Since the death of her son Daniel a few months ago, all of the entertainment “news” shows and magazines have been hounding her. Now with her death, the onslaught of “news coverage” is in full gear. Every show is covering the topic and everyone seems to have an opinion regarding how she died or who’s the father of her newborn daughter.
As I sat flipping through the channels the other night trying to avoid all of the coverage something came to mind.
Is this as low as entertainment journalism can get?
With rumor/talk of “Entertainment Tonight” paying $1 million dollars for an exclusive interview with Anna’s partner Howard K. Stern, is this the final nail in the coffin that was once a groundbreaking part of journalism?
I already have a problem with shows like “Access Hollywood” for the types of stories they cover, but this makes me want to vomit. What happened to asking the stars of a particular movie a question ABOUT THE MOVIE?! Now it is all gossip, “what are you wearing” and reporters trying to befriend these stars on camera.
Now, people are making assumptions without any facts and just reporting anything without care of it being right. I even came across a story that talked about the rumor of Anna’s son being the father of her child and she killed herself because of that.
What the hell happened when one, people report things like this and two, when people WANT to have this reported on shows and in print.
These shows will say they are only giving the audience what they want. What does that say about us as viewers and readers?
So is the solution for people to stop watching and reading? We know that won’t happen anytime soon.
I, for one, will be finding something else to occupy my time between 7-8 p.m. and not watching these “entertainment” shows.
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