Was Aretha Franklin Uninvited to Whitney's Funeral by Cissy Houston?

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abfan,

I believe that this may be nothing more than a fishing expedition in order to keep a hot story 'hot'.

We've seen this whenever someone famous dies. Suddenly, a classmate of theirs from the third grade wants to talk about their 'life' with so & so & will even discuss how they were hooked on cookies & milk & used to eat & drink them together.

I guess that aside from the speculatory nature of these 'stories', what I despise most about them is that "unnamed sources'' routine. Often times, ''Unnamed Sources'' is a most convenient way for whomever's writing something to throw out THEIR OWN opinion & speculation, side-stepping any responsibility by quoting an 'unnamed source'.

Kinda like when someone has someone toss their name out there for being considered for political office or even a new movie role.

I honestly believe that this is a case of someone who's not satisfied with the explanation given for Aretha's non-appearance & figures that there HAS to be something more to the story & has decided that his/her hypothesis is closer to the truth than what has already been stated.

I say this because as already pointed out, there was NOTHING said by Aretha in that article which could be twisted into a negative statement about Cissy. She clearly stated that Whitney was given all of the tools possible, but somehow fell by the wayside.

The writer set the tone for his/her direction & showed where THEY were coming from when they prefaced Aretha's quote by writing & I quote..."In what sounded like veiled criticism..."

I don't see ANY criticism, veiled or otherwise in what Aretha said. That's the writer insinuating HIS/HER beliefs into the matter. At best, it's misleading & deceptive, at worst, it's a lie & it's these kind of tactics that gives what passes as journalism these days a bad name.

And sadly, too many people for for 'journalism' such as this in which speculation & innuendo is presented pretty much as fact.