But the tabloid really crossed the line this week when it decided to publish a cover story featuring a photo of Whitney Houston in an open casket at the Whig-ham Funeral Home in New Jersey before her burial last weekend.
That’s right: The magazine somehow thought it was appropriate to put an unauthorized picture of the late singer’s dead body on every newsstand in America.
It’s not appropriate.
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Actually, it’s astoundingly poor taste and low stooping, even by the Enquirer’s standards.
Whitney Houston’s Dead Body Photo – And it represents the very worst of predatory paparazzi culture. There’s no reason why the public at large needs to see Houston’s lifeless body.
Almost as jaw-dropping as the decision to show the photo itself is the Enquirer’s total lack of self-awareness in “reporting” on Houston’s private viewing.
The tabloid says Houston was “finally at peace after a tumultuous and troubled life in the spotlight.”
But the Enquirer invaded that “peace” by sticking cameras into the casket.
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The mag adds, “This was the emotional private viewing that her legions of fans never saw, a time for Whitney’s loved ones to say a heartfelt goodbye with their tears and prayers.”
And the Enquirer trampled on those loved ones’ final moments with Houston, turning what should have been an out-of-view private time for reflection into tabloid spectacle.
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i think this is such ashame for someone to put a picture of whitney lyin in the casket on line ,thats not cute at all,
it.s a shame they did that but she looks beautiful