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Shared on Tue, 06/26/2007 - 23:55Did anybody else find it odd that the WWE berated mainstream media for “sensationalistic reporting”?
In a statement released on its website, WWE announced it was “shocked” that the press was suggesting the double-murder suicide involving one of its premier wrestlers was linked to steroid use.
On Monday the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department found the bodies of Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and his son, Daniel inside their posh Atlanta home.
Police said Tuesday Benoit had strangled his wife and smothered his son, leaving Bibles beside their bodies. He then went into his exercise room and hung himself.
“WWE strongly suggests that it is entirely wrong for speculators to suggest that steroids had anything to do with these senseless acts, especially when the authorities plainly stated there is no evidence that Benoit had steroids in his body, pending the toxicological reports, and that they had no evidence at this time as to the motive for these acts,” said WWE.com.
Never mind that the WWE survives through its sensational content.
Never mind that the WWE has done nothing but advertise itself through this tragedy.
Never mind that the WWE ran an advertisement for its wrestler “The Undertaker” beside one of its statements about Benoit’s death.
This seems a clear case of the kettle calling the pot black.
In a statement released on its website, WWE announced it was “shocked” that the press was suggesting the double-murder suicide involving one of its premier wrestlers was linked to steroid use.
On Monday the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department found the bodies of Chris Benoit, his wife, Nancy, and his son, Daniel inside their posh Atlanta home.
Police said Tuesday Benoit had strangled his wife and smothered his son, leaving Bibles beside their bodies. He then went into his exercise room and hung himself.
“WWE strongly suggests that it is entirely wrong for speculators to suggest that steroids had anything to do with these senseless acts, especially when the authorities plainly stated there is no evidence that Benoit had steroids in his body, pending the toxicological reports, and that they had no evidence at this time as to the motive for these acts,” said WWE.com.
Never mind that the WWE survives through its sensational content.
Never mind that the WWE has done nothing but advertise itself through this tragedy.
Never mind that the WWE ran an advertisement for its wrestler “The Undertaker” beside one of its statements about Benoit’s death.
This seems a clear case of the kettle calling the pot black.
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