatives.

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Maureen Mehlman's avatar

Well said. She is a self made woman however when a billionaire shells out millions in charity itтАЩs not as impressive as regular people who maybe sacrifice a pizza night to give to any charity.

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Bruce Miller's avatar

She is indeed a very impressive young artist. Young women could have worse role models.

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

I'm a sour puss. I have a very low opinion of celebrities. I wouldn't cross the street to meet one. maybe it is because most of Hollywood is populated by left wing nut cases.

I'm going to catch flack for this next statement.

It seems to me that females are most affected by celebrity worship. Women at Tom Jones Las Vegas concerts would throw their bras and room keys onto the stage. I've never heard this happening with men. Sure there are men who worship entertainers but not in the numbers of women.

Notice the picture at the middle of the article, all women.

I've never understood it.

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Maureen Mehlman's avatar

Well youтАЩre right and while thereтАЩs a mountain of psycho-babble to explain why, at the end of it youтАЩll find verification.

I might be female but IтАЩm not unaware of the differences or afraid to admit there are some. Women have strengths that are different than men and vice versa.

This is by design and meant to compliment one another, not divide.

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Blue Moon's avatar

When I came of concert age in the 70тАЩs the main draw were only Male dominated groups. I am glad to see young girls тАЬ faintingтАЭ over a woman musician.

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TxFrog's avatar

I think a lot of the women who throw underwear at entertainers are paid to do it. It has been a marketing tactic at least since Elvis.

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

I don't think so. Most of the screaming Beatles fans were brained teenage girls that trait carried over to adulthood.

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Bruce Miller's avatar

Back then it was called a target rich environment.

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Bruce Miller's avatar

What do you think would happen if you or I threw our boxers or room keys at Taylor Swift's stage? lol

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

We'd be arrested.

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Maureen Mehlman's avatar

Maybe. When men act in ths fashion itтАЩs called perverted; when females do itтАЩs called hysterical.

Neither is a good look.

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Celia M Paddock's avatar

Women are wired for social connections to extent that men are not. So it doesn't surprise me that women tend to be more enthusiastic fans, since that creates a social connection with other fans.

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

I hadn't thought of that. I think you are right.

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Bill Cribben's avatar

Bullseye we need a break from the squalor of the Biden clan. I preferred her as a C&W singer, but spreading joy is better than what both our political parties spread. But who can afford these tickets?

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Mark Adams's avatar

According to the article, nearly half of who can afford the tickets are fans with household incomes below $50,000. What else they give up so they can buy the tickets, and the merch, is another question.

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Celia M Paddock's avatar

Shouldn't we be grateful that they are learning to make sacrifices for what they want? That's something that is all too rarely required of young people these days.

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Bill Cribben's avatar

IтАЩm not sure about the under the bridge community, but I worked for forty years in BostonтАЩs so-called hood and most the kids had the latest electronics.

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Mark Adams's avatar

I get that youтАЩre exaggerating to make a point, but you do not, personally, know plenty of people sleeping under bridges with the latest iPhone. Lol

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steven t koenig's avatar

I shudder to think what that says about what you do with your free time.

I agree with your contention. We have had to re-define poverty to accommodate the Apple Corporation

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Linda in MI's avatar

Good pointsтАжwell said. ThereтАЩs a part of me that wants to be in the Swiftie movementтАжgood clean fun. I was going to use my age as an excuse, but I donтАЩt even think I can do that! She used to bother me with her melodrama and liberal voice, but good for her what sheтАЩs done for herself!

I canтАЩt even imagine what seeing the Beatles was like! Lucky you!

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Steve's avatar

It's Saturday. Not Everything has to be Its The End Of The World, and (insert name here) is to blame. Sometimes you NEED cute puppy videos or Mike Rowe: How to Catch A Prairie Dog (Without LOSING Your Face)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJD-01oYJ5A

Which is a 20 minute *waste of time, but FUN (*if Biden corruption and the Facebook Files censorship. s the be all and end all of you life)

If I may quote The Fabulous Minnesota Barking Ducks

"Nothing Beats Fun For Having A Good Time."

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Steve's avatar

May I just say Thank You to those who Liked this.

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April's avatar

Thank you Steve. If I knew you IтАЩd invite you to brunch for light and pleasant conversation.

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Steve's avatar

You should know while I may be Easy I am not Cheap. :-)

I am a political Junkie. And I obsess on Hard News.

