Comments on: Beyond Tacky

By: Refrigerator

Refrigerator — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:01:06 +0000

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By: Esteban Agosto Reid

Esteban Agosto Reid — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:45:45 +0000

Totally tacky and distasteful!

By: Lianne

Lianne — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 21:36:04 +0000

I was in the kitchen cooking when I heard it – I had Access Hollywood on and I had to run out and cut the TV off. My son heard it and was horrified. He loves Kanye and when he heard his mother had passed he was in a funky place for a week or so and he is only 12.

I agree…we have all heard other 911 tapes before and maybe that’s why they thought it was okay to do. But to me, it was so distasteful and scary to hear a woman’s last moments of life. They did not think about the family and how they would feel AT ALL. What family would want to hear that?

By: Sumatra77

Sumatra77 — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:22:44 +0000

I’m completely disgusted by the news and media. There have been several instances lately where I’ve thought it was not absolutely necessary for us to know that. This is one of those situations. Also, when Owen Wilson attempted suicide and they delved too deeply into that. I know what people say about the scrutiny being part of the package when you become a celebrity, but come on! The media circus behind the Anna Nicole Smith trial was another example. I mean, say what you will, but this was a deeply troubled woman with a deep love for her son and the media removed that humanity from it and made it all a show. It’s really terrible. I’m very happy to have BBC America as one of my stations. They actually report the news.

By: gregorsamsa1977

gregorsamsa1977 — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:49:16 +0000

“out of respect for Kanye” hahaha*snort* you guys are funny!

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:25:49 +0000

Something similar to this happened last night here in Chicago. The mother of an astronaut in orbit was killed in a horrible car accident yesterday afternoon. On the evening news, they were talking about how the astronaut can’t get back to earth until February. The terribly tacky thing was that in addition to talking to distraught friends and neighbors on camera, they got a hold of the deceased’s recent Christmas letter to the family, and the reporter shared the contents – that she was looking forward to her son’s arrival, events in the lives of her family. I kept thinking, why? The exploitation of such horrific events by the media is just tactless and absurd.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:47:13 +0000

I totally agree. BEYOND tacky. Poor Kanye.

By: Megan

Megan — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:00:00 +0000

I agree with Niki. I hate it when any 911 calls are released. It’s a terrible invasion of privacy and there is no public good that comes of it. I wish it were banned.

Megan
http://www.megansminute.com

By: Niki

Niki — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 14:42:09 +0000

I am glad that I did not listen to the tape of the call. I am mad when 911 calls are released on any level-celebrity or not (did I really need to hear the frantic 911 call of a lady crushed under the rubble of the Minnesota bridge collapse?)I think we are desensitized to a lot in this society today and I think that’s why we have most of the problems we have–nobody takes anything seriously anymore (even death) and it’s all fodder for snarky jokes and the gossip sites.

By: flygyrl72

flygyrl72 — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:30:38 +0000

While it is distasteful, especially in this case, where the person was a known figure, (which is why a lot of us feel more personally offended)this is par for the course. The news shows regularly release 911 phone calls, especially when linked to more notable/notorious cases. So even though I haven’t heard it, & have no desire to hear it, I don’t know if I can blame these news or gossip venues for playing it. She’s the mom of a top celebrity & she was a known figure in her own right who died unexpectedly under questionable circumstances, so naturally (& unfortunately), there are going to be a lot of people who want to know the latest news in all it’s gory details on what happened with her death. And these shows are going to satisfy the curiousity & fascination anyway they can… Also, I never go to TMZ, Perez, or any of these gossip sites anymore,for about a year now, I had to get off that bandwagon, it’s just insubstantial filler & empty distraction…leave that crack alone!