IT WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE TO COVER THE WEEK IN NEWS WITHOUT STARTING WITH MICHAEL JACKSON.
JACKSON WILL ALWAYS BE THE KING. MAYBE THE MOST LOVED KING OF ALL TIME.
Jacksons death makes the coverage of 3 Wars, One Revolution, and the Recession seem inappropriate. Nobody could have that effect. Nobody.
JACKSON WAS, AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE BIGGEST GLOBAL STAR AND BECAME THAT WAY BEFORE THE INTERNET. HIS STAR POWER WAS NOT SOME VIRAL PHENOMENON, OR BORN OUT OF SOME PHONY REALITY SHOW. IT CAME FROM EXTRAORDINARY TALENT AND HONESTY THAT WILL NEVER BE MATCHED.
AS WE LEARNED MORE ABOUT JACKSON THROUGH THE COURT SCANDALS THE SURGERIES, THE HAIR ON FIRE, THE HANGING THE BABY OUT THE WINDOW, OTHER MISSHAPS AND BIZARRE BEHAVIOR, WE LEARNED ABOUT A GUY WHO SIMPLY NEVER HAD A CHILDHOOD..OR EVEN AN ADOLESCENCE. HIS CHILDLIKE AMUSEMTN PARK HOME CALLED NEVERLAND WERE EXTENSIONS OF A PERSON THAT NEVER HAD THE CHANCE TO GROW UP NORMALLY.
LAST NIGHT WAS NOT THE TOKEN COVERAGE BY SHOWS LIKE LARRY KING OF A CELEBRITY PASSING. IT WAS THE PASSING OF A KING WHOSE DEATH SLOWED UP THE ENTIRE INTERNET TO A CRAWL. IT'S IRONIC THAT AS THE WORLD TRIES TO END THIS FIGHT BETWEEN EAST AND WEST CULTURE AND RELIGION, IT TAKES MICHAEL JACKSON FOR EVERYONE TO COME TOGETHER AND REACT IN A SIMILAR FASHION. WITH EXTREME SADNESS.
IT SHOULD PUT ALL OF THE REST OF THE WORLDS NONSENSE INTO PERSPECTIVE. BUT IT PROBABLY WONT, WHICH MAKES IT AN EVEN SADDER DAY.
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