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Video Compilation: Anna Nicole Smith And Our National Media Embarassment

thinkprogress.org — A great video "highlight" reel of the obsessive coverage of Anna Nicole on the news networks yesterday.

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  • shawnfassett, on 10/12/2007, -13/+25The GOP has some cover for a few days now.
    Any mention on the news of the NIE/Douglas Feith debacle?
    • tomboy501, on 10/12/2007, -7/+94You mean those boring stories regarding billions in U.S. cash on pallettes lost somewhere in Baghdad, and the Pentagon confirming that the Bushketeers fabricated pre-Iraq War intelligence??

      Who wants to focus on that when the mystique of Anna Nicole's breasts and her absolutely fascinating parallels with Marilyn Monroe need hours of analysis and attention from our top news organizations.

      /sadly accepting the soceity I live in
    • revenge7, on 10/12/2007, -9/+20They should just have a picture of her chest in the corner. That would keep most people happy while they show ACTUAL news.
    • sockpuppets, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Daniel close your eyes, momma's gonna diddle.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALJVhTOiL-E
    • reddevil3, on 10/12/2007, -1/+28Brian Williams commented on Thursday's NBC Nightly News: "This may say a lot about our current culture of celebrity and media these days when all the major cable news networks switched over to nonstop live coverage this afternoon when word arrived that Anna Nicole Smith had died."
    • scotty1024, on 10/12/2007, -7/+1Are we bowing in worship of her on TV or is our TV Dinner just located on the floor in front of us? :)
    • typecase, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2Memories of the SNL Divertor anyone? http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/animatedcartoons/v/divertor.htm
    • maiku00, on 10/12/2007, -8/+13America is full of ***** half-witted lemmings, and the media caters to them because its an easy sell. Stupid people like stupid things, and theres a hell of a lot more stupid people than smart.

      Its disgusting.
    • diggsIt, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The news industry latches onto a story like this and doesn't let go. Then they ask, 'Why is America so fascinated with such a story?'. We aren't, they are.
    • doolittle, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2>You mean those boring stories regarding billions in U.S. cash on pallettes lost somewhere in Baghdad, and the >Pentagon confirming that the Bushketeers fabricated pre-Iraq War intelligence??

      The shocking reality: media needs to tell alternative stories other than political events to get attention, be it selling more mags or getting more website hits. Was it so different than the lady di car crash? Nope. People read the above quote, their reaction "hey what a shocker" and don't bother to buy, tune in or click the link. I would hope the same for Anna's breasts, they are way past their prime IMHO... But some insight into her death? The autopsy results perhaps? (Deja Vu, did the paparazzi cause Lady Di's car to crash?)

      Seriously, we know about the situation about the current status of our gov't leadership. If you think it makes a difference to shoot a dead horse, so be it. Hmm, someone mentioned lemmings... Interesting...
    • davidsmero, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1This pretty much sums it up of Anna Nicole Smith :
      http://smero.us/anic.mp3
    • steepdecline, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0They missed this one?
      http://bigbignews.net/2007/02/anna-nicole-smith-dead-at-39.html
    • tizz66, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"when all the major cable news networks switched over to nonstop live coverage this afternoon when word arrived that Anna Nicole Smith had died."

      Just out of interest, what do they cover on rolling news about someone dying? I just can't see what they fill the time with. She died alone, in a hotel room, no drama, no results of the postmortem, nothing. She died, and that's the story. I can understand rolling news when someone of great importance dies (let's say a US president, or Diana, or royalty etc.), but not an average celeb.
  • JCSaint, on 10/12/2007, -4/+96It's sad whenever anyone dies but why does she get this special treatment? She didn't do anything with her life except get naked and get high. There is just way too much interest in her life.
    • Rice, on 10/12/2007, -7/+26I didn't know who she was until yesterday.

      What makes her special? She didn't sound like a great person.
    • DaffyDuck, on 10/12/2007, -8/+6Agree. In a way, Hollywood made her and then killed her. She didn't really deserve it and couldn't handle it.
    • elnerdo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+24Because boring, useless people find pleasure in knowing about the lives of others.
    • Spaceboy492, on 10/12/2007, -2/+22God knows she was my idol when it came to marrying for money, being a porn star, and not knowing who my baby's daddy is.
    • appetite, on 10/12/2007, -3/+23Hmmm.. this reminds me of the James Kim story. I think the Digg community is less concerned with media distractions than just who they like and who they don't. They liked James Kim--14,000 Digg stories. They don't like Anna Nicole--2 news stories about how she's distracting the media.
    • radicalone2009, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1http://virtualmagic.blogspot.com/2006/09/anna-nicole-smith.html
    • HeatVision, on 10/12/2007, -10/+2"Hmmm.. this reminds me of the James Kim story."

