Cinnamon Stillwell on the proliferation of "awards" ceremonies and how they've become politicized.
While the commonness of awards has contributed to diminishing their status, far more damaging is the blatant politicization of the process. Filmmakers, musicians, journalists and statesmen alike are all too often awarded prizes based not on merit but on political affiliation. Invariably, that affiliation tends toward the left side of the political spectrum.
Think Dixie Chicks and their sweep of the Grammy's. Like those LA people really love country music all of a sudden. Yeah, let's poke the Bush-loving rubes in the nose is more like it.
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