CNN, et al. - I AM SICK OF THE MJ COVERAGE

[IcyPeas]

this is ridiculous already. how can the news anchors even stand it. god knows what else is happening in the world... nothing that important I guess? :shrug:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

1. one hint, pls edit with contact numbers and addresses.

(saves me the trouble)

[Buzz Clik]

2. You'll find no refuge here.

[UTUSN]

41. The great GD has turned into an MJ mess & branched out into ANY topics

The GD-P forum could be turned into a "Special Events" forum: for Primaries during Primaries season. For whatever tsunami event, like MJ, whenever *that* happens.

LBN has remained its pristine self because of its identity in dealing with specific "latest breaking" (within 24 hrs) and "news."

Strangely, the Lounge, where the preponderance of the MJ threads might easily fit, has also remained relatively clear.

Only GD has turned into the dumping ground, and not only for MJ, but suddenly for ALL types of topics.

[UTUSN]

58. & Sunday Mistah KURTZ will be running MORE of it WHILE "asking" whether everybody went overboard n/t

[gauguin57]

60. Now that's funny!

I won't be watching.

[Lilyeye]

69. Yeah and the anti MJ threads have greatly helped to contribute to it as well.

[pleah]

3. They are zombies.

I haven't watched the news since it was first reported.

[moobu2]

4. I wont watch another minute of it.

I liked MJ but this is ridiculous.

[graywarrior]

5. It has totally put my political/news junkie addiction into perspective

I'm jonesin' for some real news.

[patrice]

6. I've had it; thank goodness I dumped cable TV last week, but watching my favorites on the internet

isn't working right now either - NOTHING but MJ 24/7 - even Rachel!!!?!?!?!????

They're doing nothing but pumping up the MJ marketing frenzy. Fucking sick when that's what killed him in the first place.

[polmaven]

22. KO explained last night

that Rachel had already taken last night off, so MSNBC decided that ws a good time to put the MJ tribute there....Like they hadn't been doing nothing but for more than 24 hours straight already.

At least KO had 20 minutes of it, and then went to his regular format! That was a GIANT relief when I saw at the opening of the show that was what he planned.

[patrice]

63. I'm glad to hear that. People have been saying things about what's going on.

I imagined Rachel being coerced into doing a show about MJ and threatened if she told anyone that she was being required to do it.

[neverforget]

71. I watch KO everynight but skipped the MJ shit. I liked him too but come on?

How much is enough? I just know that 24 hours of wall to wall coverage is too much.

[Botany]

7. but .... but ..... but ..... he was the greatest entertainer in history

:puke:

you are right the coverage is way over the top

[PSzymeczek]

44. Just think

what it would have been like if cable news and the Internet had been around when Elvis died? Or Rudolph Valentino?

[shanti]

79. and it doesn't appear to be stopping anytime soon

oh well, at least it bumped jon and kate gosselin off the front page!

[patrice]

8. One good thing: They are revealing what a bunch of psycho-parasites they are!!!

:applause:

[IcyPeas]

30. Also the news just came out that Fox is beating CNN and MSNBC in ...

the RATINGS oh no, it's the RATINGS ????

:scared:

[madmom]

9. Same here. I have said nothing disparaging so far but ENOUGH ALREADY!

I would like to know what is happening in the world.

[theHandpuppet]

12. Make that at least two of us

And the GD forum here has gotten almost as bad.

ENOUGH ALREADY!!!!!!!

[liberalhistorian]

73. Amen, I can't take it anymore either.

You'd think nothing else in the world was going on at all. And do they even know that Farrah Fawcett died as well? You'd never know it, there's been nary a peep about the poor woman.

[Joe the Liberal]

10. Infotainment at it's finest, I don't watch any of it. n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

11. Then don't fucking watch it! Read a book, a magazine...

change the oil in the car, go for a hike on the Appallachian Trail, masturbate to pictures of your favorite crush...

Millions of things you can do to avoid whining about it in public.

[Botany]

14. kinky

use your old car oil to help masturbate by the Appalachian Trail while drinking an orange crush?

