The way that the death of Amy Winehouse was reported has raised a number of issues for me:
a) Before the funeral, there were reports that the family wanted this to be a private affair. And of course, by reporting this the event became a very public affair.
b) Having announced that this was intended to be a private event, BBC news (amongst others) stationed a camera crew and presenter at the crematorium.
c) The speculation about the cause of death, reported as fact - apparently one Sunday tab managed to contradict itself on its own front page by stating that she had died of a drug overdose before going onto to say that death was actually caused by excessive alcohol.
I know that there's nothing especially new about what they're all doing, but this behaviour just struck me as especially distasteful.
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