Betty White is a talented comedic actress who has been in the entertainment industry for over 50 years.
This is a screengrab of a Digg.com search of "Betty White."
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The top three results, all within the last month, are about Betty White and the show
Saturday Night Live. The bottom article, the one with the most diggs, describes a Facebook campaign demanding that
SNL let Betty White host the show, the one in the middle lays out a few sketches she should appear in. (That Facebook group, by the way, has
almost 500,000 fans.) The most recent story in that screengrab links to the story confirming that Betty would in fact be hosting the show. The day that article went live, Betty White was a trending topic on social networking site Twitter, just below the show
Skins and above something called a justin bieber.
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The Facebook campaign starts it, Digg.com keeps us posted and Twitter celebrates. Congratulations, Internet, you got Betty White to host
SNL. Quick question though:
Why did we do this?
This is one of the most perplexing Internet things I've seen in a while but, before we get into that, I wanted to quickly get something out of the way.
I Have Nothing Against Betty White
No problems with her whatsoever. I thought she was great on
The Golden Girls, and as far as old people go, it doesn't seem like she's completely lost her mind, which is good. She's a terrific entertainer and seems like a pretty sweet lady (though I have no idea what that means). I'm not a Betty White hater. I'm not sure if I'd call myself a fan, exactly. I guess if I had to answer the question, "What do you think about Betty White?" I'd respond, "I don't."
But still, nothing against the old broad.