tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28957011.post-80383253131401934462007-02-20T13:36:00.000-05:002007-02-20T13:36:00.000-05:002007-02-20T13:36:00.000-05:00You know, for the record -- I didn't actually call her a whore; my colleague did (a colleague who happens to be a young woman by the way). I agree that at several points during Anna Nicole's short but illustrious life, serious news outlets decided that whatever was going on with her merited coverage beyond what the tabloids were providing. I honestly never agreed with that decision; I thought it was always a case of us chasing what amounted to frivolous crap. It did however serve as a very nice lead-up to the carnival atmosphere of the coverage we've witnessed in the wake of her death.<BR/><BR/>Anna Nicole had every right in the world to lead whatever the hell kind of life she wanted to and be whatever she wanted to be -- trainwreck, angel or something in between. None of it changes the fact that her death, although unfortunate, and the bizarre soap-opera that's followed <EM>isn't legitimate news.</EM> It never should've been more than tabloid/Entertainment Tonight fodder. That idiot Pat O'Brien doesn't step on our toes by strapping on a kevlar vest and running all over Baghdad -- why should step on his by trying to land that big one-on-one with Zsa Zsa Gabor's husband?<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, at no point did I ask for your goddamned sympathy.Chezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06125538523345637439noreply@blogger.com