[StormEye]

"I don't want to sound like a curmudgeon..I'm not.. I'm sorry for his loss..but all this attention is beng paid merely becuase of his dad's celebrity...We have too much of that cult of celebrity in this country...Where is the public outcry for the families of the more than 2000 brave troops who have paid the ultimate sacrifice so that w can enjoy NFL games in safety and freedom..sorry..but it's just far too..what's the word I want...phoney.."

I agree with you. I have never even heard of the person(s) who died. Yet this is all over the news. People die every day in America; some in very tragic situations. I don't think it's necessary to make every tragic, pointless, untimely demise national news.

[don-o]

Just....don't

[llevrok]

People die every day in America; some in very tragic situations. I don't think it's necessary to make every tragic, pointless, untimely demise national news.

I disagree. When good people die and good families are struck, it should be an example that it is not all crime and slime who suffer in the news. (case in point: Tookie Williams being "deified" by the Hollywood press).

[Hildy]

I hestitate to change this thread into something else, but I think you're right. There is too much emphasis being placed on death. It happens everyday...I was watching our local news the other day, and half the show was about a little girl who died in a swimming pool. Now, it's tragic for the family...but...why is this news to me or to anyone else watching? Maybe a mention would have been ok..but they interviewed the family, the neighbors, reporters were all over the place... I mean...come on! Enough.