Just a trifle perhaps, but I noticed that yesterday’s Google News headlines about the release of the Anna Nicole Smith autopsy were accompanied by one of the classy Anna Nicole Goes to Washington photos (left), while today’s headlines proclaiming her death to be the result of an accidental overdose of prescription meds are accompanied by, shall we say, images of Smith at her less-than-glamorous-best (right). 

Granted, those images change as Google refreshes it’s news reader, but for most of the post-release morning, it was the trashy party girl Anna.  Coincidence or subtle reinforcement of stereotype? 

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