The Unreported Generational Gap
Shalit writes in the Wall Street Journal (Dec. 21, 2007):
"But by omitting all the younger, more wholesome role models from his
show, Dr. Phil unwittingly revealed how much distortion is required to
prop up this media-stoked controversy. The dichotomy between prudish
elders and wild young'uns turns out to be, on closer examination,
largely adult dogma. Yes, many young people are rebelling--but today
they rebel, increasingly, by upholding high standards in the face of
the low ones promoted around them."
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Notable and Quotable
“The girls [whom the Times reporter] interviewed cited wholesome-seeming celebrities as their favorites. . . Is it possible that today’s teens have seen enough to inoculate them against the pressures of their teenage years?”
--Stephanie Rosenbloom, "Grade-School Girls, Grown-up Gossip," New York Times, May 27, 2007