Enough Media Coverage of Paris Hilton

[Markxxx]

I agree with everyone on this thread. But as a broadcast college professor reminded us over and over again, broadcasting is a business. You supply what's demanded, and if the audience is enthralled with a rich kid going to jail, and her crying out for her mom, then the broadcast networks are going to feed it to the audience.

I couldn't agree more, and it's not just Hilton, who by the way is rich because of her grandfather, not her father. Anyway, on WLS-TV Channel 7 our ABC O&O there lead story tonight was about a little boy who suffered a siezure and is in the hospital. Both his mother and father are in the military in Iraq. This IS the story. Then they go on to say how sad it is that a little boy doesn't have his parents when he's in the hospital, then they have the nurse for the hospital (who turns out to be the sister or sister-in-law) to the mother, and she says "A child can't possibly get better without his mother.) Does the reporter correct her at this point and say "Gee lady that's a pretty assinine statement for a nurse who's supposedly educated." Does the reporter say "Gee lady you totally ignored the father?"

No next comes Ron Magors, who quit on the NBC station because they had Jerry Springer on their news, say the proper procedure is for the parents to have the Red Cross verify the boy is sick and then certify it and pass it up through the military ranks where it's decided on a case by case basis if one or both of the parents can come home. Then they say the parents never even asked the Red Cross, they don't want to do that.

This isn't NEWS, and in the THIRD largest city in America is certainly shouldn't be the lead on the 6pm news. (Remember in Central time 6pm is THE MAIN news).

This is simply a play by the parents to buy publicity to circumvent the rules and Channel 7 WLS says, "Hey what a tear jerker this will be, let's air it."

I mean WLS could have MADE It news by saying "Gee is it a good idea to send BOTH parents away" or put on some spin, but they didn't. They left it as a "commerical" appeal to the military because they "can't be bothered" to go through channels.

 

[MotoMuzak]

And THIS, fellow posters, is why PBS carries News Hour.

;D Paris Hilton, Brittney, Annanickole=the news I tune out! ;D hehe

In fact the ONLY thing I have ever heard about Mizz "Hilton Grande Paree" on the News Hour was a short 20-second mention the day her sentence was announced. Granted, that's 20 seconds more than I was hoping Jim would mention of her but oh well. Just as long as it remains the ONLY 20 second's worth of "mentionment" ever made of her on the NH.......

 

[JeeperOne]

Hi everyone:

Did anybody see Fox News yesterday afternoon? They had helicopter coverage of Paris Hilton being transported from to court room to the jail. It was like OJ Simpson!

Yeah I made the mistake of watching that. What a friggin' joke.

And did you catch Studio B With Shepherd Smith that day? Shepherd & his guests were actually FEELING SORRY for her. I kept saying to myself SHE BROKE THE LAW It was all I could do to keep myself from jamming my head through the TV screen to tell them "in person".

And then as if that wasn't enough, Shepherd had Greta Van Sustren, who was in the courtroom, saying that Paris didn't look very well and looked as though she was in need of medical attention. Yet on Your World With Neil Cavuto, reporters had thrust their microphones in the face of some inmate who was being released who said that if Paris actually needed medical attention, normal procedure would've called for deputies to have her taken to UCLA Medical Center, which is nearby.

After seeing THAT statement FROM AN INMATE no less, I went into I should feel sorry for Paris Hilton WHY..... mode.

THE ONLY sensible reporting FOX Noise had of the event was from Adam Housely. He just simply reported what he saw and was being told & left the analysis to the so-called "experts" and other officials. Too bad not everyone takes that approach.

Just my $.02 worth.....

Cheers