"Everything involving Britney is a big deal"

Posted 33 weeks 2 days ago by Joel

I tend not to be a member of the sky-is-falling crowd when it comes to fun stuff being mixed in with the news -- but this seems misguided:

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Memo from Associated Press' Los Angeles assistant bureau chief

From: Baker, Frank S.
Sent: Tue 1/8/2008 11:58 AM
To: News - Southern California Editorial Staff
Subject: Britney

All:

Now and for the foreseeable future, virtually everything involving Britney is a big deal. That doesn't mean every rumor makes it on the wire. But it does mean that we want to pay attention to what others are reporting and seek to confirm those stories that WE feel warrant the wire. And when we determine that we'll write something, we must expedite it.

Thanks.

Frank
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Gee. What else in California could possibly be worth that kind of news effort?