Hm. Interesting.
Posted by Max Pilote on February 8, 2007
Why do we consider the death of Anna Nicole Smith to be breaking news? If my grandmother dies, I’m sure it would be a few hours before someone told me and it certainly wouldn’t make more than the 150 word obituary ripple in the newspaper.
christa said
Hmm–I thought that myself yesterday. When and how and why are celebrities so important. I wanted to strangle the producer of the Today Show for making Britney Spears’ divorce a newsworthy item.