Teen Idols????

All that I have been catching on the TV last entire week is how Lindsay Lohan was arrested for driving under influence and in possession of cocaine. As if that was not enough, now they are talking about Nicole Richie being arrested......These are today's teen idols....I know of teenage kids who idolize these startlets. Sometime back I heard that a texan teenager's father spent loads of money on getting Paris Hilton for his daughter's sweet 16 as the daughter idolized her. A few years back I used to admire actors like Lindsay Lohan, 16 - 18 years old and have already achieved so much. When I was 16 years old I think I was lallu as compared to these extremely confident and motivated younger lot...... But now 19 years old and already a rehab regular ???? I remember when I was a kid I used to read books titled "Guni Mula" (Virtuous Kids), which had childhood stories of Lokmanya Tilak, Gautam Buddha, etc... And these stories did actually influence me to a great extent.....And that Influence still exists....
Maybe the media needs to take it a little easy. Why so much coverage to a drunk celeb like Paris Hilton who has absolutely nothing to her credit other than the Hilton name ????