Never disagreed with you that pretty much after about 10PM on the day he died this became a non news story. But as we all know the purpose of television news is not to present the news but to sell commercials.
On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 1:06 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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"? > > ** > > > -- There's a moment after you cast the die but before it hits the table. Breathe wrong and you'll change the way it lands --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
