Did I miss the memo? Did Michael Jackson buy CNN? I thought he was running low on cash I mean, don’t get me wrong. I’m a dancer. I love it that people are paying some attention to a dancer for a change. But, for the most part, they aren’t paying homage to his accomplishments. They’re shining a voyeuristic flashlight on the sordid parts of his life. Like we didn’t already know all that stuff.
But I must have missed the memo. Because the day that Michael Jackson died, a week ago now, there were 2 wars on. Iran was turning into a mess, with civil disobience in the streets and, we’re told, the secret police “disappearing” people. Farah Fawcett had died. North Korea was threatening to throw missiles up into the sky, aimed at Japan. The US was about to pull some troops out of Iraq. Did all that stop?
If not, why is Michael Jackson getting 90% of the airtime? Do those other things not matter? Does it really matter that they found Michael Jackson’s monkey? This is news?
Oh, I heard Sarah Palin resigned for no reason anyone can understand. That did get a little air time on CNN, but mostly because no one could figure out why she resigned.