The Media Shamed Britney Spears For Getting Help

That’s a dangerous habit that needs to stop

Britney Spears has always been associated with what the media loves to label the “downward spiral,” thanks to the series of shocking events back in 2007; that included the abruptness of a shaved head, physical altercations with the relentlessly vile paparazzi, and the heart-wrenching image of her being carted away to the psychiatric ward for observation after losing custody of her sons.

The polarizing scrutiny of the then 27-year-old pop starlet was intense enough to give this age of social voyeurism a run for its money. This sums up the awfulness of the media’s abuse that went far beyond the lines of reason, and into the realm of gross misconduct with elements of life endangerment.

What was happening to the young mother of two, who was in the middle of a dissolving marriage, was payback for a level of fame that many desire, preferably without the endless trespassing by equipped vultures, who are paid to capture the worst moments in life that are callously added to the memory vault of pop culture for eternity.

Even a decade after Spears was forced to endure the epic downfall in full view of disloyal fans, and with the general acceptance that she would never get back on the throne of global adulation, media outlets…