Britney Spears Mania Isn't About Britney, As Much As Cashing In
 Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

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Just one look at this clip of the hoards of photogs chasing Britney Spears' ambulance (some brands of attorneys may have to seek a new profession), and it isn't too hard to figure out that the rush to capture anything Britney isn't so much about Britney Spears, as it is about cashing in on Britney Spears.  I don't tune into E! News, but happened to catch clip of today's segment where Ryan Seacrest and Giuliana Rancic (formerly DiPandi) reported that 13 UCLA employees were caught snooping in Brit-Brit's medical records.

They apparently talk Britney so regularly that E! calls it "The Britney Beat."  There's something off about hearing Seacrest say "Heeere's...the Britney Beat!!"  He has this condescendingly sarcastic tone with Simon Cowell on FOX'S American Idol, and yet, he shows up bee-bopping around with The Britney Beat on E!  Guess what?  Britney Spears was seen dining with Mel Gibson over the weekend!  Like, omigosh!

Today's "Britney Beat" was reairing old Britney Spears paparazzi footage and repackaging the LA Times March 15th article that states "UCLA Medical Center is taking steps to fire at least 13 employees and has suspended six others for snooping in the confidential medical records of pop star Britney Spears."

Um, okay, but the Senior Editor - Marc Malkin - who appears as the resident Spears expert, looks like he knows more about Britney than she herself does.

This is why I don't watch E! News:  I find a contradiction in every other piece.  It's "tabloid" journalism in the worst sense of both words.  E!'s own employees are going around finding - or paying? - "sources"...their Senior Editor, noless!...and lining paparazzo pockets for the background footage, to do exactly what they're "reporting" UCLA employees allegedly were:  snooping on Britney Spears.

And since I'm not going to steal the facts from someone else's real reporting a-hem-hem, here is the link for the L.A. Times article with the real investigative journalism on what happened with UCLA employees.

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