Patrick McMullan, a waste of space. Newspaper Celeb-Licking Priorities

What's this? It's two full newspaper pages wasted.

In a newspaper that only has 24 pages, why waste 2 of them on...oooh...CELEBRITIES at PARTIES?

Patrick McMullan is one of those fish-in-a-barrel photographers. Like so many staff photogs on newspapers, all he has to do is flash his press card, then flash the camera; the celebrities are already posing for him. Ooh, there's Eva Green, Tom Green and Derek Luke at the premiere of "300 Rise of an Empire." Ever heard of 'em? Care about their dull, grinning mugshots?

Let's see, oh boy, washed up dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and somebody named Julie Henderson went to a party at the School of American Ballet. And here's Lea Michele, grinning in Barnes & Noble where she was signing copies of her appropriately named album "Louder." You care? Neither do I.

McMullan isn't a photographer. He's a snapshot boy. It's easy work. A monkey could do it. He's probably suicidal at this point, having to memorize the names and faces of all the feces who masquerade as stars these days. Poor guy has to recognize jerks who have a cable show of some kind, which rich-bitch "socialites" need to covered, and which celebutards is co-starring on some crappy sitcom or is famous for sucking off somebody more famous than she (or he).

And what happens if his editor decides NOT to run a particular nobody? That person will remember and bellow at McMullan the next time they meet, or throw a drink at him. How boring to go to the designated "photographer's area" where celebrities pose in front of a banner or a sign for the event or whatever...and then it's "goodbye, and keep your hands off the hors d'oeuvres."

That's the way it is. McMullan ain't invited to the entire party. He and the other stooges with digital cameras that can't take a bad picture no matter what, usually only get 10 minutes to get their snapshots. They aren't allowed to wander around and take pix when a star's got a mouthful of cake, or somebody's checking her bra strap or picking her nose. Nope. Not at all.

My beef? It's not with McMullan or whatever talentless clod is walking around groveling and fawning at other talentless clods. It's that this is TWO PAGES in a newspaper that only has 24. The priorities are screwed!

Take a look at these two other pages in the newspaper.

That's right, CAREERS and EDUCATION only get ONE PAGE EACH. Same with business. Can you imagine? Is it more important to learn what jobs are out there, or learn about education, or see that some silly bitch named Muna Rihani was wearing a fashionable dress at a luncheon?

And where's the page on MEDICINE? OR TECHNOLOGY? Any new cancer cures out there? Any advice on the best cold remedy during flu season? Any concern for the REAL WORLD?

Actual news, by the way, gets 5 pages. Believe that? 2 pages for idiotic photos of grinning celebrities, and only 3 pages more for local and world news!

The newspaper in question is AMNEWYORK, one of a chain of free newspapers in cities all over the USA. I think the circulations vary from approximately 100,000 in smaller towns to 500,000 in bigger ones. The idea is to have something to read in a hotel lobby or while riding the subway. 24 pages is enough to get you through the wait. But wait, WHY waste 2 pages on this star-sucker shit? 2 pages for mindless celeb photos and just 2 or 3 pages more for sports and the news of the entire world??

That's what newspapers have to do these ays...cater to the dumbed-down ga-ga interests of celebrity gapers. Ooh, look at her gown. Look at his stubble. Wooo hooo! Disgusting, isn't it? I mean, a nice rape, a juicy murder of an entire family, the latest Muslim atrocities in Africa or Syria...these vicarious thrills don't even make the cut anymore? People really want to do nothing but gawk at bitches in gowns and turd-headed pretty-boys?

Imagine that a truck careens off the road and dozens of people are sent to the hospital...and that doesn't rate any space because of photos of Betsy Brandt and Dominic Cooper at a party!

These people aren't posed artistically. Nobody's making an eye-catching face (which you at least can get with a selfie that you can swipe off Twitter). What's the point? "Everything celebrities do is FASCINATING..." even if they're just putting on a cheesy smile for a staged photo op at some ultra commercial phony "event."

PS, no page for OBITUARIES. Not even one paragraph to explain that real journalism...is DEAD.