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Anna Nicole Wrecked Everything
Fox News ^ | Friday, December 28, 2007 | Roger Friedman

Posted on 12/28/2007 7:56:04 AM PST by cougar_mccxxi

If 2007 was shaped by anything, it was the scuffle to pay for information about Anna Nicole Smith.

Before her death on Feb. 8, 2007, I had rarely, if ever, thought about Smith. I certainly had not written much about her. The birth of her baby the previous September was not that interesting. The death of her grown son was, but not that much. He wasn’t a celebrity. She was a Grade D personality, a buffoonish comic strip, a Marilyn Monroe pretender.

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1 posted on 12/28/2007 7:56:05 AM PST by cougar_mccxxi
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To: cougar_mccxxi

The author of this article and the article itself is a prime example of how our mainstream “news” services have become the least trustworthy and worst sources of relevant information.


2 posted on 12/28/2007 7:59:23 AM PST by cougar_mccxxi
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Wrecked what? We’re talking about entertainment journalism, heck that’s below sports-writing. But I guess if they wring their hands and go “Woe is us” as often as a sportswriter, then they might be taken just as seriously.


3 posted on 12/28/2007 7:59:59 AM PST by Philly Nomad
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“Wrecked what?”

Well said.


4 posted on 12/28/2007 8:12:12 AM PST by cougar_mccxxi
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To: cougar_mccxxi

I have heard of Anna Nicole, but who is Rodger Friedman?


5 posted on 12/28/2007 8:15:35 AM PST by ThomasThomas (An investigative journalist is one who uses spellcheck.)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

Normally I don’t read this stuff, but was curious about this guy’s position.

My advice to him: just ignore it like most of the rest of us.


6 posted on 12/28/2007 8:17:13 AM PST by day10 (Rules cannot substitute for character.)
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To: cougar_mccxxi
"Wrecked"...


7 posted on 12/28/2007 10:13:08 AM PST by melt (Someday, they'll wish their Jihad... Jihadn't.)
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To: cougar_mccxxi

This guy is upset about checkbook journalism. They wouldn’t be opening their checkbooks if they didn’t expect to make even more money from ratings, from the people who consume celebrity gossip. The fact that inane, mean-spirited gossip draws so many people is what’s really scary.


8 posted on 12/28/2007 2:30:30 PM PST by CharentonChina
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What is tragic about Anna Nicole and her son Daniel is that they died in the same way - both deaths highly suspicious, yet no proper investigation. Possibly foul play. Yet the autopsy report by Perper is something else - I wonder how he still is able to keep his job as a ME in Florida. Many lies and judicial misconduct have been reported.
9 posted on 12/28/2007 3:34:05 PM PST by Dante3
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What’s so highly suspicious, about two deaths caused by drug interactions?It happens daily! The son was being treated for depression, hospitalized a couple months pre-death for misuse of Valium, I’d label his death accident by misadventure. And Anna Nicole too was dealing with depression&stress(before&after his death)and was receiving medication, from what I understand one drug tipped the scales(instead of one teaspoon, she had a tablespoon)many people abuse prescriptions, this is nothing new.


10 posted on 12/28/2007 8:45:42 PM PST by lilac
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To: CharentonChina

I couldn’t agree with you more! And I’ll add celebrity gossip has gotten out of hand, as has speculation on current crimes, it’s to the point viewers have to determine on their own what is true and what is false, what’s the point of watching the news, if it leaves you questioning the report. What bothers me is news stations, newspapers,gossip journalism etc. paying for interviews that are irrelevant, such as if the one being interviewed doesn’t know the truth, distorts the truth, or inserts their own opinion, without knowledge.


11 posted on 12/28/2007 8:45:44 PM PST by lilac
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You obviously are unfamiliar with the details of the deaths and the contradictory information spread. A thread on FR will give you the info or you can look it up in Rita Cosby’s “Blonde Ambition.” At the least you have to agree that Perper is at best incompetent.
12 posted on 12/29/2007 11:23:43 AM PST by Dante3
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13 posted on 12/29/2007 12:55:44 PM PST by Dante3
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