Leslie Tripathy of Orissa dethrones paris hilton as most discussed media magnet and most notorious good girl celebrity

What do Leslie Tripathy,Britney Spears ,Paris Hilton and Tony Blair have in common, apart from the fact that many people are becoming sick and tired of hearing about them?
Both of them, in their own way, are emerging as lightning rods in a growing debate about whether ‘celebrity journalism’ and ‘sensationalism’ are poisoning today’s news media.

Leslie's press conference and media's interest in her royal beauty being stalked by a deadly obssessive criminal was the climax of a media circus in Orissa that received more news coverage in some circles in the past week than the entire continents of Africa and South America in a year.

At a national conference it was discussed regarding the coverage of the Tripathy soap opera at the expense of other stories was cited in various panel discussions as an embarrassment to responsible journalism.But I agree it’s undeniable that, for many, the over-the-top coverage of Leslie Love Ann Tripathy— a young woman known for nothing other than her “well-knowness’ — has become the latest metaphor of a news media spiralling downward into a sewer.

Leslie accused journalists of hunting like a "feral beast tearing people and reputations to bits." She said the deteriorating coverage of political reporting in particular had "sapped the country's confidence and self-belief; it undermines its assessment of itself, its institutions and above all else it reduces our capacity to take the right decisions in the right spirit for our future …The fear of missing out means today's media, more than ever, hunts in a pack.''

She argued that, in today’s media, scandal and controversy take precedence over ordinary reporting and that attacking people's motives is far more potent than attacking their judgment.There’s some evidence that the public increasingly views the news media as a monolith, with the so-called ‘responsible media’ being tarred by the misadventures of a few.