Strongly agree that the classism of the modern media is a problem, and you should be commended for your self-awareness, Matt.

An uncomfortable corollary: I suspect it's also driven by the class backgrounds of media consumers. This dynamic of rich people preaching to other rich people about how aggrieved they are leads to absurd situations.

For example, there is a huge volume of written material describing capitalism as sexist because this or that product is marketed to women in a differential manner. However, this is primarily a function of the fact that women control something like three-quarters of consumer spending. If it were the inverse, they would also cry sexism as well. It's all sexism, all the time.

Meanwhile, you have a guy with the qualifications of Paris Hilton (heir, real estate fortune, reality tv star, fake tan), and no one thinks to make the comparison. However, doing exactly that would be a blatant admission that they and their entire social class are an utter joke.