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Smith died on the afternoon of February 8 and events unraveled quickly. The next morning, her mother was telling \u201cGood Morning America\u201d that Smith had partied too heavily as she raised the specter of a drug overdose. An initial autopsy report came to no definitive conclusions about the cause of death. A judge declined to order on emergency DNA test on the deceased. And the paternity sweepstakes got more crowded when the husband of actress Zsa Zsa Gabor emerged to announce that he too might be the father.<\/p>\n\n

In those first two days, cable devoted 55% of its time to the case. But for that moment in time, coverage was extensive everywhere\u2014though still not to the extent of cable. Seventeen percent of newspapers\u2019 February 9 front-page space, 32% of the radio airtime, and 25% of the online coverage dealt with Smith. <\/p>\n\n

Anna Nicole Smith Coverage: The First Two Days<\/h3>\n\n

All Outlets Combined and by Medium, Feb 8 -9, 2007<\/p>\n\n

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click here<\/a> to design your own chart<\/p>\n\n

Overall, across all media sectors studied, the celebrity better known for her measurements than accomplishments accounted for 30% of the coverage in those first two days. By means of comparison, the first two days of Smith coverage roughly matches the coverage of the Scooter Libby verdict the day of and day following the March 6 announcement that he was guilty of perjury and obstruction.<\/p>\n\n

[of Smith\u2019s death]<\/p>\n\n\n

After those frantic first few days, however, many media outlets would dramatically reduce their interest in the story. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Smith died on the afternoon of February 8 and events unraveled quickly. The next morning, her mother was telling \u201cGood Morning America\u201d that Smith had partied too heavily as she raised the specter of a drug overdose. An initial autopsy report came to no definitive conclusions about the cause of death. 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