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Buzz Watch: The Backlash to the Media Coverage of Anna Nicole Smith’s Death

Authored by Jay Baage on February 13, 2007 - 8:01am.
From the death of John F. Kennedy to the Challenger explosion to 9/11, many of the greatest moments in journalists’ careers came after unexpected tragic events. However, while we might have expected things like Ryan Seacrest’s first ever breaking news bulletin after the death of Anna Nicole Smith (interrupting a re-run of “The Simple Life” on E! to bring viewers the heartbreaking news), it was more surprising that reputed news outlets like CNN devoted hours and hours to push the story, as this website noted in a spoof. However, the decision to let the Anna Nicole story take precedence over “hard news” was not without internal friction. The following clip of CNN’s Jack Cafferty is priceless and should earn him some kind of award for keeping Integrity on air:
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