Me not being neither a Madonna fan nor a Britney fan, I'll still weigh in on this.

On Madonna's not wanting to sing her "old songs," she has the same attitude that Billy Joel has about "Just the Way You Are." He's proud of that song, likes it, and is glad that so many people still listen to it, but he doesn't want to be 70 years old and still singing it at concerts.

As for Britney and the media, I think Madonna is right. Maybe if ordinary people banded together and boycotted every TV show or celebrity magazine that covers the self-destruction of that sad pop tart until the "media" got the message, this will happen.