I don’t mean to sound disrespectful. I know this man changed things within the music industry and opened a lot of doors for upcoming African American artist everywhere, and that's a good thing. But I will be sooooo glad when tomorrow comes and goes, as you know Michael's funeral is happening. Reportedly, people only wanted free tickets to this event so that they could sell them on Ebay. One pair of tickets was going for $8000 yesterday on Ebay. So not that many people want to go, they just want to gain money from his death.
News coverage on this man shows during almost every commercial break. And CNN just won’t shut up about him. Reportedly, CNN is repeating far too much of the same things. Yeap, they report so-called news that most of us don’t care to hear about or have already heard 50 times already. Starting at 6 am tomorrow morning (July 7th), it's going to be constant coverage throughout the day on his funeral. So if we want to be informed about what else is going on IMPORTANT in the world, we just have to tune in, look down, and read the quick scrolls of short information rolling by on the bottom of the CNN screen. And you know the things that keep popping up in front of me on television look almost insane now.
After tomorrow the noise will hopefully start to die down. Michael Jackson was a singer that won Grammies and crossed a lot of lines, including paying $20 million dollars to a child’s family for their silence when molestation charges came about for the first of TWO times.
Again, I don’t mean to be rude because I know his history too. I am well aware that Michael was just a singer. No, he was NOT royalty, a mighty King that has done a great many things for millions in his country and for others around the world. Michael was not a political figure and could never make a treaty for peace...he just sang songs and made great creative videos. He couldn’t even work his own finances right. Three days before his death Michael reportedly paid $13,000 for two paintings to place inside his rented home, knowing that he was well over 300 million dollars in debt.
I just want to hear the real news now on television. There are so many things going on in the world that truly need to be reported on now, not much later or only briefly spoken about. I truly understand why so many people are irritated with seeing Michael Jackson's face all over their televisions almost 24/7.
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A private ceremony for the family is on television right now, at Forest Lawn Cemetary. And they don't look in a hurry to get to the Staples Center. The memorial sevice is already going to start late at the Staples Center. I think they want to linger this event out so that it last past midnight.
I like Michael too but I don't want this on televsion all day long. And I agree, I think this deseves news coverage but not as much as they have been showing since June 25th. It's now July 7th and the media coverage is getting slightly irritating because I also want to hear other world news too. But no matter what channel you turn too there is another repeated story.
1Commentators have been reduced to saying the stupidest things and speculating on everything.
2My entire family has decided not to turn on the TV today. More people should do that. Boycott the whole mess. I have refused to watch another MJ "love-a-thon" just as I have refused to watch anything with that octo-mom freak. Boycott.
3His clean legacy was stained many years ago. I hope this is almost the end of the 2 hour memorial service. I want to hear what CNN has to say about other important events going on in the world. Every time I tune back in the memorial coverage is still there.
4...or, just switch the channel or put in a DVD if you don't like what's going on, or flip on the AM radio for some news coverage. Then again I barely have access to a TV all day, so I could really care less about the coverage. They're gonna cover it no matter what...no one is being forced to watch it.
5My only thought right now is : "Oh please, people, let him die in dignity !".
I mean, I liked Michael Jackson's music too, but this hysteric collective showing of mourning is too much. And the media - vultures - keep dragging this because they have nothing else to say (true, Iranian people aren't repressed, Uighurs aren't getting killed by the Chinese police, Hondurian president hasn't been ousted in a coup, the economy is in the trash etc etc).
6CNN is forcing a little because they know we want to hear other world news and that we're going to tune in to see, and then we get there they bombarded you with the constant coverage, just when we are beginning to believe that it's dying down for that hour.
Oh God! Wolfe Blitzer just said they are going to continue constant coverage for the next 3 hours!! Ok, now I’m putting in a DVD because this is ridiculous now. I’m not going to hear any important world news today.
7The internet is pretty big. I'm sure there are places you can read important news.
8http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8139449.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8137078.stm
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090707/wl_asia_afp/nkoreanuclearmissileun
Something to get you started!
9I have been reading elsewhere as I work. But sometimes CNN is the main news station that carries certain types of news that I pay attention too. For two weeks most of their viewers like me have had to read the scrolls on the bottom of the screen. I've been doing that too for the news updates. My point is that I wish it would just tone down a little more.
