Why do I have to see stories about Celebritards?

Cebeltritard: (A morph of Celebrity and Retard)

(n) A well-known person who believes that the world desperately needs to hear their atrociously uninformed opinion on any given subject simply due to the fact they have easy access to the bully pulpit.

As I read various publications, I keep seeing stories about this or that's celebrity's opinion about politics or the economy. Why is this reported as news? Unless they are talking about the impact of Federal policy on the movie business - they have nothing of importance to say.

Some examples:

The stupid 'I Pledge' video showcasing all manner of air-heads

• Cher saying that the Bush years 'almost killed me'. Who cares?
  
• Ashley Judd, going off about Sarah Palin and saving animals.
  
• Sean Penn (idiot) publishing an 'open letter' to President Bush about the war. So now Sean is a diplomat?
  
• John Legend giving his opinion about why we need higher taxes
  
• Oprah Winfrey wading into the election
  
• Any Hollywood type lecturing us about the environment - from the comfort of their bazillion square foot, beachfront house.
  
• Any Hollywood type lecturing us about 'giving' more, when they only donate their 'time', not their money.
  

I understand this crap being in People or US Magazine. Let's not pollute the rest of the media, OK? Leave the celebritards to the celebrity gossip pages.