Swayze Dances with Death!

American actor Patrick Swayze has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, his agent has confirmed. Not only is this a shocking piece of news, it is reported in a very interesting and thought provoking way. Well, in my opinion at least!!

The BBC story focused mainly on the devastating disease as if it has only ever happened to Patrick Swayze. There was little information about the disease or any quotes from any other sufferers or experts in the field. The Times Online, dealt slightly better with the case: "Dirty Dancing star Patrick Swayze has cancer." They explained the disease briefly and how it affects people. In relation, the BBC looked at how the story itself had spiralled out of control, in its other links, including a video clip.

It is interesting to see how many blogs popped up in a search about this subject. Celebrities Uncovered had this to say; "Patrick who has starred in numerous films like Ghost and Donnie Darko, was diagnosed with cancer more than a month ago but does appear to be responding well to the treatment."

It is interesting to see when a story of such seriousness breaks, which involves a celebrity, suddenly many more bloggers become experts. Not that I'm against Swayze, but this disease has affected other people, it would have been interesting to do a blog search with any labels of pancreatic cancer in before this story broke.

Is this due to the society we live in now? Well that's a different blog all together.