Attention ‘The News’: Please Sign Out Of Facebook

It might be a stretch to start referring to Sydney Confidential as ‘The News’ but what they produce is news in my world, and no matter how messed up that may be, it’s just the way it is.

I’m here to beg of you, Sydney Confidential – please, please log yourselves out of Facebook and focus on the task of actually digging up real dirt on Z-list celebrities the old fashioned “offline” way.

Frankly, this little item from New Year’s Day bothered me. A lot.

TV personality Charlotte Dawson started 2009 with a personal achievement, of sorts – ringing in the new year without going overboard on the booze.

Dawson changed her Facebook status yesterday to: “First EVER New Year’s Day with no hangover ANDa huge blackbruise on bum from horse fall!”

Now, it’s not that I particularly object to the papers being filled with celebrity status updates from Facebook. Celebs on social networking sites make great filler – I know this, because it’s my filler. Check out how obsessed I am with The Bass being on Facebook!

I just think it’s terribly unfair you’re moving in on my territory. I don’t have your budgets or credibility or connections or showbiz spies or invitations to glamorous events. I am often forced to turn to the internet to discover what stupid/remotely interesting things stars are saying, so I beg of you – please, leave me the scraps of showbiz news that can be discovered on Facebook.

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