The makeshift memorial for Heath Ledger outside of the Soho apartment where he died Tuesday. It has grown over the past few days.Photo: Melissa Hom
Those of you who, like us, watch Anderson Cooper 360 religiously, probably noticed last night that Manderson didn’t have much in the way of Heath Ledger coverage. While many other news outlets were repeating the same information over and over, he decided to focus on other things. He explained this decision on his blog last night:
[Ledger’s] shocking death is clearly a story a lot of people are interested in, but tonight we will not be reporting more on it. The truth is there is not really anything new to report. The full results of the various tests done on Mr. Ledger will not be ready for perhaps a few weeks and there is very little new information. I have no doubt other networks will spend a lot of time tonight discussing his death and the various rumors about what might have caused it, but I am not a fan of speculation, so unless there is something really new to discuss we probably won’t be covering it anymore anytime soon.
Wow, that makes sense (unless, like us, you are covering the coverage). Frankly, it’s a sober, levelheaded choice to make when deciding how to handle Ledger’s death. But it’s certainly not the only one. In fact, we were just watching Fox News and heard this teaser for Bill O’Reilly’s show later today:
“ON THE O’REILLY FACTOR: DO AMERICANS CARE MORE ABOUT THE LIVES OF CELEBRITIES THAN THE LIVES OF OUR TROOPS?”
Mmm.
Anderson’s View: Heath Ledger coverage [CNN]
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