That said. An Evening with Michael Crichton

November 15, 2005

https://www.independent.org/events/transcript.asp?id=111#2

(Snip)

"But Chernobyl started me on a new path. When I began to research these old fears to find out what had been said in the past, I discovered several important things. The first is that thereтАЩs nothing more sobering than a 30-year-old newspaper. You canтАЩt figure out what the headlines mean, you donтАЩt know who the people are. Theodore Green, John Sparkman, George Reedy, Jack Watson. Who were they? You thumb through page after page of vanished concerns, issues that apparently were important at the time and now donтАЩt matter at all. ItтАЩs amazing how many pressing concerns are literally of the moment. They wonтАЩt matter in six months, and certainly not in six years, and if they wonтАЩt matter then, are they really worth our attention now?

But as David Brinkley once said, the one function TV news performs very well is that when there is no news, we give it to you with the same emphasis as if there were.

We miss him."

I'm old enough to actually Know and Remember these people. In the 50's-70's they were Important People. Today...A (minor) footnote.

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

Michael Crichton, what a talent. What a loss. He died too young.

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Bruce Miller's avatar

He was a genius and a visionary. Even better - a very entertaining one.

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A Kauffmann's avatar

Hey, count me in for puppy and kitten videos. That's the point. They bring more happiness at a lower cost than Taylor Swift. Sadly, this otherwise bright (I'm sure) college student author shows how flimsy even Ivy students are.

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Celia M Paddock's avatar

Would you have said the same about the Beatles back in the day?

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Casey Jones's avatar

I did. Whilst my peers did Beatles I sat in my dorm discovering the depth and breadth of Beethoven. 55 years later and never once regretting the choice.

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Steve's avatar

Something I have come to realize of late (in spite of them being THE BEATLES!!!) They really were a good tight rock and roll band. Dec. 3 1965 "Rubber Soul", released in the United Kingdom. You listen to this and Its Good,, Pop Music.

BTW IF Beethoven don't git you gitter going, you've got a broken gitter!

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Casey Jones's avatar

As I've said many times: Whilst my peers were busily Beatling, I was discovering Beethoven. Never doubted that I got the better deal.

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Celia M Paddock's avatar

That is completely legit.

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Maureen Mehlman's avatar

I was still a younger child when the Beatles hit America like a tidal wave. I had a teenage cousin though who was a screeching wild fan like the screaming girls you see in old video clips. We thought she was a bit nuts but later seeing Led Zepplin and a few others I began to understand. By then though most of us were too stoned to get very screechy.

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Daniel Bailey's avatar

Well said. I'm not interested in articles more suited for People magazine regardless if the article is in long form and written by an intern from Brown.

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DeirdreM.'s avatar

Then don't read it. Many of us like a variety of stories. I like to be informed about our world, whether it's politically, socially, or culturally. I also like hearing from young people (like this intern).

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Han's avatar

this forum has been around for a year, by now you know you're not going to be getting high quality political articles from the fp.

the chief was invited to the biggest story in American political history by Musk and she didn't cover it. it's a nice middle of the road people magazine forum nothing more nothing less.

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LonesomePolecat's avatar

I disagree. Bari has posted many deep and disturbing articles on how the radical left is trying to shut down free speech and academic freedom and gender dystopia.

Bari claims to be a moderate Democrat yet she doesn't hesitate to criticize the left.

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Han's avatar

Fair enough, LP

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Comprof2.0's avatar

Yeah....those radical leftists are going wild in FL.

Moderate Democrat? LOL!!!!!!!

The only thing keeping Bari off Fox/Newsmax is that she's gay.

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Han's avatar

nobody watches cable tv allegedprof but looking at the web that doesn't bother greenwald or rubin, they're both on there fairly regular

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Comprof2.0's avatar

Fascinating....really....

Yep, radical leftists are going wild in FL!!

Nah. They're not there regularly. Not Fox commentators or host. Rubin has his own show. Nice try, though.

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Han's avatar

Regularly. Why slither to some different position like a frantic liberal always does?

Greenwald runs circles around virtually all other journalists.

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Comprof2.0's avatar

Lol. "Slither to some different position?"

Nah. What you're saying is objectively false, so I'll stick with it.

All those Moms For Liberty "radical leftists." ;)

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Han's avatar

what is objectively false? that those guys are regulars on your favorite tv show or that they're both gay?

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Comprof2.0's avatar

They are not regulars on Fox News. Not anchors, host or contributors.

Could care less if they are gay. Which is why I would have no problem with their kids discussing their parents in their school.

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JJoshua's avatar

Ding ding ding

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Franklin O'Kanu's avatar

I feel the EXACT same way! This was a very (letтАЩs talk about everything else that probably doesnтАЩt matter) this week

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QX's avatar

People's Magazine is available at your local news stand and online.

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QX's avatar

Grow up. You tool.

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