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Who else is sickened by the amount of time and space which the media have devoted to Michael Jackson? What a shameless exploitation of a death for readers and ratings. And I’d like to know where most of his celebrity ”friends” on stage today were when the singer was in legal and financial trouble? What a bunch of camera-hogging hypocrites. It’s just wrong, wrong, wrong.
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Amen to that.
right on Nikki !
Hey Nikki how about a story on the excess $$$ Cali & LA has spent on this circus. 4 million is what I last heard. Arent we in the middle of a budget crisis?!? Why isnt any news outlet talking about this?!?!
Amen. And for the promotional company to suggest such an event for publicity and not lay out one penny…and of course the family isn’t either. The City of Los Angeles asking for donations? He was certainly a talented man, but there is a line between honoring, and milking for publicity and sales.
It has been enough but the Memorial was well done
Amen.
And why does it have to be on every channel like it’s the 9/11 coverage?
Maybe the celebrity friends can help pay for the funeral:
http://mayor.lacity.org/PressRoom/PressReleases/LACITYP_005598
It’s sign that our pop culture bubble has burst.
Network & Cable News programming died today.
The cable news nets have taken MJ from Thriller to filler.
You are so right about this. I’m sick of it. So very sick of it. All of his “friends” just took and gave nothing.
Are you new to the planet Nikki? What did you think would happen? Fame and celebrity are shallow institutions so how else should the most famous celebrity be remembered? The more interesting angle on this story isn’t the predictable “look at how phony everyone is”, it’s the fact that maybe a lot of people actually feel sad about his life and loss.
This thing was revolting!
Although Smokey Robinson & Berry Gordy gave nice, touching eulogies, the rest was disgusting & so over the top.
And I just her Cynthia McFadden on ABC say it was so nice & respectful.
ARGGGGHHH!
And forcing Paris to speak was child abuse, continuing the sad family legacy!
They wouldn’t dedicate the space if no one was watching.
couldn’t agree w/ you more!
blood sucking vampires. all of them.
Looks like NAMBLA runs the media.
I was just thinking the exact same thing!
the funny thing about your rant, is that your doing the same thing as the “media”… talk about hypocrite…
Money talks…
Agreed. Hopefully once he’s buried this will all be behind us. How quickly the lemmings forget.
Wow. You are bitter.
Nikki-
Give me a break. Some of those “celeb friends” at the memorial were supportive of MJ through his trials and tribulations…your a gossip columnist so I highly doubt you know the inner circle as much as you may claim you do.
Could not agree more. Acknowledging his importance in the entertainment world, this kind of coverage for a “singer” is obscene.
His demise has served as a grand distraction for the theft going on by the Federal Reserve, Congress and the deluded altruists in Sacramento. Psychologists call it ‘localizing the pain’ of broad disillusionment. It frequently happens right before the patient dies – or he finally wakes from his paralysis and realizes that his own needs of survival come first and foremost before the supposed ‘needs’ of the world. There will, in the altruist mind, always be someone more deserving than ‘you’. The rejection of this pathetically limited thinking is what, heretofore, has separated the American standard from the Old World thoughts of limitation. Mr. Jackson’s brilliance effectively froze a generation of dreamers in place, disabling their potential to become something real, while they lived vicariously through the performer – compounding their failures with the denial of his many unapologetic and inappropriate affairs. Let’s move on – as people in entertainment and as Americans – from the days of Pop culture, and return to a day of personal, domestic and political responsibility. The time is now. Now.
While the media coverage has been atrocious, I did find today’s memorial (minus Al Sharpton and Sheila Jackson Lee) to have been a great send off.
Hopefully after today we can leave the coverage to TMZ.
Nikki,
You’re wrong on this. Mike’s death is one of those moments that bind us all together. For me it’s been a reminder of our collective humanity, not just as Americans but as citizens of the world. And as an black person – I’ve never been prouder. The king is dead – long live the king. “Off The Wall” forever!
You hit the nail on the head Nikki. All this over acting today was just shameless.
Brooke Shield’s hasn’t seen MJ since 1991, and acted like they were BFF till the end.
Usher was just looking for an Academy Award.
John Mayer seemed the only one who wanted to honor the musician though he had nothing to do with MJ in life.
I wonder once it is revealed that MJ died of a crazy anesthia drug overdose will he be so revered.
He died a junkie w/ 3 kids in debt. Let this go already media elite.