News coverage of celebrity deaths has become a cottage industry, hasn’t it? I can only imagine the number of LA residents whose full time job involves listening to police scanners all day, trying to recapture the magic that was Anna Nicole Smith.
At least the coverage since Michael Jackson died last Thursday hasn’t been THAT over the top (all things being relative). I was in the San Diego airport [shocker] watching CNN spend the first 30 minutes of their coverage running nonsensical footage of an entry gate while a trailer across the bottom of the screen indicated that “media outlets are reporting Michael Jackson’s death”….ummm, YOU’RE a media outlet, CNN. I don’t think you get to hedge your bets on this death thing just in case Michael Jackson turns out to be in the back of an ambulance with Dr. Phil. I mean…you’re CNN for chrissakes…not a blog.
Upon final confirmation, CNN immediately cut to Al Sharpton giving a presser in Harlem. Seriously? I know Michael Jackson had his issues, but I think he deserves better than Al Sharpton as an official spokesperson. Besides, just because you’re black and crazy doesn’t mean you get to speak for all black and....eccentric.
But it was no more than 11 minutes after he died, and CNN had a 400 word obituary up on their website. I know they pre-write these things for the next most likely candidates, but Michael Jackson? Does Miley Cyrus know her obituary is already written?
I bet the only person in America who really wants more of this Jackson coverage is Mark Sanford.
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