with all the channels covering Michael Jackson's memorial today. I lost track after flipping through about 12 channels covering the event. A little boy was singing for the brief moment I watched. He was "handpicked by Michael" to sing with him for the canceled tour in England.
Just before the music, Magic Johnson gave a speech about how Michael touched his life. I kept waiting for the basketball/pop-music metaphors. "And then, at age 50, poor Michael's heart double-dribbled..."
Did we just forget about all that crazy stuff Michael did? Is this like the Reagan funeral, where we only remember the good? Did the giant coliseum, the thousands inside, the millions of viewers at home, and the giant broadcasting stations--did they all forget how Jackson almost went to jail for being a pederast? That he kept life-sized dolls of children in his bedroom? That he had several locked passages and areas in his many closets?
I'm not saying the guy was horrible. I'm not saying that we oft' inter the good with his bones, or anything like that. Here's what I'm saying: Does the guy really deserve constant TV coverage? Better stuff has to be happening in the world, News-Industrial-Complex.
Maybe I just want Magic Johnson to say a few words at my funeral...
Coming up: How listening to Michael Jackson song can kill you! After this commercial break...
Tuesday, July 7
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Today while waiting in the hotel lobby, I was watching Nancy Pelosi's press conference on CNN about CIA cover-ups and disclosure problems. One of the reporters asked her how Michael Jackson's death had affected her and if there was going to be any formal proclamation of sympathy from the government. WTF.
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