This week our own blog inspired celebrity hit relatively top story news. A stranger to Seacrest has been stalking him and insisting he has had business with him. He once pulled a knife on Seacrest's body guard and again attempted to talk to him with another knife. Seacrest has never seen this man before and has been severely frightened by him. Even though the story is not the most interesting or important, I would like to point out the different ways the news media portray this story. E! news of course displays the story with grave emphasis on the peril of Seacrest and what he is going through. But the interesting part is how the so-called "serious news" stations such as MSNBC reported the same story. There was little distinction between the entertainment news story and the regular news story. To me, this shows that the distinct line between "infotainment" and news is fading. What do you think? Do you think it is a problem in our world today? Maybe a slight foreshadow?
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