Looked the other way?
US networks charting the gruesome aftermath of her death - the bathtub, the pills, the body bag, the golden hearse, the jet and the return of her body to her childhood church in Newark - were rewarded with stellar ratings.
Over the years countless words and pictures have been devoted to her inexorable slide, there was (of course) a sordid reality cable television show, the tell-all Oprah interview and harsh reviews of various erratic and croaky comeback attempts.
Bill O’Reilly says all of it only sensationalised her plight, prompting his incredulous interviewer to ask “Are journalists supposed to be in the business of conducting interventions?”
The White House Director of National Drug Control Policy Gil Kerlikowske is calling her death a ‘teachable moment’. Yes, he really did use that expression.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper spent some time on air warning of the danger of mixing alcohol and prescription drugs. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention one person dies from prescription drug abuse every 19 minutes in America.
- Stars in the spotlight: our addiction to fame, ABC.net.au, February 17, 2017.
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Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.
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