So there I was. Flipping through the channels when I noticed that every one of the major news stations (CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, etc) was covering a funeral. Well, I had to find out which dignitary or world leader or person of great importance had died.
Was it a former President of the United States? Was it someone that had found the cure for a disease or won the Nobel Peace Prize?
No, no...it was Anna Nicole Smith. Who is Anna Nicole Smith? That is exactly right. Let's see if we can give you a little background on Ms. Smith. She is a former Playboy Playmate of the Year. She married an elderly gentlemen because of love not because he was filthy rich. She had a son who died a strange death and a daughter whose paternity is in question.
So why is it that millions of Americans are being subjected to watching her funeral. I am not talking about just the funeral itself. We are talking about watching the "red carpet" of who is attending. We are talking about watching the hearse deliver her casket to the grave site. The news stations are spending an enormous amount of time talking about her and her life.
wars/genocide/starvation/catastrophic results of tornadoes...and this is the headline news of the day....
WHY!?!?!?!
This is everything that is wrong with our world today.
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this is my thoughts,anna,for the last 3-5years was talked about in the gossip colume.she was the headline of many controverys.she was the reason for a government official in the Bahamas to resignher idol was marilyn another controversal women,she had many men in her live,so why not cover the story?i could be here for hours,but to make it brief.even in death she is selling news
Stash, THANK YOU for posting on my blog. You are my first official comment not from a family member or close friend. For that reason alone I am taking time to respond.
Please don't misunderstand, ANS is defintely newsworthy. But not CNN and MSNBC. I could see E! or perhaps MTV. But not main stream media. She is most certainly worthy of news coverage. My problem is that it was being covered like Princess Diana's funeral or former President Reagan or Ford's funeral.
It was just too much.
HEY!! What's wrong with family comments?
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