Well, it’s still Los Angeles, even if it's news

KABC’s 11 o’clock news was understandably all wildfires, all the time. (Working on a story on local coverage of the fires prevented blogging today.) Until, that is, they had to interrupt the news for a story about Marie Osmond fainting on “Dancing with the Stars.”

But they managed to tie even that bit of effluvium to the fires: They opted to blame her collapse, in part at least, to the smoke in the air affecting her asthma.

A most unfortunate precedent set here – in the coming days, expect the following news stories: “Is Paris Hilton’s Home Safe?” “Which is a Bigger Threat to Britney’s Kids: Her or the Wildfires?”; “Do the Wildfires Justify a Lindsay Relapse?”; “Celebrity Wildfire Losses Vs. Katrina’s Abandoned Impoverished: Who Should You Feel Sorry For?”