10Again I agree that the coverage since his death is a bit too much. The media needs to give them selves a moment of pause to breath before they utter his name again. However, I will not agree that he was just a singer. If that's what he is to you than so be it but as you can see on the streets around the world in all walks of life from Tokyo to African villages the day he died he was not just a singer. Despite his controversial life he did a lot to help charities around the world and as you mentioned knocked down doors in the entertainment industry.
On another note I've been trying to confirm this information about Jordan Chandler. He was the young man who with his parents accepted a monetary settlement out of court back in 93 of $22 million. Well supposedly he apologized and said that he lied claiming that his father pressured him to. That is something I think we'll all be interested in following up on but again I can't confirm if it's true or not. I'll be keeping my eye on that one. As for his trial I don't believe M.J. molested anyone but like I said before his inappropriate non-sexual behavior invited such inquires so you can't blame people in the age of the boogeyman when our children are being snatched up and done wrong for not taking him for his word. I just think that when you have 135 witnesses (children/former children) who have spent time with him in his home alone saying the charges are ridiculous I have to give the man the benefit of the doubt.
11Thanks Em.
Happiness is not,except in very rare cases,that drops into the mouth like a ripe fruit.Happiness must be,for most men and women,an achievement rather than a gift of the gods,and in this achievement,effort,both inward and outward,must play a great part.
12The 2005 case was sketchy from the start. They wanted to press charges so the first thing they did was call Jay Leno?
13LOL! I know kastarte even Jay was scratching his head on that one.
14That was always so suspicious to me, hypno. That right off the bat just said to me that these people were looking for a pay out.
But back to the coverage issue, I watched CNN this morning before work, and I saw a lot of Palin coverage and President Obama goes to Russia coverage. They did blurbs about MJ every once in a while but I in no way felt bombarded.
15Afternoon Gals, I'm sleepy. How is everyone doing. I wish I could watch the coverage - I will have to catch it tonight.
Happiness is not,except in very rare cases,that drops into the mouth like a ripe fruit.Happiness must be,for most men and women,an achievement rather than a gift of the gods,and in this achievement,effort,both inward and outward,must play a great part.
16Damn. I need a ripe fruit to drop into my mouth
17"I wish I could watch the coverage - I will have to catch it tonight. "
bella!
I have to catch it later, too--just saw snippets here and there...
18I can't help thinking that I have descended in to one of Dante's rings of hell with all of this coverage. On the other hand, I tend to think that this sadly depicts what we find truly important these days.
19If you truly don't want to discuss MJ, then post other news stories - there are plenty out there. No one's insisting that he be the topic.
20I watched the services. I hope you all get a chance to view and reflect on MJ's life journey. He accomplished a lot in his short time on earth. I hope you are loved and can love as purely as he did. Just turn down the noise in you mind and enjoy the message.
21I'm not picking on you Eleuthera but I've found the sentiment (it's sad that this is what we find important above every thing else that's going on) a flawed one. I'm a huge fan of M.J. and IMO if I can use the analogy I used before there's only so much room on the front burners. Some things have to be put on the back burner for a minute but that doesn't mean that we're not aware of the attention it deserves. We'll check on it from time to time. So focus may be diverted for the moment but awareness is always in play.
22"I can't help thinking that I have descended in to one of Dante's rings of hell with all of this coverage. "
A bit melodramatic, non? I admit it's been a while since I've read The Inferno, but I don't recall the public mourning the death of a public figure making an appearance.
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24hypnoticmix, cheekyredhead, Eleuthera, and many of the other people here on POP are right.
There is nothing wrong with giving MJ's death news coverage but a lot of people within the media have gone overboard with it. There are other important things that need to be discuss on the news stations.
Like Hypnoticmx said.... "there's only so much room on the front burners. Some things have to be put on the back burner for a minute but that doesn't mean that we're not aware of the attention it deserves. We'll check on it from time to time. So focus may be diverted for the moment but awareness is always in play."
Excellent comment Hypnoticmx!
25RE: "hypnoticmix, cheekyredhead, Eleuthera, and many of the other people here on POP are right."
