Actually, it is LEGAL to be Annoying

There is no doubt that Nancy Grace is one of, if not the most annoying person on television. But friend, that's perfectly within her constitutional rights, and y'all can't sue her for it. That's really the bottom line here. The family of Melinda Duckett (who killed herself following an interview in which Grace insinuated Duckett was involved in her son’s disappearance) is suing the CNN reporter for wrongful death.

While I hesitate to call Grace a journalist, the fact remains that she does report (for a lack of a better word) the news and conduct interviews as she sees fit (if you want to throw up in your mouth, search youtube for her particularly nauseating interview with Elizabeth Smart- the only redeeming value to the clip is when Smart finally puts Grace in her place). While Grace might in fact bring shame to the field of journalism because she sucks, the questions she posed to Duckett were perfectly legitimate. In fact, I can’t even fathom a question that would justify wrongful death. While it does appear from the interview that Grace feels Duckett was involved with the child’s disappearance- so the f what? It’s called subjective reporting people, deal with it. Not everyone can be as objective as Bill O’Reilly and I are.

Reprimanding Grace in ANY way for interrogating Duckett would clearly (as Grace’s lawyers rightfully assert) threaten and “severely chill” the media coverage given to missing people. In addition, if Grace were sanctioned , the way journalists interview across the board would be severely hampered. Not to mention, that it’s just ridiculous to claim that one can prove that Grace’s actions caused Duckett to kill herself. Clearly, it’s within the realm of possibility that Duckett was experiencing psychiatric problems which were associated with the decision kill herself. Or perhaps Duckett was involved with the disappearance of her son and that contributed to her decision to shoot herself. Despite the disgusting taste supporting Nancy Grace might leave in your mouth, it’s the right thing to do.