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Delgadillo girls on Good Morning America and in People

Thursday, February 22, 2007, 9:09
Section: Journalism

Anyone catch this segment this morning? Posters on the GMA message board did, although ABC wants people to pay to be able to watch their segments online. A text version of the story is also available.

Surprisingly (to me, at least), the televised segment didn’t include anything from Iraq — in fact, the only picture of the Delgadillo parents was one we ran in the Hesperia Star months ago. If you’re ABC News and have one of the few reporters in Iraq, it seems like it’d be worth your time to go film the parents and get their side of the story or, even better, set up a live interview from both Iraq and Southern California simultaneously. Yeah, this might have meant bumping the show a few days to accomodate military realities, but it would have been a much stronger segment overall, I think, and it would have been something that neither People Magazine nor Telemundo would have been able to duplicate.

People Magazine coverThe Delgadillos’ issue of People Magazine is on newstands today, with the cover story “Inside Britney’s Breakdown.” I’m pretty sure the folks at Von’s now question my masculinity, since I just bought a People with Britney on the cover and a Snickers. Maybe I should have gotten some motor oil at the same time.

As expected, People has a very warm-and-fuzzy take on things, which is what they excel at. It’s got some good photos — and again, a familiar photo of the parents — some good new details, like Audrey’s tattoo with her sisters initials on her wrist and some good quotes.

All that’s left that I know about (and it’s likely there’s more than I don’t know about) is some news story on Telemundo.

And now I’ve just gotten an e-mail from Seventeen magazine …



The Heroes Personality Test

Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 20:13
Section: Miscellany

Mr. Bennet
You scored 54 Idealism, 54 Nonconformity, 41 Nerdiness
Are you on the list?
Congratulations, you’re Mr. Bennet! You are one mysterious person with mysterious motives. Despite all the mystery, it’s clear that you believe what you do is for the greater good, and you are obviously a well-educated person in your field. Your best quality: Dedication to your work/organization/etc. Your worst quality: Keeping too many secrets

The horned-rim glasses wearing man

It’s true. I am a secret-keeping mofo and I have a friend who can erase memories from people’s minds, although he uses a ballpeen hammer and not a superpower.



Home Alone girls on GMA

Wednesday, February 21, 2007, 14:28
Section: Journalism

The Delgadillo girls will be featured on Good Morning America on Thursday.



A World of Warcraft Valentine

Tuesday, February 20, 2007, 10:53
Section: Geek

I didn’t see this until after Valentine’s Day, but it’s still a cute parody of the De Beers diamond ads. Magical socketed gems being placed into items is a new addition to World of Warcraft with the Burning Crusade expansion.



Muchachas Solas Caseras

Monday, February 19, 2007, 11:52
Section: Journalism

Next big media company to call the Star regarding the Delgadillo girls: Telemundo.

The LA Times also published some letters responding to last week’s story.


 








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