I know it’s pretty common for news agencies to prepare an obituary for those in the public eye who are at death’s door in advance of them kicking the bucket. That way the news agency has the obit at the ready once the person checks out. And while it’s kind of morbid, I understand it for someone like Fidel Castro who is old and seems to be taking his last breath every other week. However, it’s pretty douchebag-esque when you have written an obit on a young star who is going through the worst troubles of her life and then you talk about it to US Weekly, categorizing it as potentially being one of the biggest stories in a long time. The  Associated Press’ entertainment editor, Jesse Washington (also known as our Douchebag of the Day), told Us, “We are not wishing it, but if Britney passed away, it’s easily one of the biggest stories in a long time. I think one would agree that Britney seems at risk right now. Of course, we would never wish any type of misfortune on anybody and hope that we would never have to use it until 50 years from now…but if something were to happen, we would have to be prepared.” 

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