Comments on: Some Media, Viewers Fault Jackson Frenzy, While Others Feast On It

By: Bad Robot !

Bad Robot ! — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:59:21 +0000

Has the body of Michael Jackson been DNA tested yet? Maybe its not really him and the body in the freezer is just his stunt double ———————— seriously. Maybe CW could have a new show “The Next Michael Jackson” featuring a slate of Michael Jackson impersonators, one of whom is Michael himself! — seriously. Wouldnt that be the sort of thing CW would cook up?

By: Jason Clinkscales

Jason Clinkscales — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:23:29 +0000

Cathy, your comment on the need of real journalists to present facts is what so many of us clamor for. However, the sad reality is that conjecture, speculation and ‘expert’ analysis accounts for much of the content on these 24/7 television outlets. So few hours in a day for the decision makers, yet so little desire or resources to bring attention to other events, whether its globally or locally.

If anything, those of us who consume the media as much as we do have become more aware that there are a plethora of outlets (TV, print, online, radio) that we can gather information from and somehow connect the dots on what are the generally accepted facts. However, just as the professionals run on speculation, we consumers do a pretty good job of mucking things up.

By: Hialeah-Joe

Hialeah-Joe — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:14:06 +0000

I was at the gym when the news broke on the television that he died. I was watching TV while running and when it broke you instintly saw everybody that was watching looking at eachother in shock. People tipped off other people of what was happening and soon everybody was tuned in to CNN. It got to the point where the gym management took off the music playlist and blasted CNN’s coverage. There were a group of pretty distraught woman. It was incredibly surreal.The next day the music being blasted was MJ all day long.

Im not angry at the amount of coverage, more so at the irresponsible manner some news sources have managed it. All the networks ran with the reports from London’s National Enquirer about his body being in horrible condition and the nanny bumping his stomach….It was all proven to be bogus! More specificaly I will point out an investigator ET is using that I as a casual MJ fan I know is full of it.

By: romo

romo — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:05:23 +0000

I was at best buy today & at a tv they were showing the michael jackson dvd concert….there were 17 people just standing there watching at 1 point…ive never seen that in a store before.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:05:03 +0000

Look on the bright side. Sarah Palin managed to suspend the unending Jackson “Specials” and dubious “Breaking News” for almost a whole afternoon and evening! We got to see all the endless “expert” explanations of why she is quitting the governorship. Same media vultures, “different close and personal people in the know.” It would be nice if the networks and cable news outlets had real journalists who actually had to have factual information before launching a story. Guess those days are gone forever. Just make something up. No one will bother to check or if they do finally bother to check the lie may have already become the reality.

By: jay

jay — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:28:15 +0000

I remember the OJ frenzy, the Jon Bonait(?) Ramsey frenzy, the Lorena Bobbit frenzy — dozens of them over the past 20 years the networks slashed their news budgets and staked out easy-to-cover media havens with plenty of local reporters to steal and borrow from – ie, LA and New York. As an old hand at this, I have found it sinfully easy to not see a single second of MJ coverage. If you don’t want to be demoralized by Web coverage as well, do like they used to say if you don’t like Channel Whatever – don’t click on to anything with the words ” Michael Jackson” in it. It’s not rocket science.

By: Jason Clinkscales

Jason Clinkscales — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:34:36 +0000

Lanie, I have hibernated myself from the coverage because I knew this would be a circus. However, it’s on point when you say that the real frenzy hasn’t even started yet.

By: Lanie Grace

Lanie Grace — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:17:25 +0000

Gossip and bad news are the “hit makers”.

We haven’t even begin to see the end of the MJ Frenzy. WHen it finally comes out that he died of an overdose of Diprivan and the doctor is charged. The real frenzy will begin.

~Lanie~