Why Do They Do This?

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You know how every now and then you come across an article in a newspaper or magazine and after reading feel like you are owed that time back from the reporter? Well, that is why we have a “Poor Journalism” tag, that way, when we find these articles we can call the author out for their lack of effort in advancing journalism and maybe shame them into actually thinking about what they are writing. In fairness, the blame isn’t just on the journalist, also at fault are the editors for allowing the stories to be written in the first place and then publishing them.

Today we have a piece from the NY Post, just a snippet actually called “Aren’t Her Fifteen Minutes Up Yet?” by Marianne Garvey. With a nice full page picture of Paris Hilton wearing a shirt with her face on it from her line of clothing Garvey asks why people are still intrigued by her and still paying attention to her.

I almost feel obligated to respond to Garvey, pointing out that if you stop writing about her and featuring full page pictures of her in your papers people will stop paying attention because there will be nothing to pay attention to. In fairness to Garvey, she was clearly trying not to write about her since this entire “article” in the Post was only 94 words, and that includes the title and Garvey’s name.

This marks the second time a post about Paris Hilton has ended up with a Poor Journalism tag

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