The current state of televised U.S. News Media
 

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yeah i know, im feeling the same way.

I understand he was a great artist and all, but he wasnt as great as people are making him. hell, I'm even deaf, so I care even less than an average person would anyhow which makes this more annoying for me.

The major news companies have never really cared about delivering relevant and insightful news, they care about profit, and this type of reporting is what their board has decided makes the most profit. Luckily there are good reporters and columnists out there covering the real stuff, and these companies also employ those guys and give them an outlet, they just don't make the front page very often anymore.

Less Michael Jackson, more history of toilet paper.

I disagree. <old man voice on> "Back in my day....."

Seriously, there used to be an implied public trust and standard that most of the mainstream media held themselves to. That's gone for the most part unless you listen to something like NPR. I blame Dan Rather and Jerry Springer! :mad:

Hang on let me get my popcorn this could be good :drama: Okay proceed

the news are bias and MJ is a hot topic, ratings

Lol that was just too random.

Werd

It's not over folks! Watch, you'll be able to buy,"The Michael Jackson Memorial Service CD"!





I am very thankful for the invention of remote control TV!

Montreal Based Company to Release Unofficial Bio of MJ Next Week.

hottest book to hit the shelves

Well, I would agree the media was more trustable in the past, but I don't think it was altruistic. I think the public cared more about getting real news back then, and so it made profit sense for them to be that way at the time. It's the change in the public attitude that drives the change in the media, in other words.

while all this was going on there was a serial killer in SC and 9 soilders died in afganistan both got almost no coverage

Gotta love u.s. :tup:
I know he was a big icon in pop and stuff but why can't we just move on?
It's not like most of us knew him that close...
We should focus on important things.

If we had been making useful progress, we'd already be living on some solar system hundreds of thousands of miles away. Progress is just gradual to begin with; things like these are just what the public wants.

I'm sorry this sounds insensitive, but MJ dying is old news.. get over it all ready. I know it's all for ratings but come on, yes he was a pop icon, and yes he was talented, but I'm sorry he's gone so lets move on.

Tell that to the public. The blacks will say you're racist, the whites will say you're insensitive (dear god, please... ugh), the fans will say you're a fag (they're fanboys, what do you expect), and the people who are making money off it say shove off, we're rolling in dough; so however you put it, it will be on the news the better part of two weeks to a month.

Aight I see where you're coming from.. but if I get pegged as a racist for that comment or a fag, i agree maybe a little insensitive but oh well. I would be a little confused and frankly let down. Not trying to flame you or start an argument, but I would be let down if thats what people thought overall. Mainly because I am not guilty of either besides maybe slightly insensitive.

No, actually I do agree with you. While MJ's death is a death of a pop icon that did indeed break many racial barriers, people are overshadowing more significant deaths as well, like the ones serving our country and fighting for our rights and privileges (which many people still don't deserve). In fact this whole thread is about MJ just getting too much unnecessary coverage while there are more significant things going on now.

Agreed completely! To me, the men and women serving our country are number 1, i have a few friends currently in other countries and ones that have done their tours. I couldn't imagine being there, and am thankful everyday for them.

Again end rant/ back on topic, sorry everyone

Eh, this is the lounge, and we're mostly on topic. It doesn't really matter much.

true.. I just didn't want to test the mods patience lol.. I have gotten in trouble numerous times before on other forums because of my off topicness/pw if you will.. COW and AK you guys are awesome lol

That may be so, but I'm still gonna beat the living crab out of Dan Rather and Jerry Springer if I meet them in a dark ally!!!! :mad:

Wait . . . Michael Jackson died? :confused: (j/k)

Another actor lost in the fray.....even Billy Mays was apparently more popular! I remember watching him on tv....he had his moments but when he was off, oh man, was he off!

Comedian Fred Travalena dies of cancer - CNN.com

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never heard of him :confused:

Ditto.

Me either

2theextreme only likes obscure comedians lolol (j/k) :D

:icon18: I'm old....what can I say? :icon17:

(Sigh....this REALLY is the first post I've made that makes me feel old....hahaha!)

Ok, here he is on The David Letterman Show.....

He's a good impressionist.

It gets even better. CNN's running a story that combines Michael Jackson with some Psychic/Numerologist fraudster, with no mention of how she and everyone like her are complete ********: Psychics see magic in Michael Jackson's life - CNN.com

It never ends.


I would love to hear about the Marine that was kidnapped in Afghanistan a few days ago that got absolutely NO coverage whatsoever.
A good friend is going to Afghanistan in November and he said that he and many marines are pissed that this got no coverage.

Like how is this Marine doing? Are we making efforts to retrieve him? What are the conditions he is being held in?

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