[moobu2]

16. It isnt only that they're covering MJs death none stop

it's that I want to know whats going on in the world...The day/s the earth stood still.

[madmom]

17. I would have to dig a freaking tunnel and bury myself to get away from it, it's everywhere and

it's being done to death (pun not intended) There is other news, the world did not stop because someone died. We are entitled to our "whine" just as much as you are! If you don't want to hear it don't click on these threads.

[woo me with science]

23. The problem is not that one cannot avoid it.

The problem is that, because it is there, other things are NOT being covered.

Where is Iran? Where is the House vote? Where are the bombs in Baghdad? It matters to people when what is supposed to be a news channel turns instead into a 24/7 idolfest. Beyond being annoying, it causes a vague sense of insult and even dread at what we are becoming, or have become, as a culture.

Yeah, I know. Go to the internet. But it's the principle of the thing.

[IcyPeas]

26. that's the point, I don't want to watch mj coverage I want some news!

[kevinbgoode]

13. I turned the television off two days ago and haven't watched anything.

I often wonder if anyone in this country is keeping track of the growing number of people who DON'T watch much television...or at least less and less of it...and WHY. Because it's not just the Internet, or the DVD players, that are driving people away from it - it is the increasingly inane programming that seems to be directed at an increasingly shrinking audience.

I'm beginning to think that the people who dumped cable AND television have the right idea. I got rid of cable years ago partially because I felt like I was forced to subsidize right-wing, evangelical broadcasting with absolutely NO SAY in the choices being offered. It's the same with the satellite television - even the most basic plan is littered with half a dozen home shopping channels, five or six right-wing "religious" begging channels, the increasingly inept propaganda media calling itself "news," and a cabal of strange little channels which repeat the same programs over and over again.

[patrice]

15. Right on! Most of it's worthless trash and my dollars subsidize stuff I dislike intensely. nt

[Jazzgirl]

18. I admired MJ's talent a lot but....

all night Thursday, all day and all night last night is more than I can take. There are other things going on in the world and, fortunately, he wasn't one of them. I know that sounds tacky but he wasn't.

[IcyPeas]

31. he thought he was...

who else (except the president) has an entourage of all those black SUV's? He really had a delusional sense of importance. He was a pop-star. Good for a few years, yes. that's it.

[omega minimo]

19. We don't care

:hi: Hey, turn it off! It's a beautiful summer day!! (Media jackals will do this at every opportunity)

[Vinca]

20. A little off topic, but can you imagine the hell we'll go through

when Shrub bites the radish? Day after day of cleaning up history. It's going to be horrible.

[Kahuna]

21. I've been watching TCM through all of this. It's Alfred Hitchcock day. nt

[IcyPeas]

27. Oh, now you tell me. I'm there..........

[PSzymeczek]

45. I haven't looked at the TV guide.

Did they have Saboteur scheduled?

[Kahuna]

54. The next two days a lot of good movies too. This month is famous directors

month. A lot of good stuff. Cecil B. DeMille is on the 29th and they're showing some of his famous silents.

[spoony]

40. I stumbled onto Dick Cavett interviewing him this morning

I think I love Hitchcock's super-dry, wicked wit even more than I love his directing! And my, he had a fast mind. No wonder he accomplished so much.

[JI7]

24. the WORLD is mourning the loss of Michael Jackson

people outside of america loved Michael and didn't like it that many in America treated him so badly.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

33. we treated him SO BADLY?

wadafa?

[progressoid]

25. Oh relax, there only be 6 or 7 more months of heavy coverage.

It'll taper off after the new year to a more reasonable amount. Kinda like the Anna Nicole story.

[PSzymeczek]

46. We're going to get this

until the toxicology report comes out. We're even going to get the custody battle, just like with "Anna Nicole".

[K8-EEE]

28. Honestly have not had the TV on since it happened for that reason

Fuggetaboutit, they are gonna go on IconDeath Mode and the only thing to do is wait it out.

Turner Movie Classics time!

PS -- When Ronnie died I kept it off for a MONTH! Remember that weird Dead Body Rockstar tour he was doing?? Like they were showing the care with his body in it driving around!!!

