It's Larry! - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T15:49:29Zhttps://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:21910?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A22244&feed=yes&xn_auth=noA local TV station just cance…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:224502007-04-11T13:29:27.609Zp. b. smithhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/IveyHunter
A local TV station just canceled ALL their reporters' scheduled April trips that had been intended to look into serious investigative news topics for the May sweeps. Wanna know why? So that their tabloid-obsessed boss could send her pet non-reporter to The Bahamas to be there LIVE!!! to breathlessly reveal the results of the paternity case. They kept bragging they were the ONLY local station to have a reporter LIVE!!! in The Bahamas, utterly failing to realize that the other three stations,…
A local TV station just canceled ALL their reporters' scheduled April trips that had been intended to look into serious investigative news topics for the May sweeps. Wanna know why? So that their tabloid-obsessed boss could send her pet non-reporter to The Bahamas to be there LIVE!!! to breathlessly reveal the results of the paternity case. They kept bragging they were the ONLY local station to have a reporter LIVE!!! in The Bahamas, utterly failing to realize that the other three stations, which air their news an hour later and which have won an impressive assortment of Murrow awards and Emmys, decided NOT to waste resources on a non-story the tabloids were all over anyway. They actually aired some real news instead.<br />
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I almost dropped my teeth when I saw the lead on the news last night and they kept pumping it relentlessly throughout the evening's programming...first, my guilty sometime pleasure, American Idol, and then my not-so-guilty must-watch show, House. Naturally they opened the news with the non-reporter pet gal standing in front of a pitch black courthouse LIVE!!! darkly hinting that little Dannielynn's custody was still up in the air. Then they said Larry Birkhead would probably never get to take his daughter home when all the national news outlets reported he WOULD get the baby and Anna's "companion," Howard Stern, wouldn't fight him for custody. <br />
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Ugh. I channel-hopped for a few minutes then went back, hoping to catch the weather and get to bed early, but there was another breathless interview, this one LIVE!!! with Virgie Arthur, the slatternly Mom who made Anna what she was. The intro once again alleged dramatically that Birkhead would never get the baby, a statement supported by nothing they aired; in fact, custody was never even mentioned in the interview which was embarrassing beyond belief. Virgie batted her eyes and looked straight into the camera and spent the entire bloated FIVE MINUTES speaking non-stop about what a good mother she was and how much she loved the baby and complaining about what a beast Howard Stern was. The non-reporter did get one off good question. She asked how much time Virgie had actually spent with the baby. Answer: 15 supervised, court-ordered minutes.<br />
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What baffled me most about this sad story was all the men hurrying to jump on the paternity bandwagon. Tribe, I am so proud of you for keeping your mouth (if not your zipper) shut. ;-) And as for that crack about Barbaro, well, you know he had a hurt foot...Oh wait! He also had that sling thingie. Never mind.<br />
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Wait again! It's not about the baby at all! It's about the kabillions of dollars everyone seems to think the baby is going to prise out of the cold, dead fingers of the Marshall family. Hmm...back to our regularly scheduled programming.<br />
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Pat I feel sorry for the kid. May…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:222442007-04-11T04:59:53.752ZSteven Torreshttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/StevenT
I feel sorry for the kid. Maybe that goes without saying. Still, can you imagine? Larry Birkhead is the winner. What the hell kind of contest was that?
I feel sorry for the kid. Maybe that goes without saying. Still, can you imagine? Larry Birkhead is the winner. What the hell kind of contest was that? You'd have to search pretty f…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:222382007-04-11T04:47:25.621ZMerrill Younghttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Merlot
You'd have to search pretty far afield to find someone who cares less than I. <br />
Enough already! Let the poor, sad woman rest in peace.
You'd have to search pretty far afield to find someone who cares less than I. <br />
Enough already! Let the poor, sad woman rest in peace. I'm also glad because I could…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-11:537324:Comment:222062007-04-11T03:40:49.797ZTribehttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/TribeX
I'm also glad because I could've rightfully claimed paternity of Dannielynn...I have enough kids to support.
I'm also glad because I could've rightfully claimed paternity of Dannielynn...I have enough kids to support. what a shitfest. and i love m…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-10:537324:Comment:219772007-04-10T21:38:05.397ZAnne Frasierhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/annefrasier
what a shitfest. and i love me some shitfest.
what a shitfest. and i love me some shitfest. Sorry for this, but who is La…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-10:537324:Comment:219752007-04-10T21:37:38.947ZPatricia Abbotthttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/pattinase
Sorry for this, but who is Lary Birkhead? Never mind, I'll google him.
Sorry for this, but who is Lary Birkhead? Never mind, I'll google him. Please God let this mean that…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-10:537324:Comment:219142007-04-10T20:18:10.284Znorbyhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/norby871
Please God let this mean that Anna and her entourage will now be moved to the back pages where they belong.
Please God let this mean that Anna and her entourage will now be moved to the back pages where they belong.