Colbert vs O'Reilly

[NirvanaMan]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

Um, you can inherit wealth, but I'm pretty sure you can't inherit fame.

Hmm, I think I disagree. There are plenty of famous folks out there that are famous simply because they were the son/daughter/wife/husband what-have-you of someone who was accomplished. The aforementioned Hilton sisters, Lisa Marie Presley, most of the Kennedy's, etc, etc....Hell, babies are now famous before they have had a chance to utter a single word. Just look at the children of Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes, Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie and the media frenzies that surrounded them.

I'm sure we could come up with many more examples. Pop culture and trash journalism may be the source of the fame, but it is fame inherited none the less.