Jade Goody Coverage

It depends what part of the media you're talking about. The media in general only reflect the view of the general public at the time - as is the situation now. I wouldn't call it 'two-faced', if anything, if the media did stir up hype they're apologising now. Although I guess using illness to apologise is a contradiction in itself, it's a damn slight better than the press being against her now. Thats not to say her past behaviour was acceptable - of course not.



Others haven't understandably wanted press attention. As has been said, and you've said yourself - she lives in the media spotlight and having Max Clifford as her PR guru will make sure she still makes top news. I don't particularly agree with the way Mr Clifford handles things usually but in this case - again.. the 'Jade Goody' name raises awareness. That's the way it works now unfortunately.



I would agree here but the fact the Justice Secretary has got involved still makes it news.



I would guess that most of the public want the coverage. It's the way it is.

I'm sure it would be the same if somebody like Wendy Richard decided to live her battle in the media spotlight. But she's decided to keep it private and that's fair enough.

But again, it depends what the subject is.

Lets say Jade wasn't ill and Jade and Max were using the media to...lets say.. promote Jade's new eco-friendly car - then its a different ballgame altogether.

Just my opinion. Yours is fact again...clearly.

This is very sad, I remember her from that Shilpa Shety incident which was the top story for weeks. I understand them for covering it but they are going over the top, especially Sky. The other day they had a live video of her wedding gown arriving at her house.

I guess this is what media and news channels crave for, tragedies and shocking stuff which brings in viewers, they probably have the whole plan of covering her death and it will be a major ratings winner for them. Just like those paparazzies wanted the last photo of Britney Spears before she dies, it's all so sick and sad.

The fact of the matter is, this girl isn't news. There are thousands of sufferers like her, yes she has raised awareness by having a high profile case but there is no need for her to be on news channels, and in the headline sequences day after day after day.

From what I've seen on BBC News, her story hasn't been given too much coverage. It's been covered, but just in the headlines and then later in the bulletins, and sensitively.

I've always kinda liked Jade. She was the butt of jokes on Big Brother, but everyone seemed to like her, and she came across as stupid but genuine. The way she's dealt with her cancer has seemed to be brave and clever (firstly in highlighting the disease, and secondly in raising money for her kids when she's gone).

Admittedly I don't consume the trashy tabloids that may have given her the sort of coverage that would have made me turn off.

She doesn't deserve what's happened to her. Then again nobody does.

i can't understand where you are coming from at all, i'm in no way goody's biggest fan but i cannot help but feel moved by this sad unfortunate series of events to bestow a women of only 27. she may be ignorant, loud and crass, but she is still a person and still the mother of two children.

i'm actually a little uncomfortable with the press coverage of this, the tabloids and middle market blacktops all seem to be counting down the days until her eventual demise, she may or may not have herself to blame for this but it's the veiled (or not so) insincerity of the reporting and use of terms like 'cancer stricken star' which i find abhorrent, i feel so desperately sorry for her children who, when they get older will be glossing over about that was said about their mum, i can only hope they are brought up into a robust enough family unit to get through and not be damaged by it.

Indeed, I think that her death will be a watershed moment, the end of an era as it were. We're already seeing the law of diminishing returns in action on Big Brother; it's cultural influence has long dwindled away.

I reckon we're seeing a return to substance and less about vacuousness. We'll see less people being famous for being famous... or famous for being stupid.

It's not just the Jade thing that's driving this of course - Big Brother is reportedly about to finish, we've got rid of the thick bloke in the White House and there's a recession on so everyone's starting to think about the basics again.

Perhaps the death of Jade is just part of a big cultural shift

I agree with Gavin, I have always liked Jade, she was portrayed as the thick one from Big Brother, but that was probably down to the editing. Yeah, ok, she got confused about East Anglia but, hey, if somebody asked me about somewhere i'd never heard of then I'd get confused.

There is one hell of a sick website out there at the moment, which I think the police are looking into (I am going to post the link to it, but admin, feel free to delete it) - click here - be warned, contains text which may offend - but this is just absolutely sick. I hope to god her family don't find this piece of s**t on the Net.

