Frankly, my dear, I just really don't give a damn. While this scandal has all the earmarks of a classic Southern Gothic romance, it is just so played out. The same goes for Michael Jackson. Seriously. Enough already! Uncle!
Are we really that bored as a society that we need a Harlequin romance read to us on the evening news? Or the Stephen King horror show that is everything to do with Michael Jackson? Yeah, yeah, yeah... I conributed to it too... in the first 24 hours. But a week later, and it still dominates the news hour. It's still the lead story on almost every network.
I can see the news value in a DEA investigation into potential prescription drug violations. I lived in L.A. for five years, and I can tell you that the pill popping culture there is insidious. This could be a very good outcome to the King of Pop's untimely death. In fact we are overdue for an open and honest examination of our univeral addiction to celebrity.
If the news editors and producers walked down paths like these, they would be adding value to our day. But a rundown of salacious soundbites is just, well, boring.
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Our 'main stream' media has gotten to be as bad as the tabloids. Back in September 2001, it took a catastrophic disaster to get the Sandra Levy/Congressman Gary Condit story off the news and in 2005 it took a major storm to get these two stories off the nightly news: Kate Moss Using Cocaine & Martha Stewart goes to jail.
I know that we all love a good summer read, but like you, I want our news media to concentrate on the important issues of the day.
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"Poll: 64 percent say too much Jackson coverage
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Nearly two in three Americans say news organizations have given too much coverage to the death of Michael Jackson, but half say the media have struck the right balance between covering the pop star's personal life and musical career.
In a Pew Research Center poll published Wednesday, 64 percent of those surveyed said Jackson's death last week in Los Angeles has received too much coverage, 29 percent said the story received the right amount and 3 percent said the story got too little attention.
Thirty percent said they followed the story very closely, though that number jumped to 80 percent among blacks, according to the independent public opinion research group.
Pew interviewed about 1,000 adults for the poll, which has a margin of error of plus-or-minus 3.5 percentage points."
Good to know we are not alone in our thinking about this subject.
He is the commander of a 10,500 person armed force. That is not ok; see my post on llamas for details. :)