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5 commentsA brief note about Michael Jackson
I’ve never really liked Michael Jackson’s music that much (with the exception of some Jackson 5 songs). It’s not bad, but I never understood why it was astronomically popular. Regardless, the media coverage of his death was absurd. It’s a news event, to be sure, and it should have some coverage, but if you’re a “news” organization, at some point you have to decide what is important. The Jackson “coverage” drowned out major national and international stories. MTV, VH1 and BET can focus on it, sure, but they don’t have an obligation to cover the news.
I guess I can’t really think of a celebrity whose death really made me sad. Actually, I’m having trouble thinking of any living celebrity whose death would make me sad (more than anyone else’s death would make me sad). Radiohead is my favorite band and Louis CK is my favorite standup comedian, and if any of them died, I’d mostly just be sad that they won’t be creating anymore. I guess it’s just me.
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It’s not just you. It’s all rational people.
Whew, glad to hear it
I feel a little strange proposing this list, but what about:
Jon Stewart
hm…I just assumed I could come up with more than that. Wow, maybe you’re right…
If Jon Stewart were no longer performing, I’m not sure that I’d be especially sad. I’d be more sad if he just decided to stop performing for any reason (this still seems like a cold thing to say, but I think it’s pretty rational).
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