{"id":346,"date":"2007-02-09T16:42:11","date_gmt":"2007-02-09T23:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=346"},"modified":"2007-05-11T13:32:14","modified_gmt":"2007-05-11T20:32:14","slug":"broken-news-anna-nicole-smith-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=346","title":{"rendered":"Broken News: Anna Nicole Smith Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sad discovery of a deceased celebrity is certainly worthy of mention in the press. The real sadness, however, is a private matter shared by family and friends. That privacy is intruded upon when media clowns turn the event into a circus. That’s what happened yesterday (and continues today) to Anna Nicole’s family.<\/p>\n

If being dignified and respectful isn’t enough reason for reporters to refrain from being exploitive vultures, maybe journalistic professionalism and pride should be considered. The wall-to-wall coverage of Anna Nicole’s passing was entirely out of proportion to its imapct on the lives of news consumers. ThinkProgress<\/a> compared the handling of this story with another important topic that has far more relevence to the American public.<\/p>\n

References to Anna Nicole<\/span> and Iraq<\/span> on Cable Networks After 3PM ET:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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NETWORK<\/strong><\/td>\nANNA NICOLE<\/strong><\/td>\nIRAQ<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
CNN<\/td>\n141<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FOX NEWS<\/td>\n112<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MSNBC<\/td>\n170<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That’s a pretty heavy overweighting of a tabloid bereavement, especially knowing that dozens of deaths occurred in Iraq the same day, including seven American soldiers.<\/p>\n

NBC, though, surpasses all competition for shamelessness by devoting 3 minutes and 13 seconds (14% of their program) on Anna Nicole, and only 14 seconds on Iraq.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The sad discovery of a deceased celebrity is certainly worthy of mention in the press. The real sadness, however, is a private matter shared by family and friends. That privacy is intruded upon when media clowns turn the event into a circus. That’s what happened yesterday (and continues today) to Anna Nicole’s family. 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