Jade Goody (epilogue) - not about Jade Goody

[£3.73]

She is dead and buried. RIP

What intrigues me was the funeral and the media coverage.
Princess Jade !!? HOOT !!?
Surely the press weren't trying to draw comparissons with Diana?

(the Diana funeral was the 1st time I ever noticed mass public psychosis ... everyone went mental, like they'd lost a family member, and there was much wailing & gnashing of teeth throughout the land)

Anyway, Princess Jade ... is this the same girl who was portrayed as thick, common, and a notorious racist ?
The incident hyped to the extent it caused an "international incident ?
Yup, the media got weeks of front page headlines there.

This isn't a thread about Jade Goody.

[chad bonesteele]

I hear what you are saying 3, its all about the inane crap that we are fed as news these days, kinda like being a mushroom
keep them in a dark place and feed them sh*%@.

[Ileach B]

I only read a couple of things about her in the media, and I never had any real strong views about her and I felt sorry for her family and what they must have been going though, especially her wee boys.

But I do think the media have gone overboard about it all, the worst one was Sky News dedicated a whole day to "Jades Funeral". The public must get sucked in and obsessed with reading and watching it like a soap on TV! The magazine's that were dedicated to Jade were on shelves before she had gone!

[History]

(the Diana funeral was the 1st time I ever noticed mass public psychosis ... everyone went mental, like they'd lost a family member, and there was much wailing & gnashing of teeth throughout the land)

It was like a national day of mourning. All shops were shut, even here in Campbeltown.

The media love a crisis, swells their coffers no end. They would see Jade's illness and funeral from a purely financial point of view. Like any business they take advantage of any opportunity to make money and why not, isn't that what all business's do when the opportunity arises? Just sometimes the media go hogwild and the public follow like sheep.

I didn't watch sky news the day of Jade's funeral.

[Tosh]

It was like a national day of mourning. All shops were shut, even here in Campbeltown.

I really hope you're joking!
Most people here just ignored it, Didn't it clash with the National?

[History]

I really hope you're joking! Most people here just ignored it, Didn't it clash with the National?

Sadly I am not.

Do you mean the Grand National? Diana died on 31st August and the National is in April?

The media's attention over Diana's funeral overshadowed even the death a couple of days before of Mother Theresa of Calcutta A real loss to society.

[Govangirl]

I AM SAYING NOWT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[LANDROVER ROGER]

I AM SAYING NOWT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That`s a first!

[Martin]

It was like a national day of mourning. All shops were shut, even here in Campbeltown.

Please tell me you were smiling as you typed that. It's not true, is it ?

I AM SAYING NOWT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nice to see you out and about Mrs. Nesbit.

[Hume]

It was like a national day of mourning. All shops were shut, even here in Campbeltown.

worse than that the Scotland v Belarus game was postponed

[History]

It was like a national day of mourning. All shops were shut, even here in Campbeltown.

Please tell me you were smiling as you typed that. It's not true, is it ?

Yes Martin it's true. To be honest I don't remember if all shops were shut but a large number of them were certainly closed for a period of time on that day. Other members might remember which ones.

Couldn't quite understand it myself but the power of the media hype sends some into overdrive and a fit of grief over someone that they have never met. Empathy maybe but grief and tears FFS

Definitely media mayhem.

I think we may have heard of Mother Theresa and Princess Diana without TV. Not sure what Jade ever did to leave a legacy that folk will remember.

[LANDROVER ROGER]

Does my memory serve me correctly?Did Elton John sing a tribute to Mother Theresa called,"Sandals in the bin"?

[Govangirl]

Nice to see you out and about Mrs. Nesbit.

Aye Martin thanks, I'm actually out and about in the lovely isle of Islay and can hear the gnashing of teeth across the watter when they realised!

[Tosh]

I really hope you're joking! Most people here just ignored it, Didn't it clash with the National?

Sadly I am not.

Do you mean the Grand National? Diana died on 31st August and the National is in April?

Sorry I mis-read I thought you meant they closed for the Goody woman

Parky has his say...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7987426.stm

[4th gen Suthen']

I wonder if it is too soon to repeat the story I heard about Jade's final TV deal......think it likely is!