Is societys admiration for famous people beneficial or harmful?

　　Here, from December 2006, is an SAT prompt on media and reality that could be a companion to the more recent TV-show prompt:

　　All around us appearances are mistaken for reality. Clever advertisements create favorable impressions but say little or nothing about the products they promote. In stores, colorful packages are often better than their contents. In the media, how certain entertainers, politicians, and other public figures appear is more important than their abilities. All too often, what we think we see becomes far more important than what really is.

　　Do images and impressions have too much of an effect on people?

　　And then, in October 2009, SAT-takers were asked to opine on the state of the news:

　　Good news is, for the most part, no news. It is not sufficiently compelling or important to make leading stories and front pages in the media, certainly not as often as bad news. Bad news sells, or so it seems from the books, newspapers, and television reports that fill our lives. But in this endless focus on the bad, the media present a distorted view of the world.

　　Adapted from Richard B. McKenzie, The Paradox of Progress: Can Americans Regain Their Confidence in a Prosperous Future?

　　Do books, newspapers, and other media focus too much on bad news?

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