http://www.nextwaveonline.com/comment.asp Mal Fletcher's Social Comment is a short and concise editorial comment on a hot issue or event confronting society today. http://www.nextwaveonline.com/images/nwi_rss.gif http://www.nextwaveonline.com/comment.asp en Copyright 2009 Mal Fletcher Fri, 5 Mar 2010 0:0:5 GMT 20 http://www.nextwaveonline.com/comment.asp?ID=275 <b>If you believe the news media hype, celebrating Oscar week has become an almost religious observance. It's the week when actors, directors and technicians are feted like modern-day saints.</b> In interview after interview on the infamous red carpet even their most inane comments are played and replayed as if dripping with holy wisdom. In the midst of all the hype this... 05 March 2010