Last Thursday, an article in The Washington Post prompted an online debate over the depths to which snark can descend. The article was about a "possible schizophrenic" claiming to have mothered Michael Jackson's three children:
"...Cruise claims to be the biological mother of Prince Michael, Paris and Blanket but not to have actually carried them herself. Not only that -- she says Jackson fathered a fourth child with her then forced her to give that child up to Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. Which is probably ultimately okay, right?, since she also claims to have married Tom Cruise when she was nine years old..."
Some readers felt this snark was below the belt, but Liz Kelly (author) had some defendants:
"Ok, come on Liz. I'll go along with a lot of things, but clearly this woman is mentally unstable. It's not news, not gossip either. It's just mean."
"I cannot believe this appeared on a Web site even remotely associated with the Washington Post, much less on its actual Web site. Please, take this down, and put up something more appropriate."
"I'm quite surprised that some of the regulars are so offended by the post...The woman sought media attention and here it is...I am just amazed by the hypocrisy showcased regularly in these comments. You say you want snark and put up stuff that might get you assaulted were you to say it to someone's face and here you are crying about a post that is relatively tame. Wow, just wow."
"...the issue is not snarking, or that 90% of the stuff on this blog is not really news -- the issue is that at some point you have to draw the line on providing media coverage of mentally ill people."
"Is it safe to snark, can I come out now?"
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