      Think hard on this one and then realize you are completely ***** wrong.
    • revisrev, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0@heatvision a little more explanation and everyone would've rated you up, but don't worry, you got my green thumb.

      The thing is, there were many other articles on Digg when that happened. If the entire front page had been nothing but stories on him it would be a similar thing, but there were non James Kim stories. The cable networks playing nothing but anna nicole for about a day is a matter meriting far greater concern.
  • cjdunn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13Also of note is the amount of time each network devoted to her death compared to Iraq during the same timeframe.. For example, CNN 141 references to the death compared to 27 references to Iraq.
    NBC devoted 3 minutes 13 seconds to the death and 14 seconds (!!) to Iraq on that nights news broadcast.
  • rstevens, on 10/12/2007, -30/+6
    I knew nothing about Anna Nicole Smith, but I heard a lot of degrading jokes about her on late-night talk shows. I wonder how good they feel about themselves now.



    • Crashwithuhk, on 10/12/2007, -9/+41Probably the same way they felt before hand. Just because she's dead now doesn't mean she was any less of a dumb bitch when she was alive.
    • gharding, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12The same? Everybody dies. If you can't make jokes about people because at some point in their life they're going to die.. well, that doesn't leave a whole lot of people left to make jokes about.
  • thepompano, on 10/12/2007, -3/+22I'm glad that a site like ThinkProgress would still call news networks like MSNBC on their *****. I was kind of ticked off to turn them on last night and hear nothing but news about Anna Nicole.
    • inarguable, on 10/12/2007, -4/+0Yeah, now if they would only sack up and call them on Bill Arkin...
    • trejrco, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2So, just to be clear - they are wasting time covering the coverage of Anna Nicole ... and that makes them better than those wasting time directly covering her ... I think both sides are equally guilty, TYVM.
    • appetite, on 10/12/2007, -2/+14Why is Digg devoting so many front page articles to the death of Anna Nicole Smith. I haven't seen anything on Iraq today.
    • lowmagnet, on 10/12/2007, -3/+4I was hoping Richard Dawkins would be on Paula Zhan's show like promised, and they bumped it to Monday because she died. There goes my entertainment for the night.
  • phoephus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+38Wouldn't it have been great if she had married another old guy and he inherited all her money?
    • varmit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7My guess the daddy of her latest child will get all the money. That is why three people have come forward to say they are the dad, they all want the money.
  • m8ymerc1, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Yesterday nothing... they are still doing it today
  • thenativeraver, on 10/12/2007, -10/+7She was a disgrace.
    Who cares that she's dead?
    I most certainly don't.
  • antifreeze11, on 10/12/2007, -11/+13yeah ***** american media. i am done with it. BBC all the way.
    • geodescent, on 10/12/2007, -8/+3Check out http://www.bbc.co.uk at the lower right in their "Don't miss" section. There's Anna, 2 icons beneath the smooching dudes...
    • antifreeze11, on 10/12/2007, -5/+7it is not like they are having 24/7 coverage of this one story though.
    • sundancekid503, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7It's easy to say '***** the media', but they wouldn't run this stuff unless there were thousands and thousands people glued to their TV sets watching it. This isn't strictly the media's fault, it's a sad reflection of what the majority of our society is interested in hearing about.

  • sideshowRAHEEM, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27Anna Nicole's death has been covered more than Gerald Fords, nuff said.
    • FlaG8r, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12More people in the general population care about Smith than Ford. Most young adults couldn't pick Ford out of a lineup but they know who Anna Nichole is. Also Ford didn't die of mysterious circumstances at age 39 just months after his son died.

      The media gave the people what the largest segment of them wanted - wall-to-wall Anna coverage.
    • livestradamus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2"More people in the general population care about Smith than Ford."

      Sad but true... I think it's also safe to say: More people in the general population KNOW ABOUT Smith than Ford.
  • acr2001, on 10/12/2007, -3/+27"Is Anna Nicole still dead, Wolf?"
    • alekgv, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1yeah, wtf was that? lol
    • chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3"Nope, she ***** rose from the grave.... and in other news... jimmy hoffa has been found alive!"
    • appetite, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13I think he was being facetious and critical of the news coverage. I thought it was hilarious.
    • savona, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6yeah, that was priceless. it's good to see that not everyone in the media is a shameless whore.
    • caketank, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5For those who missed the reference, Cafferty was playing off an old Chevy Chase SNL catch phrase: "Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead." Chase started using (and frequently repeating) that line to mock the constant coverage of Franco's imminent death.

      Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalissimo_Francisco_Franco_is_still_dead

      At least, I think he was.
  • chase001, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5The corporate news has to talk about something since they don't cover the news any more.
    • bustaballs, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2Agreed. This is just one of a million examples of that.
    • appetite, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3Yea, where are all their stories about wii, kevin rose, richard dawkins, and a photo of a lit match? stupid media.
  • growlzor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+47I'm pretty sure if Bush invaded Iran and had Paris Hilton killed on the same day we wouldn't hear about Iran until a week later.
    • quokkapox, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Don't give them any ideas, bright boy.
  • narcissystem, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2@chase001

    brilliant,and widely unmentioned, point.

    I suppose corporate media has a knack for useless information.
    just take every other update on the war,for example.

    though, I think I'd rather hear about a dead has-been pornstar than some ***** being pulled overseas.
  • aussiekevin, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11Don't shoot the messenger.
    The media knows what people are -really- interested in. If people -really- cared more about politics than sensation, the media would know this (with all their fancy focus groups), and wouldn't bombard us with Anna Nicole. Media is a business, their business demands viewers, so they will air what they have good reason to think people will watch.
    The media is not to blame here.
    • narcissystem, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1i agree with that as well.
      human tragedy is a money maker.

      i'm suprised they're not still pushing the bird flu scare on hypochondriac america.
    • caketank, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2This isn't "the media" in general we're talking about here, it's the news networks. If they're going to devote this kind of attention to this kind of story, then they're just gossipy trash and should be called on their pretense of serious journalism.

      Any so-called news organization that claims to have as its raison d'etre informative reporting and sober analysis, yet cravenly pursues ratings by prioritizing such superficial tripe is so transparently hypocritical as to be offensive. Why shouldn't we blame them for their own pretension and shallowness, especially when these organizations and their programs are so instrumental in shaping what little perception and discourse of politics and world events we have?
  • cycledesign, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4I can't believe that nobody simply understands why people care about Anna Nicole Smith dying. She was famous. That's it. If there was some important development in Iraq that people actually cared about, then we would be hearing about it. There's nothing shameful about being interested in the fact that someone who was quite famous has died.
  • mi2ca, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2I think the media itself is more interested in her than any of their viewers. How can they possibly spew this nonsense for two days straight while essentially denying us any access to newsworthy information? It's simply shameful.
  • flashywordz, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0They rescheduled Richard Dawkins' appearance on Paula Zahn [CNN] at 8 PM ET last night! It was scheduled as Paula Zahn on my set top box, but instead it was about Anna Nicole Smith...
  • thesixthdesign, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3
    "On behalf of the Hogan Family, we are saddened and heartbroken by my sister's death. No matter what our differences have been over the years, Anna was still our blood and she will be missed terribly. She was a woman who was determined to get out of her small town in Texas and make a name for herself. She became an international star and she was a good mother to Daniel; there is no doubt that her son loved her. They lived out of each other's pockets while he was alive and now they can finally be together again in Heaven.

    We feel that the death of her son left her deeply saddened, a sadness she hid from everyone. As a mother of three children, I am anguished by this tragic event and the fact that her new baby daughter Dannielynn Hope is now without a mother."
  • kaffein, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3It's sad that A.N.S. got more coverage on the news than James Brown...
  • brendandonhue, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Diggers have submitted over 500 stories about her in the last week, obviously some people here are interested.
  • dojonz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Who was the blond reporter with the husky man-voice?
  • wiremonkeymommy, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3JOE SCARBOROUGH: "....providing a lot more time to Anna Nicole Smith than the war in Iraq and the possible coming war with Iran?

    something about the way he said "coming war with Iran" sounded too factual
  • Avalontor, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5These comments brought to you by the same folks who gave 10,000 diggs to a phone. Have a little sense of priority here. You have the blame as much as other media news outlets.
  • liquilife, on 10/12/2007, -6/+3I just have to disagree with his whole argument. Iraq has been making front page news for years now. There has been no diversion from the updates in Iraq in our news. Having one night where a different topic is covered is nothing. Geezus. And in reality MOST Americans turned on their TV expecting to hear about Anna Nichole Smith, and that's exactly what they got. I'm actually embarrassed for the writer of this article for being so close minded that he would actually get this disturbed over one night of news.
    • Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -3/+5You have no idea what you're talking about. Anna Nicole was a plaything of the tabloid industry. They made her and they killer her...now they believe they must dance on her grave
    • liquilife, on 10/12/2007, -4/+2I damn well know what I am talking about and my point still stands.
  • redfox2600, on 10/12/2007, -3/+2CNN, Fox news, MSNBC all have it. I don't even think Steve Irwin got this much publicity, which is sad.

