Ok so this past week we've had 4, yes, FOUR celebrity deaths! Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jackson and Billy Mays. Of course the only one really "covered" was Micheal's, and I don't know if its justifiable, but he was an extremely HUGE superstar known all over the world, and the circumstances of his death are pretty tragic, according to some reports, he was a pill addict. Great now the King of Pop is going to be the poster child for some anti-drug campaign making it harder for me to get some darvocet when I sprain my ankle.
So aside from the deaths of Michael, Farrah, Billy and Ed, we also witnessed the death of news channels broadcasting the news. Now, don't get me wrong, Michael Jackson dying was/is a big deal, but in the era of 24/7 TV news coverage and the internet I really don't think we need to focus 24/7 on Michael Jackson. No one was focusing on Michael Jackson before he died, all of a sudden he's a God? Pahhhleeeeze. Unfortunately this is going to be just like that damn Anna Nicole crap. Greta will be all up in the Jackson family, gettin' the inside scoop. Geraldo will have that God-Damned Doctor Death on, over and over and over again... and the day time folk.. sure they're gonna cover this crap too, with little tiny pink, green and blue sprinkles of ACTUAL news. But I'm not bitter, nooo siree, I'll just get my news like I always do, via twitter. Screw it! If I wanted to hear about celebrities all damn day I'd be emailing Harvey Levin to beg for a 24/7 TMZ channel, "All celebrities, all day" Kinda like MTV only without the stupid freaking "I'm a pregnant teen" shows, well... Unless that teen is a celebrity.
Monday, June 29, 2009
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And the actual tragic one: David Carradine!
I know it's getting ridiculous, but I think it's also got to do with the MSM slowly realizing that they're not as important anymore. They're in self-denial in some ways, they still believe that people rely only on them for their news, something we know isn't true for most people nowadays.
Well it's that and their casting about for something other than the actual news to report. The actual goings on in the country and around the world are so directly counter to their ideological position that we get crap like Octomom rather than cap & trade.
I agree with you of you guys. But I can't help but wonder if the dumbing down of our society actually has something to do with it, even if just a small part. If people didn't want to see that crap (Octomom, Jon and Kate, Britney, et al) then maybe they wouldn't blast it all over, but then you have to look at the success of shows TMZ, Access Hollywood and E.T. Which get incredibly high ratings during a celebrity crisis or death.
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