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American Celebrity Babies: Why Do We Cover Them?

I yawn every time I see a story like this. While I expect this kind of coverage in America (they are American celebrities, after all), I’m usually stunned and morbidly disappointed to see Canadian media gleefully jumping on board as well. (The sample to the right is taken from CBC’s own Arts page — agh!)
     I posed this question to Dave Editor, the guy that writes that arts page on CBC.ca (note to CBC Communications: This is fictional — just a sample of how it would be handled) and he told me that the last time they did a survey of CBC.ca readers (5,900 respondents) that celebrity news was the third most-requested topic.
     I don’t know. Maybe I’m over-reacting.
     What do you think? Should we be covering American celebrities and their life stories at pace with American media? Are you interested in their stories? Let me know.
     Maybe I’m just grumpy. Hell, it is 6:20 a.m. here in Vancouver and I haven’t had my coffee yet.

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