Enough with the Michael Jackson Stories Already!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:10pm

Chris Cuomo accurately Twittered yesterday that Jackson's death would be the top media story for the next three days.

It's been a stormy day in my area and I've been housebound as a result. I've had it with radio, TV and internet coverage of this thing.

He's dead. We're not gonna bring him back. Let him rest in peace.

Updated On: 6/26/09 at 05:10 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:24pm

Please. Remember how much coverage there was on Anna Nicole Smith? I already have a stack of DVDs at the ready to avoid at least a month of nonstop TV Jacksonomania.

[Weez]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:28pm

I'm seriously considering getting into Wimbledon just so I have something to read at BBC News. It's terrifically sad, and the world will not see his like again, but we all know he's dead, so let's have something else as the top news story, eh?

And I freakin' HATE tennis. XP Maybe I'll just go through the Iran stuff again instead...

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:33pm

I have a feeling the world will see his like again. They have before. It's the circle of pop and it moves us all.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:35pm

I have been reading about it.. but avoiding all other coverage. I have been playing his music.. and to me that is the best way to deal with his passing.

[Weez]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:41pm

I hope not, Mister Matt. Someone who touches the music world in the same way he has, sure. Everything else? I SINCERELY hope not. :/

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:43pm

I do not think Jesus Christ would get so much air time as he has.

Updated On: 6/26/09 at 05:43 PM

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:46pm

I agree, Weez. Michael Jackson has touched us all. Most of us were just too young to remember.

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 5:48pm

Is it wrong if I say that his death doesn't affect me?

I mean, I cried over Brando's death and was very upset for a few days following Natasha Richardson's passing.

it's not that I don't care - obviously I'm concerned for his family and friends, as losing someone to a heart attack is traumatic and my own father has gone through multiple heart surgeries.

But I don't know... his death just doesn't really make me upset.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:01pm

PM.. not wrong for you to say at all/ Just as long as you are respectful of those who are affected.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:03pm

I cried listening to Gone Too Soon this morning. It may be silly, but it's effecting me a lot more than I ever would have imagined. Everyone is different, I suppose.

[javero]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:10pm

"But I don't know... his death just doesn't really make me upset."

Same here. I just always had a sneaking suspicion that Liz & Liza would outlast him.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:22pm

The usually responsible World News Tonight is devoting almost the whole program to Jackson.

Help!

[DAME]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:23pm

It is Friday night Dollypop. It is usally rehashed news anyways..

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:23pm

The Michael Jackson everyone knew & loved died years ago.

[Perfectly Marvelous]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:24pm

PM.. not wrong for you to say at all/ Just as long as you are respectful of those who are affected.

Of course.

Whether or not I'm a fan won't keep me from praying for the family, friends or fans.

Updated On: 6/26/09 at 06:24 PM

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:29pm

I totally agree that this is way overdone. CNN makes me want to vomit. I'm avoiding it when I flip channels. Hell, there wasn't this much SH*T when Elvis died.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:32pm

There were not as many news outlets when Elvis died. There was no internet when Elvis died. There was no twitter, Facebook, or Myspace. No PDA's and no Iphones. The world was not as small when Elvis died.

Updated On: 6/26/09 at 06:32 PM

[nmartin]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:38pm

Dame, no kidding? I'm well aware of that, but even in Memphis, which was obsessed with the whole thing, the papers and local news weren't as over the top as this. I ought to know. I was there.

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:42pm

I don't think the country was as obsessed with celebrity as they are now.

[DAME]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 6:50pm

And they were not as obsessed with celebrity because we didn't have all those things.
Plus.....I know many of you will disagree with me on this... Michael Jackson ( to me) was a bigger international star than Elvis was.

Updated On: 6/26/09 at 06:50 PM

[JerseyGirl2]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 7:40pm

Elvis died shortly after I was born, so I didn't know his impact until after the fact. I know my mom cried that day. I am still baffled by the amount of Elvis merchandise I see everywhere. Who would come to NYC and buy an Elvis clock?!

[DAME]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 7:42pm

White trash.

[Q]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 7:43pm

DAME - I tend to agree that Michael had more of an international impact.
Updated On: 6/26/09 at 07:43 PM

[PalJoey]

Posted: 6/26/09 at 8:49pm

Don't worry, Dollypop. I'm sure it will be this big a deal to everyone when Carol Channing dies.

(Or did she die already?)