{
  "id": 8026942,
  "title": "'We don't just want to hear Ed Sheeran sing and play guitar, we want to know his politics'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/we-dont-just-want-to-hear-ed-sheeran-sing-and-play-guitar-we-want-to",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-17T12:32:41.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "France 24",
    "slug": "france-24",
    "url": "http://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20260917-we-want-to-know-his-politics-we-don-t-just-want-to-hear-ed-sheeran-sing-songs-and-play-guitar"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "François Picard is pleased to welcome Ellis Cashmore, sociologist, professor and author of \"Celebrity Culture\". Cashmore argues that contemporary celebrity culture has fundamentally altered the relationship between entertainment and politics. There was a time when public figures retained the option of political neutrality. Whereas, today, even silence or refusal to engage can be interpreted as a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}