A sad comment on the media

[dvandom]

Anna Nicole Smith has died mysteriously and without much warning. Okay, she's a celebrity, so this is certainly news, and merits coverage.

But Headline News has gone into "drop everything, even ads, and cover this story continuously" mode on the news. (Edit: due to a lack of anything better to watch, I've had it on in the background for an hour now, and no ads. They ALMOST threw to an ad just now, but were told not to.)

Siiiiigh.

Comments

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Yes, behold the Liberal Bias in the Media[tm]: "Forget that boring Scooter Libby stuff, it's a Dead White Chick! ZOMG!!1"

[foomf.livejournal.com]

Last time they did this with a 'celebrity' it was when OJ may have murdered his ex and the innocent bystander, and it was the 1000 hours of following the Slow White Blazer.

Perhaps they have clues of some sort of sordid, sales-attracting kinky relationship or murderous russian spy.

[scavgraphics.livejournal.com]

I am never going to find out if my theory on the paternity of her baby is correct.

[the-s-guy.livejournal.com]

How is it even *possible* to cover it for more than ten seconds?

"Anna Nicole Smith found dead in Florida whereveritwas."
"...still dead."
"...still dead."
"...lemme check... nope, still dead."
"...not getting any livelier."

[misanthrope1.livejournal.com]

I'm stunned at what passes for news today. The best news EVER comes fro the Daily Show. Scary when a fake news show is more realistic and newsworthy than so called "real" news.