Arianna Huffington: Will the Karr Debacle Lead the Media Addicts to Rehab?

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Arianna Huffington: Will the Karr Debacle Lead the Media Addicts to Rehab? Don't Count on It.

Arianna Huffington
Tue Aug 29

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"Channel-surfing last night's wall-to-wall TV coverage of the decision to drop all charges against John Mark Karr was like walking through the halls of a drug rehab center -- everywhere you looked, you saw addicts unable to break their addiction.

All in the MSM -- well, all except Nancy Grace -- know how sick they are for continuing to talk and talk and talk and talk about this case. But they just can't help themselves. They know they shouldn't do another eight ball -- they know, after all, this guy is not the killer -- yet they go on and on and on.

The sad thing is, they can't even enjoy the cheap buzz of dishing out the titillating trash -- you can see the embarrassment on their faces as they reach for the ersatz-breaking-news bottle. As I wrote about scandal-addicted newshounds during the Robert Blake bacchanal: "They're like Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick in the last reel of Days of Wine and Roses. They're no longer drinking to get high; they're just hoping to avoid delirium tremens -- which in TV-land translates to 'big time ratings slump.' You know, just a little pick-me-up to 'take the edge off.'

But the 12-day Karr bender is worse than any of its lampshade-on-the-head predecessors. Worse than OJ, worse than Robert Blake. At least those media circus clowns were connected in some way (wink, wink) to the crimes in question. Karr is nothing but a disturbed wannabe -- the walking, talking embodiment of a non-story (or, perhaps, a minor mention buried deep inside the pages of the Rocky Mountain News). Instead, the media tumbled down the 12 steps and embarked on a frantic binge that saw countless articles and hours of airtime devoted to the minutest details of the life, times, and airplane menu of a pathetic murderer manqué (Fried king prawns and roast duck -- oh my!)."

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[Dover]

1. I'm happy to report that I'm free of these addictions.

Other than knowing the guys name and the basic reason for his arrest, I'm proud to report I don't know anything more about it.
Wasn't even tempted to open a thread on this topic. Well...not true. I opened one for a few seconds and then left in disgust. Getting pretty good at separating the reality from the 'real t.v.' slop that media loves to shovel. The smell precedes it.

[iamahaingttta]

2. Sounds like Arianna...

...suffers from the same addiction!