On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Phil Collins <[email protected]> wrote:
> Name a single person that is "Michael Jackson" famous? This strikes me as a non sequitur I will stipulate that Jackson is about as famous as any one human being can possibly be. As noted earlier, given his place in popular culture, I think his death, and its circumstances, are real news. But it is a huge and absurd leap from reporting (and even over reporting) the details surrounding his death, with appropriate obituaries, to the hours and hours and hours of clearly non-news repetition of the same hackneyed cliches and trite observations over and over and over again - often coupled with the worst kind of excuseology for any possible crimes he may have committed. I had OJ Simpson's poster on my wall in the same years that my sister had Michael Jackson's on hers. When OJ dies, will CNN reporters be referring to the alleged double murders he committed as simply a genius "wrestling with his demons"? ** --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