She has made awareness of cancer quadruple in the past few weeks, surely we have to be proud of her for that? She has two young children. I'm sure if I was dying then I'd want to raise as much money as possible for a legacy to help them grow up.

Today she is going to get married, and I wish her all the best for that. Am sure I'll have a tear in my eye when I watch 'Jade' on Living, and her last interview on the new Piers Morgan show on ITV1 will also bring a tear to many-a-persons eye.

Personally to me, she has always seemed so warm, friendly, bubbly and up for a laugh, but sadly no more. She is an absolute shaddow of herself, and it's upsetting to see somebody like that who's had such a beautiful and brilliant life. A lot of people will miss her when she goes, not just her family, but the Heat-culture, and reality TV-viewers amongst us. She's lived her life in the media, and now she is going to die in it. Let's just show her some respect, she's not the butt of jokes, she's a human being, and without Jade over the past few years, since her Big Brother debut, a lot of gossip magazines wouldn't've been able to survive.

I imagine, Heat, Closer etc will have a special issue about her when she dies, as will Living TV - that has been her home on the TV for a good number of years - and even Shilpa Shetty has said that she will miss a "loving, loyal friend" (Star News, 20th Feb 2009), and having met Jade twice over my career, I can say that I will also miss her.

So please, show some dignity for her, leave her alone, and if you get the emails, texts or Facebook comments, just delete them. Imagine how her family are feeling. Oh, and good on the Criminal Cases Board today for allowing Jack Tweedy to have his licence conditions relaxed to allow him to spend some time with her.

Jade, we will all miss you and hope that you have a fantastic day later on today - you will look absolutely beautiful and radiant - and I can't wait to see the photos. Good luck, you're one hell of a woman.

I'm really sad about Jade's last days. Especially because of the fact she has kids. NO-ONE deserves to go through what she's going through at the moment. Even if she wasn't the nicest of humans on the planet.

I didn't particularly like her as a person before all this happened but I can't help but feel for her - and I applaud the way she's getting money for her kids' futures. Any other decent person would do the same if it meant a better life for their children to be fair.

I just wish TV news would cut down on the coverage a bit. Many are going through similar hell to Jade and they don't get constant coverage of their fights.

I'm fairly sure a large amount of this excessive coverage is down to the unprecedented nature of having a celebrity (ok a minor one many people weren't fans of, but a celebrity none the less) in the tragic position of having a terminal illness at such a young age.

When famous people have died at a young age in the past, there usually follows a short period of shock - the difference here is that we're all aware it will happen and nobody can do anything to stop that so the shock won't really settle down for some time.

This has 'OVERKILL' written over it. When she will unfortunately die from her illness, I suppose newspapers and and some news outlets especially Five News will have it as a top story. It is tragic but there are millions of other people who get cancer.
Other celebrities whose cancer killed them: the singer Dusty Springfield, the actor Paul Eddington etc. did not have all the acres of press coverage Jade Goody is getting.

As for the Government getting involved in a 'celebrity'-ish situation [even though I would never call Jade a celebrity. People who appear on programmes such as Big Brother can't surely be qualified as celebrities], it has happened before but not on the debate of someone's illness...
Such as Downing Street appealing to the television drama serial Coronation Street to "Free Deidre Barlow" in 1998 - that was humorous.

Fair enough it has raised the awareness of cancer but let it out of the TV news for at least one day. I suppose on the day of her death Sky News would most probably have a BREAKING NEWS strap on its screen for a few hours and Five will break in to programming. Plus, it would make Page 1 to Page 20 of The Daily Star newspaper. If you can call The Daily Star a newspaper.

Isn't that exactly the game the media are playing though - once the wedding is out of the way the attention will turn to when she dies. And knowing Jade she'll wait until BB is on air, putting them in a rather awkward position. Most former HMs would get a still at the end of the programme (like Paddy did last year), but people seem to think Jade deserves more. The problem is though there is very little footage from Big Brother itself which actually shows her in a good light.