On Sat, Feb 13, 2021 at 10:22 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah but...at the NYT, isn’t it customary that if they are unable to do > their own reporting, or share the reliable reporting of other credible > journalists, that they don’t run the story? > > I would say the documentary was basically about the podcast and social > media fan sites, with a tacked on reminder of who Spears is for those who > forgot. There is a story here, but the NYT never got into it. At least, > instead of repeating the fans vague assertion that people as young and > active as Spears are rarely put on probate Conservatorship (which, I > believe is true), why not give us some basic numbers? How many people are > placed on PC each year in this country, how many of those are under 60 and > not obviously demented or gravely impaired? Of those younger adults not > obviously gravely impaired, what do we know about them? Are they usually > wealthy? Are their concerns about minor children? Of the (again, I believe > the fans are correct) relatively few who have gotten off of PC, how did > that happen? Why not find a few as similarly situated to Spears as possible > and interview them? > > There are questions about mismanagement of her estate; she had this huge > Vegas deal taking in millions per year (! How many people on PC are > currently earning tens of millions of dollars per year?) and yet her total > estate is valued at “only” $50 something million, which seems like less > than what she was worth before the Vegas deal. A Conservator is only > supposed to be able to make major decisions about assets with court > approval, and most of these financial records are supposed to be public. > Why didn’t the documentary report on this? >
For the record I agree with all of this. The one real deficiency I felt after watching the program is that I didn't get a clear understanding what a conservatorship is under law and what its limits are. The program did get Britney and her problems into the national conversation whether that is good or not. And it got a full apology from Justin Timberlake (and Janet Jackson got one too) whether it was sincere or not. Here's a good writeup about the current situation, starting with Craig Ferguson's monologue and going through the cruelty of how young women who become successful get treated: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/02/britney-spears-cruelty-media-treatment/618018/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGxxtxY7-7xzvwY6x1vGfXo_apxFnGXJDMyxxsRd5DsKw%40mail.gmail.com.
