Here's the infamous Caitlin Jenner joke: "I’m going to be nice tonight. I’ve changed. Not as much as Bruce Jenner, obviously … now Caitlyn Jenner. What a year she’s had. She became a role model for trans people everywhere, showing great bravery in breaking down barriers and destroying stereotypes. She didn’t do a lot for women drivers, but you can't have everything, can you?" I cannot locate the transphobia i.e the "emotional disgust, fear, anger or discomfort felt or expressed towards people who do not conform to society's gender expectations" in this joke? This joke remind us all that not only is a celebrity's life is inherently more valuable than a non-celebrity's, but that once the media decides you're the person for a particular trending cause, they will not call attention to your homicidal acts. The media quite often decides for us what our reaction should be to some event before we've had seen and analyzed it. …show more content…
Raw information much like crude oil, has to be refined so it can be used as the gasoline to give put into motion specific ideologies. Looking at Donald Trump's campaign for President of the United States, facts are meaningless. His campaign is built upon the dissemination of viscerally divisive ideologies. Trump has been afforded and unrelenting media coverage which many other candidates have not been afforded. Sadly most of us are all too familiar with the 'never-ending media cycle: coverage leads to better performance in polls, which leads to more