[HughMoran]

29. If you didn't know the coverage was going to be a week long event

Shame on you - how many times can you be fooled before you catch on?

[IcyPeas]

32. Okay, the truth is , I'm sorry it interrupted the news about

Mark Sanford. damn, that story was just getting good.

:spank:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

34. and the Nicole story, or the jon bidet story, or the besotted Aruba blonde

story, or the . . . .

[LWolf]

35. I'm sick of the Obama coverage,

since I don't see the Obama administration moving forward on what is most needed in the nation.

Somehow, I don't think it's going to go away, though. ;)

I read headlines twice a day, and read articles of interest.

I don't get my news from tv or radio, and I don't click on threads about topics I'm done with.

I recommend it. It's easy to filter out the "coverage" of something you've already informed yourself about.

[Dappleganger]

36. Go outside.

It's probably much nicer than what's going on in the news, anyway. :)

[PSzymeczek]

49. Not here.

We've got thunderstorms. Monsoon time in Arizona.

[shanti]

80. fuggedaboudit!

it's freaking 105 here!

[rsmith6621]

37. What The Hell........

.....It is keeping the media from covering healthcare, foreclosures....bank closings.....an adulteress Governor and the deaths of US Soldiers that have died over the past two days in Iraq and elsewhere...

Sad to say it will be JACKO TV until 2 hours after they lower his casket in to the ground.......this is the great diversion story the media has hoped for....


SAD

[earth mom]

38. I am SO glad that we don't have cable!

:woohoo:


:bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[PSzymeczek]

52. We have to.

Surrounded by mountains and the nearest local stations are in Tucson. City ordinance prohibits putting up an antenna high enough to get stations.

[PSzymeczek]

53. But now our NBC affiliate

is showing "Turbo Dog"? WTF?

[Po_d Mainiac]

39. Look at the bright side

It's now safe to watch the halftime show of the Super Bowl :evilgrin:

[lordsummerisle]

42. Wayne Dyer's latest program

is airing on PBS right now (Pacific Time)...

[BlooInBloo]

43. (shrug) I just turned the channel.

[dana_b]

47. go watch a movie

seriously - I think we all know this will go on for a while. Do you remember Diana (I don't know how old you are)? It was similar to this.

Unfortunately real news will be second fiddle for a while.

Tomorrow: And in news today, MJ is still dead.

[nadinbrzezinski]

48. It is meant to distract... and it does the job magnificently

I have said it already and I will say it again.

IF N. Korea launched right now, you'd not know it. They'd have a hard time breaking away form MJ.

Yes, his music was great, but this need to 'grieve" for somebody people don't know from shinola is just ridiculous.

This is NOT a head of state that passed on people, nor somebody you knew personally

ENOUGH ALREADY, I know.

Why I am listening to music, and doing some writing. and checking on the tweter or international news to try to find out what is happening OUTSIDE the universe that is MJ and the one controlled by the masters of the universe. They must love this shit. Muricans fall for it every fucking time.

[backscatter712]

50. BREAKING NEWS: Michael Jackson is still dead.

CNN's still on it like flies on shit. :eyes:

[BuelahWitch]

51. So turn it off and go read a book

Or better yet, cancel your cable. That's what I did.

[Kansas Wyatt]

55. Anything to AVOID reporting real news.

How can any of these news anchors even look themselves in the mirror?

They want the credit and respect of a college educated journalist, but they are nothing, but tabloid opportunists. The sad thing is that they are not the only profession that dove into the deep end of the sewage pond, which explains why this country has gotten so screwed up. Which is why I think alleged "educated" people are full of shit and do not know their ass from a hole in the ground, and they are just as likely to be crooks and menaces to society. No? Then what have "educated" people done for today's society, as they try to grab as much as they can, earned or not?

[madaboutharry]

56. I have watched 3 chick flicks today, gave my dogs a bath,

and hey, its GEM DAY on QVC.

I'll just check here for when television returns to normal.

[valerief]

57. Doubleplus-ditto! nt

[Deep13]

59. Isn't there some kind of revolution in progress in Iran or something?

Good thing we already landed on the moon. The networks would have interrupted Neil Armstrong if it was happening now.

