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Michael Jackson Died, Guys
rynne:
“I think we can agree that the Iranian regime benefits from the media rush to memorialize, explore, and reflect upon Michael Jackson and his legacy,” [national-security blogger Spencer] Ackerman wrote in a blog post last night. In an email interview, Ackerman told The Daily Beast that “anything that takes Twitter bandwidth away from [the Iran election] is bad for the opposition, and anything that distracts the cable networks from showing images of the crackdown is similarly bad.”
Barmymoo:
The fact that Michael Jackson died today is more newsworthy today in countries that are not Iran because it's more immediate. The nuances of the Iranian political issues are lost on most people, me included, and the news has been informing that Iran isn't doing too well with this democracy business for weeks now. This is the first time Michael Jackson has died (that is not meant to be as flippant as it might sound), so it's a bigger story. This time next week, or indeed this time tomorrow, it'll be back off the airwaves and Iran will probably the main story again.
I know nothing about Michael Jackson except that there's a bit of Thriller used in the film 13 going on 30 so I've heard it. I've never listened to his music or followed news stories about him. But nevertheless I'm sad to hear he died, and I wonder whether in twenty years I'll be telling people "I remember when MJ died" in the same way that people say "I remember when Lady Di died". A boy came to my till today and bought two papers with pictures of Michael Jackson on the front; he said he is collecting them because they will be valuable some day.
I hope the children are taken care of. I heard an interview with their godfather who pointed out that Michael Jackson has a huge family and they will rally round but still, three small children have just lost their dad.
supersheep:
This is my source. Obvious caveats about reliability of sources - couldn't corroborate it.
http://trashselector.com/evan-chandler-i-lied-for-my-father-im-sorry-michael/
Patrick:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 26 Jun 2009, 16:16 ---The fact that Michael Jackson died today is more newsworthy today in countries that are not Iran because it's more immediate.
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Idunno May it seems to me that several hundred people dying and having people being beaten on the streets just 'cause the Revolutionary Guard fucking feels like it (without, I might add, even bothering to be sure their victims were doing anything "wrong") is just as immediate as cardiac arrest killing a pop star. If anything, the levels of outrage should well exceed the levels of loss.
Then again, who am I to foist my view of morality on anybody else. I'm just saying, I think it is really, REALLY fucked up.
Johnny C:
--- Quote from: rynne on 26 Jun 2009, 16:04 ---“I think we can agree that the Iranian regime benefits from the media rush to memorialize, explore, and reflect upon Michael Jackson and his legacy,” [national-security blogger Spencer] Ackerman wrote in a blog post last night. In an email interview, Ackerman told The Daily Beast that “anything that takes Twitter bandwidth away from [the Iran election] is bad for the opposition, and anything that distracts the cable networks from showing images of the crackdown is similarly bad.”
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ahahahahaha
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