8. Josh is disillusioned by the reaction of the public once his identity is known. No one seems to be interested in his message–people are interested only in him as a celebrity. The producer of 20/20 tells him, "They want to know about you. You're the story, just you. People want gossip; people want sizzle." What does this tell you about how the media views the public? What happens when the sizzle fizzles?
I think that they (the media) view us as sheep that enjoy a good show as long as it doesn't hurt us. They'll stoke the fire that is our emotions as long as possible to keep that sizzle going. Once "the sizzle fizzles", the sheep will disperse and there will be no more money to be made off of that particular sizzle. Since the revelation of Larry's identity causes that sizzle, they'll swarm to the fire and keep it going until there is nothing left of it but Josh's stripped down identity.
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