corner.nationalreview.com - 6/26/2009
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Generally speaking, I'm a believer in the rule that we should not speak ill of the dead. Or at least we should wait a decent interval before doing so (if we never spoke ill of the dead, history would be meaningless). But, I must say I find the media's instinctive rush to sanctify Michael Jackson ...
latimes.com - 6/26/2009
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"It was a very serious situation when we
arrived," he added. The paramedics "knew who they were...
working on. They performed the highest level of care as they would, whether a celebrity or anyone else." Hundreds of reporters gathered at the hospital ...
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Michael Jackson Dead
Rhymes With Right —
... that could range several octaves, feet that made us all dancing "the moonwalk" in the '80s, composing music and writing and singing that had him melding rock guitar with pop in songs like "Beat It" in a way that even demanded the respect of the heavy metal world. He was an original, all right. And he was a phenom. That he was, and his music will, undoubtedly, stand the test of time. Unfortunately, there is unseemly celebration of this warped individual as some sort of icon -- which writer Jonah Goldberg notes is a perversion of the term given its roots in religion as an item ...
Beat It, Jacko!
The LLama Butchers —
Beat It, Jacko! Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Jonah Goldberg : I say: Who cares who his famous friends were? Who cares what a fascinating person he was? If you want to talk about his death as an end of an era, have at it. But thats not what the Barbara Walters set is doing. I know that Michael Jackson wasnt convicted of the despicable crimes he was accused of. And thats why he never went to jail. Three cheers for the majesty of the American legal system. But in my own personal view, he wasnt exonerated either. Nor was he absolved of his crimes because he could sing, ...
I cannot believe how people are acting.
Rachel Lucas —
... So don’t talk about those things in comments. If you want to talk about the moonwalk or how admittedly awesome of a dancer he was about 25 years ago, go for it, but none of the seedy stuff. Get your own blog for that - I don’t want it.
Did you know the House of Reps has held a moment of silence for Jackson today? If that doesn’t make you shake your head until it hurts, there’s something wrong with you.
Meanwhile, Jonah Goldberg says exactly what I think:
…in the last ten days, we’ve seen or heard of ...
Michael Jackson Link Collection, Part 2
The Moderate Voice —
... is swearing off television for a week, now that “St. Michael of Neverland Ranch” has died:
I’m not sure I can stomach the insta-documentaries and the faux-mourning. Indeed, not to be too horribly cynical, but I’m quite sure that all those who spoke ill of Jackson in the past, including all the media outlets and anchors will leap headlong onto the Saint Michael bandwagon now that he’s departed.
Jonah Goldberg is not a believer in Jackson-as-icon:
Generally speaking, ...
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