The coverage for this is heavier then 9/11 coverage.
- That's totally respectful that CNN is paying homage to Michael Jackson by doing a bunch of condescending armchair psychoanalysis of his life.
- Members of Michael Jackson's family who were excluded from the will are apparently suing for part of the estate, which completely defeats the purpose of general concept of will.
- Is there much of an estate over which to fight? I thought he was in massive debt, and that's why he was doing the string of shows in London and then, possibly, a Las Vegas run.
- Jermaine Jackson looks kind of like Isiah Thomas.
- I don't see how anyone who was actually close to Michael Jackson can be speaking to the media at a time like this.
- Is vitiligo fundamentally different from being calico? (Also, maybe this explains the one glove thing, and Flea's one sock.
- Who had a more masculine speaking voice: Michael Jackson or Mike Tyson?
- I think it's interesting--and probably pretty telling--that all of the so-called scandals of Michael Jackson's life went more or less completely ignored in all countries except for the United States.
- As much as I joke about it, I think there is a very real possibility that Michael Jackson didn't actually molest any children and, even if he did, Americans are--in the words of Chris Rock--willing to let it slide. The problem, though, is that because the American tabloid media is so aggressive and scandal-mongering, a district attorney cannot let it slide, because these are serious enough allegations that they really have to be addressed, even if totally spurious--because the media doesn't report that last part. (And, if the allegations were true, I don't understand why Michael Jackson didn't just move to a country Cambodia or Thailand, where pedophilia is not only tolerated, but in fact encouraged.)
- Doesn't Martin Bashir just strike you as a huge asshole?
