“[Princess] Diana’s funeral may not have pioneered the use of applause where once silence reigned, but it made the practice acceptable and respectable.”

“She’s the Princess Diana of the trailer parks,” says one observer.

The ‘dumbening’ of journalism?
Give me a prurient media over watching a stoning
Anna Nicole’s full court press
In death, Smith achieved attention she always craved
Anna Nicole: an irresistibly tawdry tale
Sick of Anna Nicole news? It’s your fault

“When a celebrity dies, the media now knows how to build a dramatic tragedy around it. But who determines the length of the play?” I grieve, therefore I am

A commentary about public mourning for “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin and others, including Princess Diana:
Crikey! He was only a TV presenter

Here’s an article with the original quote comparing Irwin to Diana: It’s like JFK or Diana for kids: mother

And another article about mass grieving for Diana and others: Experts ponder public grief over Irwin