I may have to watch the Phil Spector trial; it's likely to be the best thing on TV for a while:
The 18-page questionnaire, which was agreed upon by prosecutors and defense attorneys, includes a category called "Attitudes about celebrities and high-profile people."
It asks jurors for opinions on whether celebrities feel they are "entitled to act however they please," whether they "have bad tempers and act aggressively" and whether they think "they can bend the rules."
The thing is, though, that Spector hasn't been a "real" celebrity in a while, if he ever was one -- but this trial will turn him into one. (Fascinating look at him here.) Given who he is, I think every juror should be asked one vital question: Did you like John or Paul best? Jurors who get the right answer would, of course, be dismissed immediately. But it's a trick question:
At this point the question about my favorite Beatle comes down to whose moonbattery makes me least uncomfortable. I guess I'll go with the one who's got the most common sense: Ringo. But speaking strictly about music, objectively - the most musically talented was, without doubt, Paul.
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I always hate when this kind of sensationalist story rears its head, because I enjoy cable news -- until they get their fangs into a tabloid piece like this.
Every cable news channel over-covers this kind of trashy story wall to wall -- to the point that serious people can't bear to watch the news on cable for a year or so until the idiocy abates.
Every time cable "news" dives back into this kind of superficial sewer, they remind Americans why we STILL need news on the networks (and even occasionally on the shamelessly liberal PBS). You have to go where the news is, and skip the analysis of the analysis of the analysis of the speculation about the pillhead bimbo Anna Nicole (just for example).
I'm getting to know a lot of people who don't and won't have cable or sat TV -- if they want to enjoy their big-screens, they plug in a commercial-free DVD of their choice. Ah, peace.
>Every time cable "news" dives back into >this kind of superficial sewer, they >remind Americans why we STILL need news on >the networks (and even occasionally on the >shamelessly liberal PBS). You have to go >where the news is...
I apologize profusely for forgetting to add "and our newspapers" after saying "we STILL need news on the networks." Most particularly our News-Sentinel. You will never find Anna Nicole consuming page 1 of either Fort Wayne newspaper at the expense of other real news --