Hello? She isn't dead yet! So desperate are they to be the first to run a tribute to Jade that they haven't even had the courtesy to wait until she passes away. Nice.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
OK! The ultimate in bad taste
A few people have disagreed with my comments on the media's treatment of UK Big Brother star Jade Goody, supporting her choice to invite the media to film/photograph/report on her terminal illness and to use this as a way of making money for her young sons. Fair enough. But I was appalled to see the latest issue of OK magazine, full of tributes to a woman who is still alive. Subheads include: "A life cut tragically short" and the cover says: "Inside Jade's sad final days."
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The worst bit about OK's 'coverage' of Jade's death was this coverline: 'Her final words'.
ReplyDeletePresumably they were talking about her final interview because one would assume that, as she was still alive when the mag came out, she was still talking!
Seriously, heads should roll over this one.