    CNBC is having an interview with a skater though.
  • Sgurdcrimp, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3Why do people keep referencing that dumb bitch like she was a person, and a god?

    she was a porn star, and a bad one at that.... she's the ugliest thing I've seen since i was
    at work today, and this fat bitch walked up to me....
  • mushishi, on 10/12/2007, -6/+4haha. In the O'Reilly segment, he was preparing to embark on a rambling diatribe against those morally corrupt, treacherous liberals who hate soldiers, freedom, Jesus and 'Merka, but first he had to offer a eulogy to a whore who debased herself in every sense possible and who was the incarnation of everything that is repugnant from the staunch moral righteousness of good, God-fearing, Republican-voting 'Merkins. Bit confused Bill?

    ***** an 85 year old man for his money and giant fake ***** 4 jesus!
  • gfair, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1Even the Discovery Channel has been covering it for 2 days in a row now. They couldn't cover her in life, the news agencies that felt that they were legitimate, but in death that's news, and they can hop all over it.

    What a waste of television and the media.
  • 5hop4orce, on 10/12/2007, -7/+2ThinkProgress should have been banned from the front page a year ago. The operators of that website are totally incapable of perspective.

    This was the biggest news story of the day, and the coverage was responsible. ThinkProgress is just imitating the Daily Show and pretending that their distorted viewpoint is the most important viewpoint in America. Total. Smug. Overload.
    • scotticus, on 10/12/2007, -5/+4If the death of Anna Nicole is the biggest news story of the day, you haven't been paying attention.

      Kill yourself.
    • 5hop4orce, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Okay, smartass. What was the biggest story of the day?

      1. "BRUTALITY IN IRAQ!!!"
      2. "BUSH IS A WAR CRIMINAL!!!"
      3. "THE CONSTITUTION IS DEAD!!!"

      Is it one of those, or were you thinking of a fourth story?
  • radicalone2009, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1i think howard k. stern has something to do with it.

    http://virtualmagic.blogspot.com/2006/09/howard-k-stern.html

  • steveoco, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1It seems America and Hollywood seem to be some benchmark for human excellence and progress.

    It makes the world a more superficial place to live. Where real world problems take a backseat to which celebs are dating or dying when there are real hero's out there dying.
  • rodzilla, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1just rubbed one out in her honor
  • ThePlan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+12JACK CAFFERTY: Is Anna Nicole Smith still dead, Wolf?

    WOLF BLITZER: Yes, We’re going to be updating our viewers shortly on –

    CAFFERTY: Can’t wait for that.

    BLITZER: — the mysterious circumstance surrounding that. Jack, thank you.



    haha classic
  • scotticus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17I listened to NPR all day today at work. I didn't hear Anna Nicole's name once.

    I love NPR.

    I did have to listen to them begging for money all day though....
    • Wonderkind, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1But if you call now and give your financial support for superior programming to NPR, you'll get a photo of Anna Nichole Smith and a "Garrison Keillor Live at the Grand Rapids Auditorium" CD at the $500 level...
    • cuoops, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1NPR is not PBS. This link explains it. I think Bill Gates is a big supporter of NPR. They were talking about it one day and they mentioned his foundation.
      http://www.npr.org/about/place/corpsupport/majordonor.html
  • jakdracula, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Yea, and there was no mention of the schools in Iraq that opened yesterday, or the free speech newspapers in Bagdad, or any thing positive about the good things happening in Iraq either.

    • scotticus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4...or the fact that Iranian bombs were found in the country... or that the fatality rate continues to rise...
      ...or that General Casey who oversaw Iraq descend into civil war was just appointed as the Army Chief of Staff in the new democratic congress...
    • nick111, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's because those things are utterly and completely dwarfed by the scale of the tradgedy.

      To go on about them would be a pisstake - like dwelling upon the postive aspects of a car-crash.
  • nosferatu, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9there is something deeply wrong in this country. how the hell have we gone this far?
    • Eljefedeath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Listen carefully - it has always been like this. Always.

      When Monroe died we obsessed about it for forty years! This is not new, there were no good ol days when everyone cared about important things and we all did our part.

      When the revolution started the majority of Americans weren't arguing over the finer points of "Common Sense" they were trying to figure out how to nail the neighbors wife without getting caught. Or at least buying hand drawn back alley porn.