OMG...Never in sugar history has those three people been lumped into the "are right" category at the same time! Always nice to be appreciated.
Thanks JessieSP!
26I honestly feel sorry for the poor man. The media will not leave him alone even though he's dead! There is no proof he ever molested those kids. I think the parents wanted to make big money off of Micheal Jackson and saw that as a good opportunity. The man did wonders for the music industry and was an amazing father to his children. I also feel sorry for them.....the media will never leave them alone. Its bad enough they lost their Daddy and now they get to watch the media and people insult him.
27We ought all to feel sorry for the man, as you suggest. We ought to be able to look at his tortured life and his inability to trust as the price he paid for whom he was. It seems reasonably clear that parental figures and the drive for success were a leading cause, but then his overwhelming talent made him stand out. It is worthy of special note that this person felt obliged to take the path which ultimately led to his own self destruction. In the end his physical appearance was a mere caricature of a person. We ought to see Michael Jackson as flesh and blood, too, as the kind of person which no one really wants to become.
I also feel sorry for his children, regardless of their DNA, regardless of what is left for them: how many kids with wealth and famous parents end up as the well-adjusted arbiters of decency? As for the molestation issue, in death, that is perhaps better left alone. It is always possible that OJ didn't murder his wife too.
28I hear that the media MJ orgy continues...and I still refuse to turn on my TV.
My gravest concern is the children. Can you imagine people opening speculating your parentage...whether you are or not his children...the whole thing makes me nauseated.
I refuse to take part in it.
There was a time in history when somethings were simply not talked about out of respect. I can't help but feel this should have been one of them.
29your taking part in it.
30I wonder if this would be an oh snap moment for CG. I must ponder that.
Happiness is not,except in very rare cases,that drops into the mouth like a ripe fruit.Happiness must be,for most men and women,an achievement rather than a gift of the gods,and in this achievement,effort,both inward and outward,must play a great part.
31Bella I think what CG said is worthy of a Joy Turner:
OH SNAP!
CG:
32your taking part in it.
H to to the E to the double hockey sticks YEAH!
33Kas, you're too funny.
Happiness is not,except in very rare cases,that drops into the mouth like a ripe fruit.Happiness must be,for most men and women,an achievement rather than a gift of the gods,and in this achievement,effort,both inward and outward,must play a great part.
34woop..
35hahahahaha
36ha ha hell..
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Kas!
38Kas WHO is that? At first I thought it was I dream of jeanie...but clearly not.
39It is Jamie Pressly from "My Name is Earl." "Oh Snap" Is kind of her catch phrase.
40I confess that I don't get the humor: one is not taking part in speculation on children's parentage by addressing how disgusting it is of others to do so. If this were true, then one would be involved in the physics of the universe every time one mentioned Einstein.
Bella, with all due respect, if you wish to quote the man, please quote him correctly.
41Thanks for the education, I should quote the way I see fit.
Happiness is not,except in very rare cases,that drops into the mouth like a ripe fruit.Happiness must be,for most men and women,an achievement rather than a gift of the gods,and in this achievement,effort,both inward and outward,must play a great part.
42OH SNAP!
43I guess some do not understand that there is a character limit. I guess not.
Happiness is not,except in very rare cases,that drops into the mouth like a ripe fruit.Happiness must be,for most men and women,an achievement rather than a gift of the gods,and in this achievement,effort,both inward and outward,must play a great part.
44Does it fit the flowchart?
45OH SNAP!!! Flow that!
46I’ll follow it (your comment) by saying that the last few comments sounded not only rude but quite unintelligent. This is a personal blog about venting over all the Michael Jackson hype with his death. News that should NOT have been placed above all the other more important news on all the stations.
I agree with Hyno...it’s news that most people want to hear but everything else should NOT be placed on the backburner just for Michael, for this long amount of time. There is so many other pieces of valuable news that should be reported on ASAP.
And yes “ his clean legacy was stained many years ago.”
47What was really RUDE has been taken down. As for your ZEN moment...We'll leave it at that!!
48Grow up.
49Dear, you don't know me, I don't live with you, nor do I care what you think. Get over your self.
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