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This story wasn't a story until all of this happened. This story is not about Paris Hilton. This story is about our (that's you and me) obsession with and revulsion for celebrity - rich, talented, odd, or revolting. This story is also about the state of California's detention facilities, which you didn't even mention. Paris is a grotesque caricature, but unless we (especially journalists and editors) can react fairly and compassionately we are no different and maybe worse.
Please write a story about what would have happened to a normal woman in Paris' circumstance. Please write a story about California detention facilities. In other words, do some journalism. We won't be free from Paris until you (the media) do those things - co-opt her celebrity and inform the public.
