the media are ruthless...they have MJJ's last photo here

[greenbriar]

http://www.etonline.com/news/2009/06/75724/index.html

[Moondog]

1. The media aren't any more ruthless than any other carrion eater.

I'm not trying to be rude, or heartless. But -

As photos of the dead and dying go, that one isn't hideous at all. And I've seen more of that stuff than I care to remember.

On edit - added first sentence

[bigwillq]

2. The media has a job to do.

They have a lot of employees who need to play the bills. You may not agree with how they go about doing their job, but it's a job nonetheless. That picture was probably worth big bucks. These kinds of photos, well not so much death shots, but shocking pics, have been lucrative for many, many years.

[Deja Q]

3. Seconded...

No matter how good a picture is, professional photography is not well paying.

People will naturally find some big news whenever a chance exists.

It's kind of a sick system as it's all about money, but one has got to pay the bills and everyone who keeps saying there's got to be a better way to run a society haven't exactly done much, so they must have very few real complaints either...

[Fran Kubelik]

4. It says the last photo before his death, but...

He was dead already. They never revived him. :(

[zonkers]

5. Okay, it's his last photo publicly as a corpse.

[realisticphish]

6. well...

i mean... you linked to it.

Not that you SHOULDN'T have linked to it, but that's what they count on

[960]

7. Well, you posted it and I looked at it. Can't really blame the media.

BTW, is part of his nose missing? Bizarre.

[RebelOne]

9. This is from an article on his autopsy in The Sun. Part of his nose collapsed.

The King of Pop’s once handsome face bore a network of plastic surgery scars, while the bridge to his nose had vanished and its right side had partially collapsed.

www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2505693/The-shock-findings-of-the-Michael-Jackson-autopsy.html

[applegrove]

8. They really are ruthless.