      Most people would rather not worry about wars and bombs - boobies are nicer. It has always been that way.

      I hate that "how did we fall so far" *****.
  • threadlocke, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Is anyone really surprised? Our media has always had problems with setting priorities.
  • cheera, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Even if the media wasn't concentrating on ANS so much, do you guys really think American media would be delivering anything less flashy and tragic and scandelous? Paranoia, scandal, and misery get ratings. This isn't the first example of American media sucking.
  • dtfinch, on 10/12/2007, -6/+1Let me get this straight. So it's ok for celebrities to appear on television for hours, days, weeks, years, etc. when they're alive, but they shouldn't get a few hours when they die? Why do I care what happened in Iraq yesterday? Was it that much different than the day before? People are dying of AIDS in Africa too. Shouldn't they get 24/7 news coverage, swamping out all the lesser issues? No, because I already know what's going on. It's still happening, but it's old news. The Iraq war is old news too, until something significant happens that we didn't already know about.
  • mikeylopez, on 10/12/2007, -5/+1it anna nicole smith still dead wolf? YES.. unless shes a zombie.... The reason, dtfinch you have no idea what happened in iraq you moron is because it wasn't really covered. NOT because nothing significant happened. STOP JUSTIFYING THIS MEDIA CRAP.
  • johnnyrocket, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Keith Oberman on MSNBC had someone on to grudgingly talk about Smith as his last story, and at the very end, she said "You'll just have to turn your TV off for a while."

    A rare moment of perfect clarity on national news.
  • mikebritton, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8I'd hit it.
  • NoBullet2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2That's funny. I saw some channel showing news coverage over seas about her death and it was just a rampant. Some German news station.A NEWS STATION, not some tabloid show, paid top dollar to get a video of Anna being wheeled in to the hospital. If anything, that's worse than what we're doing on our own soil.
    • 5hop4orce, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3No, that's Europe. Everyone knows Europe can do no wrong, because they are morally superior to America in every way.
  • HCJfilms, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Jack Cafferty is such a bad ass.
  • JSeligman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Now we know why we are at war.
  • Sterango, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2Well why is mentioning the war less a BAD thing? The war is the same damn thing everyday, people die, the end, next story. I don;t wanna hear in depth about how 20 more people died, really. I'd RATHER hear about Anna Nicole. I mean like or hate her, ok she was a pop figure and fame provides interest, so it does become kind of a big deal and of course they're going to mention her more, since they don't talk about her every day .
    • doolittle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It will pass very quickly, save articles like this one saying how media should not focus away from the war in Iraq and how it came to be. No other news should be reported at all, only how bad things are politically and nothing else at all.

      Anything else, get dugg down.

  • IgnatiusJReilly, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0The media will always, at a success rate of over 99%, give us what we -- as a whole -- want to watch. You may be more interested in daily events than the average American, but if every news network switched to Anna Nicole Smith coverage, then I can guarantee you that's what America wanted to see.

    The media run on advertising. And to run on advertising, you need viewers/readers/consumers. And to do that, you put on what people want to watch/read/consume.

    You can complain about what people want to watch. You can complain that the news is too advertising-dependent. But nobody can reasonably complain that the media did the dumb thing here.

    If there is an embarrassment here, it is our own.
    • livestradamus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2It is bit of a chicken or the egg thing..
      When I say media here I mean TV, Radio & Movies.

      Do people's taste in things come from the "Media" or do they feed us nonsense because most of are asinine and want the nonsense?
      I think the "Media" chooses to market us useless ***** they can recycle over and over and over again. All the whole while dumbing us down and making us their sheep to throw money and time at crap...

      Think all the times in past few years you've heard leather is back in style again.. /rant
  • Stevethegreat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3OK she's dead, that's what people do, die with one way or another. Although her death was unfortunate I have to say that she was never a worthwhile person to speak of and the greatest achievement she made was to marry a near-death billionaire. Boobs maybe are important news for some Cro Magnon people but for us the ***** Sapiens Sapiens should never have taken the coverage she had while alive. The most it could happen was a small few seconds referring to her death, more than that was an overkill and lame
  • kyrandian, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2"Yea, and there was no mention of the schools in Iraq that opened yesterday, or the free speech newspapers in Bagdad, or any thing positive about the good things happening in Iraq either."

    bahahahahahahaha! Wow. now THERE'S an old talking point. I didnt even know people still used that one. What next? "They hate us for our freedom?"


    You're literally in a coma and have no idea.
    • Eljefedeath, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1While I love NPR; I do feel compelled to point out that you didn't actually address his issue.

      Just an observation.
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