Once again, CNN shows that it has no problem participating in garbage tabloid reporting. One of its top stories is that Britney Spears almost dropped her child when she stumbled on her pant leg.

Now, I’m all for not giving celebrities special treatment, and I also have very little sympathy for celebrities who are hounded by the media. After all, their paychecks are based more on their fame than they are on their skill or craft.

But there is something mean spirited about trailing a 24 year old first time mother just to catch her in the smallest parenting mistake. Do parents not remember their own parenting blunders? Or should we make it headline news when a young mother gets the orientation of her carseat wrong, or stumbles and nearly drops her child? I say, child protective services would be pretty busy if these were big issues.

Please let this young mother be a mother, and CNN, shame on you. I hope you’re not really the most trusted name in news.

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