G'wan, you know you're interested
I guess it's time to stop pretending that people aren't interested in Paris Hilton .. they definitely are. Maybe so they can watch her suffer .. just like people who watch NASCAR for the crashes .. or Hockey for the fights.
Seems the LA Times has been busy crunching numbers to answer the most important question of the day -- was Paris Hilton really treated more harshly than the average drunk next door? Apparently, yes.
"The Times analyzed 2 million jail releases and found 1,500 cases since July 2002 that — like Hilton's — involve defendants arrested for drunk driving and later sentenced to jail after a probation violation or driving without a license.
Had Hilton left jail after four days, her stint behind bars would have been similar to those served by 60 percent of those inmates. But after a judge sent her back to jail Friday, Hilton's attorney announced she would serve the full 23 days in jail. That means Hilton will end up serving more time than 80 percent of others in a similar situation.
....Because of the high media interest, Hilton was one of few inmates whose premature release received publicity — and the judge who originally sentenced her took notice. She is believed to be the first inmate in years who actually was sent back to jail to serve more of her term.[..]"
It irks me that we even know her name, yet alone anything about her personal life.
It's a sign that something is terribly wrong with this country when MSNBC cut away from an interview with Colonel Rick Francona on the Defense Secretary replacing the Joint Chiefs Chairman Peter Pace, to show Paris Hilton leaving her house to attend court.
Thanks to the infotainment "news" that Mainstream Corporate Media feeds us 24/7, voters are following the troubles of some rich girl more closely than what we're doing in Iraq .. war is sad, thinking is hard... hey look, shiny thing .. Paris!
Shame on all of us.
PS -- if you want real news, watch Jim Lehrer .. or John Stewart.
