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Quaid arrest grabs headlines in media frenzy on internet |
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MARFA – Holy paparazzi, Marfans!
The arrest and swift release of Randy and Evi Quaid last Thursday resulted in an avalanche of print, broadcast and online stories about the event.
Although the Quaids weren’t taken into custody until the afternoon, reporters from all over somehow snooped out the impending arrest and started calling the sheriff’s office that morning. According to phone logs at the sheriff’s office, reporters from the internet celebrity gossip sites Radar and TMZ called a few minutes before noon. The New York Post also phoned the sheriff.
The Sentinel fielded a flurry of calls that included Radar; the New York Post; Entertainment Tonight; KWES-9, E!; and Inside Edition. Several of those places offered $500 for photos. The paper gently declined.
A reporter for the NBC affiliate in Los Angeles called the home of Sentinel owners Robert and Rosario Halpern at 11pm Thursday night. He had a Presidio number for the sheriff’s office, he said. How come it wasn’t working?
The story appeared on CNN; Insider.com; an internet site called the Daily Beast; the Associated Press; some British tabloid that got forwarded to us and who knows where else.
The Quaids have paid their bill at the hotel. Now, someone turn off the phone. |
