Project for Excellence in Journalism | Daily Emerald
Though it only made up two days of coverage last week, the sudden death of
Anna Nicole Smith was the No. 3 story in PEJ's News Coverage Index, almost edging out a bloody week in Iraq. "I know a lot of people are complaining about [cable TV's Smith coverage]" says
Wolf Blitzer. "But a lot of people are also watching." ||
Tyler Graf: "There is nothing like a tragic D-list celebrity death to send the media into a frenzy."
