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1040 LOL,,, Yep, their condescending claptrap makes me cranky. bp MulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1039 Betty, such hostility<g>! If the problem is largely with the news organizNeocon-7/22/1999
1038 Hopefully at some point the mass media will choke on their own v**** and peopleMulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1037 A deplorable trend, to be sure... Neocon-7/22/1999
1036 Of course not. But we don't need to <i>elevate</i> the Larry FMulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1035 Yes, I agree there is a market, but I think it's naive to believe that theMulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1034 You have reason to object to feeding the beast, but the appetite is there, regaNeocon-7/22/1999
1033 I can almost guarantee you that when Caroline dies, hopefully an elderly GrandmMulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1032 But if people didn't want to see it there would be no market. This is likeepicure-7/22/1999
1031 No doubt there is "a" market, but at some point you have to acknowleMulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1030 I like movies. A lot. James Williams-7/22/1999
1029 Maybe they would if she died- especially if she died in a flamboyant stupid wayepicure-7/22/1999
1028 A very apt example of a media created effect. However, all of those paparazzi wNeocon-7/22/1999
1027 I think the media's role in this is a tad bit more that just the expressionMulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1026 The point of disagreement has to do with the degree of contrivance involved. I Neocon-7/22/1999
1025 I see we agree on this. I personally find it very hard to stomach. This is noMulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1024 No, I don't agree that this is some sort of "mass grieving" becMulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1023 A theory that I floated at the time of the Di hysteria: the impulse to create mNeocon-7/22/1999
1022 Not <i>quite</i> as bad. But close. bp MulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1021 Ah, you must get yourself a press agent! Neocon-7/22/1999
1020 Yeah- I know. That's what I said- but Cobalt Blue told me some of it was gepicure-7/22/1999
1019 Yeah, I saw them. I have not really been paying much attention to the tv news cNeocon-7/22/1999
1018 No, I think it's way more than that X. We live in a "personality"MulhollandDrive-7/22/1999
1017 me too edit- but for some fathomless reason not everyone has discovered this epicure-7/22/1999
1016 I am very wise<VBG>... Neocon-7/22/1999
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