Comments on: Ramirez: The ADD media

By: NahnCee

NahnCee — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:25:08 +0000

Agree. Don’t think he was a pedophile per se, and don’t think he had children to molest them. Think he had children because he was lonely and wanted someone to play games with (video and board games) 24/7. Think striking him off the board with a snarky “child molester” is lazy thinking.

By: disa

disa — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:20:37 +0000

What stake does the Agit-prop media have in turning MJ the Pedophile into MJ the good family man?

Bear with me now.

Everything I’ve heard on the news over the years (blogs excluded) lead me to conclude that he was a person who never matured sexually to the point where he experienced lust. He was a very messed-up guy, and his fame both prevented him from accessing real psychological help and protected him from the need to seek it.

To this day I don’t believe he ever molested a child in the manner we imagine when using the word “pedophile.” There is no doubt that his desire to sleep with young boys was utterly inappropriate and could not be allowed, which is probably why he sought his own “sons.” It saddens me that so many people can have so little imagination and understanding of the human condition that everything must be either utterly predictable or some heinous unnatural act.

By: disa

disa — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:05:11 +0000

MTV still plays music videos??

DamnYankee on July 2, 2009 at 12:33 PM

Just so! ROFL

By: disa

disa — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:02:09 +0000

Fox News played more music videos in their entirety in one day than MTV has in a month.

That says more about what MTV has become than it says about Fox.

By: milwife88

milwife88 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:31:11 +0000

Ed, you’re forgetting that the MJ freak show is not over yet. We still have a big funeral to go thru.

Will that be another all day event too?

Knucklehead on July 2, 2009 at 12:27 PM

That’ll be the day the pass Cap & Trade in the senate.

By: Western_Civ

Western_Civ — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:58:37 +0000

IT’S ACTUALLY A BRILLIAN IDEA!!! At the risk of dishonoring a dead celebrity (like the media hasn’t checked that box already), Boehner should actually appear at the MJ media encampment and start grabbing facetime in any way possible to slap the zombies out of their coma. It’s truly out of the box brilliant, and it will eventually be the next option for politicians of any stripe wanting to salvage headlines from the sewage pipeline we call the media.

By: MarkTheGreat

MarkTheGreat — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:53:14 +0000

If it hadn’t been Jackson’s death, the media would have had to invent something to take the public’s attention away from Washington.

By: Skandia Recluse

Skandia Recluse — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:44:11 +0000

I asked my mother how much she remembered about the Lindberg Baby kidnapping story. All she said was, ‘It was a really big deal.’

In high school civics the text books explained ‘yellow journalism’, and ‘muckraking’. I thought I understood it, but not until seeing how journalism hasn’t changed except for the method of delivery.

What is really sad is how easily so many people are manipulated, repeatedly, never learning.

By: ROCnPhilly

ROCnPhilly — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:43:59 +0000

MJ’s funeral. The perfect opportunity to sneak Cap’n Trade through the Senate?

By: Count to 10

Count to 10 — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:24:50 +0000

NRO’s top 50 reasons to hate cap-’n-trade.
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YTc1MmVhMGYxY2UzNzAwMTJlODBjZjg2NDJjNmM2MWE=&w=MA==

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I hate to sound like I am whining….But…. « Political Byline — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:06:58 +0000

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By: jukin

jukin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:05:00 +0000

Come on NOW!!!

Cap and Trade will produce billions of jobs due to tighter regulations, higher taxes, higher energy costs, and getting that darn low inflation rate back up to Carter double digit levels. If that does not spur business capital investment and make the consumer open their wallets what will?

By: shick

shick — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:53:23 +0000

“So don’t you know that it’s a fool
Who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.”

(from Hey Jude).

Steve Z on July 2, 2009 at 12:38 PM

By: scotash

scotash — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:42:03 +0000

Rush is quoting someone saying our problem is we are now the “United States of Entertainment”

By: Crusty

Crusty — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:10:45 +0000

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By: GarandFan

GarandFan — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:44:37 +0000

Unfortunately the news media look at any media death as WORTHY of EXTREME coverage. Many will go to their graves believing the world will end with their death. (Keefums immediately jumps to mind). Little do they realize that most people won’t give a rats ass.

NEWS FLASH!! Michael Jackson, noted pedophile and musician IS STILL DEAD! News of a “resurrection” at NeverLand have been greatly over-hyped. Fans reported despondent. Mass suicides possible. More to follow.

By: AnninCA

AnninCA — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:35:04 +0000

I can’t help but think that the Iranian protesters might have been in a stronger position right now had the MJ freakshow not bumped them off page one and allowed Obama to comfortably ignore them in the absence of any political pressure.

Nah*…there was nothing that could help. They couldn’t apparently move to the next step, which would have been a work strike.

It was a spontaneous uprising. Fascinating, but nobody obviously is generating a real revolt. I’m hoping they are now, however.

By: SteakRules

SteakRules — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:29:46 +0000

I can’t help but think that the Iranian protesters might have been in a stronger position right now had the MJ freakshow not bumped them off page one and allowed Obama to comfortably ignore them in the absence of any political pressure.

By: Sweet_Thang

Sweet_Thang — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:24:59 +0000

Just wait till the media circus when Ted Kennedy dies.

davidt on July 2, 2009 at 1:16 PM

We’ll have to wait patiently I guess, and “cross that bridge when we come to it.”

I know, I know: boo, hiss!

By: Sweet_Thang

Sweet_Thang — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:19:01 +0000

i really dont think celebrity news should get much coverage at all with “major” news channels but michael jackson is a lot bigger than diana imo

saL on July 2, 2009 at 12:42 PM

Speak for yourself! I view them both as not much more than dust in the wind, but that’s just me!

By: davidt

davidt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:16:23 +0000

Just wait till the media circus when Ted Kennedy dies.

By: petefrt

petefrt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:16:20 +0000

Sweet_Thang on July 2, 2009 at 1:12 PM

Yes, and BO’s health care legislation can be named after Jacko, instead of Teddy Kennedy… ☮

By: Sweet_Thang

Sweet_Thang — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:15:08 +0000

I wonder: will Elton John be singing his 3rd version of “Candle in the Wind” at the funeral?

Gawd, I hope not!

By: Sweet_Thang

Sweet_Thang — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:12:23 +0000

Michael died for ~~our sins~~ Duh Won’s “Cap and Trade” scam.

Or something.

By: petefrt

petefrt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:09:05 +0000

On the media coverage of Jacko, I regret to report that I’ve gone conspirational. I think MSM is intentionally exploiting Jacko’s death to distract us from the treachery that is porkulus, nationalized health care, cap-and-trade, etc.

If this is the Brave New World, then pass the Soma. And make that a double, please.