Does dishing about anorexia and thinspiration in celebs make it “cool”?

This morning, I actually clicked on an AOL homepage link talking about Courtney Love, the very quirky (and unstable, in my opinion) rocker chick who was married to (or at least living with) Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain.

The link shows a pic of Courtney looking quite skinny.  Truly, she does look pretty sick.  But is this a case of the media just being a pack of dogs?  Do they really give a damn about what happens when they show pics of a troubled woman?  Do they even realize (or care) that they may be encouraging anorexics and bulimics everywhere to emulate the thinness?

Now, I don’t know if Love is anorexic.  She’s obviously not eating right now.  But what kills me is that if she gains 20 pounds, the papparazzi will be all over her a&*, talking about how she’s “ballooned up” and has cellulite.