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24hr news channels covering celebrity deaths
stirlingguy1
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Obviously referring to Robin Williams. Tragic, and very sad, but does anyone else cringe slightly when they rattle through Twitter tribute from Z-listers? I understand why they do it - it's easy padding, really, but I just wish they wouldn't. The morbid cynic in me tells me it wouldn't hurt a z-lister's career to put out a tweet right now and get a mention on the news channels.
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We are here for you at this time,should you need us ;-)
All jokes aside,it is the griefy outpouring and the sadness competition from people who have never met,would never have met,but saw that person on TV a few times that makes me completely desensitized to celebrity deaths.
People on my Facebook are "breaking the news" as though they are newsreaders.
I have been a Facebook user for 5-6 years and I have never ever seen anyone I know post about Robin Williams before,and yet today will be "candle in the wind" day for Mrs Doubtfire.
I just don't get it at all.
I'm not sure what the problem is. I would expect it's of interest to viewers which, after all is the point rather than being worthy for the sake of it.
And all the minor 'stars' trying to get on the grief bandwagon.
All that aside he was a really great comic and serious actor.
Saw him live once years ago, laughed so hard I cried. It was like having a huge old Englidh sheepdog sitting on your lap telling jokes. Great performer sad the black dog drove him to this.
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How many people in Gaza have died, and how many killed by Ebola since Mr Williams perished ?
Someone (Ben Stiller?) tweeted saying that a tweet isn`t the right place to properly pay tribute but by doing so did just that!
If it was called something else other than Twitter/Tweets it might seem more dignified in situations like this.
People die every minute of every day. Does your sanctimony have you permanently affected by their deaths? Have you commented about all those? Why just the Ebola and Gaza deaths? List the rest so we can all pause for thought.
If you`re going to try and claim some moral high-ground be careful, the grass is very slippy up there.
Robin Williams' death, tragic and untimely as it is, of little importance, and the world will carry on turning.
Middle East conflicts, and Ebola both have the potential to wipe all of us out
The world`s still turning despite thousands of years of conflict and disease. I think we can spare some time to mourn an individual`s passing before we get back to the liberal hand-wringing as we sit, watch and do absolutely nothing.
But they won`t, as you well know.
We live in an insane world where the west arms Israel and then supplies humanitarian aid to Gaza for the maimings those same weapons caused.
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/07/israel-gaza-united-states-assistance-unrwa
A liberal hand wringer ? Blimey, I've always considered myself as having right of centre views, so I'll take that as an endorsement of my impartiality ;-)
It`s a general "we". Don`t let it go to your head.
Nanu, Nanu.
And it won`t be tomorrow.
Some of the papers will be playing catch-up but the TV news will have moved on.
Especially when a lot of the news coverage is just the presenter reading out celebrity tweets.
A big-name Hollywood actor and comedian dies, seemingly taking his own life. That IS news and it does deserve top billing for now (on the basis that it is concerning a top actor, and that it has just been announced). Tomorrow, it will no longer be a top story.
That's the nature of news and news coverage
well we had twitter tributes from A-listers as well and when I found out the news even although I only watched him in ONE film, I was as devastated as they were
It was the splash in the last edition of The Sun this morning. I misheard it on the radio and thought they said ''Robbie Williams''.
A Talksport host, Alan Brazil, claimed to think the same thing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqgLwDRdfvw
Apparently he has a history of tasteless comments about depression so I would imagine complaints will have been made.
Someone (not Stiller) commented that they were glad they did not learn of his death through Twitter, presumably someone contacted them directly and told them. No different from saying that they were glad that they did not learn of the death in a newspaper or on the TV news.
Here`s Stiller`s:
He posted another five after that. They were clearly close.