Hot Topic: Virginia Tech, Alec Baldwin’s Parenting Skills And Paula Abdul’s Flight Of Fancy

Last week was, as always, another dizzying frenzy of gossip and media-related news. We gave you our up-to-the-minute take, but we’re far more interested in your reactions. Please continue to send us your comments, and every Monday* we’ll recap the burning issues and a sampling of your “colorful” responses in “Hot Topics.”

Issue: Everyone agrees that what happened at Virginia Tech was a tragedy. Not everyone agrees on how the media has been covering it.
You said: “Showing all of that stuff on national television was exactly what American press is known for…it’s all about the ratings…Funny, they can’t release it to the public on Internet so that they can review them at their own leisure and discretion, but they can broadcast it out to millions of families.”
You also said: “It’s the business of news organizations to print, broadcast, and post the news. NBC did what they’re suppose to do, and those who complain probably watched every minute of the broadcast. Americans go into shock whenever violence like this happens in the USA, but similar violence goes on day after day in Iraq and most Americans couldn’t care less.”

Issue: Paula Abdul is pissed at Southwest airlines for allowing elderly and handicapped for board ahead of her.
You said: “I don’t believe it since Southwest doesn’t have inflight movies.”

Issue: Nick Lachey drops the ball in the “Witty Comeback” department, loses battle of the words to Tom Arnold.
You said: “i think that the man who said that to nick is an absolute wanker plain and simple…nick and jessica might not be married any more but you could tell that when they were that they were very much in love so [that wanker, Tom Arnold] shouldnt have made a joke about that the asshole.”

Issue: As it turns out, sometimes it DOES suck to be a Baldwin.
You said: “What Alec did was wrong. The release of that tape was wrong. The fact that this is news is so wrong…”

Issue: Mysterious blond bombshell takes “ill,” soils her mattress after loud, marathon sex.
You said: “It’s Fugs & Jugs, for sure. Lots of stories about them in Italy recently.”
You also said: “http://david.hauslaib.com/. I cannot believe this is you! Bwah ha ha ha ha ha!”

*Or Tuesday