[nadinbrzezinski]

66. The networks will NOT report if N. Korea launches

and actually hits Honolulu, I fear.

[gauguin57]

61. It pales in comparison to the week-long weep-a-thon over Princess Diana.

There was no other news in the world from her death till after her funeral.

[ConcernedCanuk]

62. Relax, enjoy it - George Bush's death will get less coverage . . .

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something to ponder . .

[applegrove]

64. I was sick of it the second time I saw a news report on it. Fortunately I was

on vacation for a few days and could avoid the worst of the coverage.

[X_Digger]

65. BRING BACK SUSAN BOYLE!!!

Christ, enough already. I can take Susan Boyle threads and stories (*shiver*) better than one more MJ thread/story.

[autorank]

67. The Much Maligned

Susan Boyle. I didn't even know who she was until I saw here name in a number of headlines here. Then she freaked out on Qualudes or something. I'm still not aware of what had people so curious.

She sang on some show and is relatively unsightly when compared to the TV Barbies or even a rotten potato.

Am I right?

[TexasObserver]

68. I turn them off for days when they go into one of these phony orgies about a celebrity.

Michael Jackson is news when he's on trial for a crime. He's not NEWS any other time, any more than Miley Cyrus or Britney is news. He's a topic that pop culture fans like to talk about.

[Subdivisions]

70. I quit watching CNN months ago now. MNSBC isn't that far behind.

And, side note, anyone notice MSNBC presentation format changed. Weird. Anyway, the wall-to-wall MJ coverage is giving me a chance to watch alot of online stuff I've not had time to see otherwise. No news = documentaries and Netflix! I'm watching a http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTbdnNgqfs8">John Perkins interview on YouTube. He's the author of Confessions of an Economic Hitman. Good watch.

[madeline_con]

72. I found Jackson Brown on WMFE and now have "What Women Want"

on TBS, because Helen Hunt is beautiful. No MJ here.

Hubby said he was going to put up MJ as the desktpo, and I moaned and cringed. He found a beautiful pic of Farah on a sailboat in a white bikini.

[Kablooie]

74. Sorry for you but in this culture he had a big impact and reporting him is still big money.

You can't fight it. Go with the flow.

[backscatter712]

75. This news just in: Michael Jackson continues his heroic struggle to remain dead!

And now, Billy Mays's ghost will act as an interpreter for the hearing impaired...

MICHAEL JACKSON CONTINUES HIS HEROIC STRUGGLE TO REMAIN DEAD!!!!!!!

[ShadowLiberal]

76. I agree, what's really sad is Jackson is getting more coverage then Ford & Reagan's deaths combined

Seriously, what does this say about our country, and the media, that the death of a former president of the US gets less attention then a music star's death? It's pretty darn sad if you ask me. I mean sure a lot of people would say Ford was mediocre at best, and most would say he wasn't a good president, but lots of people would say that Reagan was a success as president, even a bunch of democrats (even though they didn't like a lot of his agenda).

I mean seriously, when Ford & Reagan died I recall getting a few stories about their life & presidencies for a few nights on the news, but they certainly didn't get all the airtime, other stories were told to. I never got sick of the coverage of them getting excessive.

With Jackson on the other hand, for the last 3 nights in a row I tune in to NBC nightly news, and see "tonight's stories, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson, oh and another story about Michael Jackson". Then I decide "ok I'll watch another news channel", and see the exact same thing on CBS news and ABC news, and decide "well ok I guess I won't watch any evening news tonight".

It's freaking ridiculous, you'd think someone in charge of what news to run at one of the news stations would say to themselves "you know, all of this Jackson coverage is getting excessive. Why don't we report other nonJackson stories, and throw anything new related to Jackson into a story we'll tell at the end of the broadcast, that way we can grab all of the viewers of the other channels who are pissed off about getting nothing but Jackson coverage. It'll help boost our ratings".

[SOS]

77. Imagine the funeral coverage....

The "news" networks are just getting warmed up.

[Texasgal]

78. Oh geeze god..

It's gonna be relentless. I might as well crack a book for the next couple of weeks. *sigh*