Listening to the Media after the MJ ruling...

thenetworkgod · Post by **thenetworkgod** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 10:25 pm

I get SICK listening to the US media trying to SQUEEZE the case even further.

It's OVER - US GD MEDIA - LEAVE IT.

STOP ASKING THE JURY - STOP ASKING IRELLEVANT QUESTIONS.

Makes me sick.

Think that is where EU and US differ.

Its over.

Just stop it now.

Ncatyl · Post by **Ncatyl** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 11:05 pm

It's done. Next up: Trying Saddam!

(Oh yeah, you'll see enough of that to vomit pixels IRL)

PS: Criticize my country again and you're next!

Cymry · Post by **Cymry** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 12:40 am

Yeah, I was amazed at how stuck to the TV we were since they announced that a verdict was on its way (3:30 PM EST), a total of almost 2 hours. Talk about voyeurism!! Still, it's like a bad car accident: you are repulsed by the sight, yet you can't turn away. I couldn't believe how many people came from overseas for the trial. Not just the verdict, but the whole trial. They said on FOX that some people had been here so long they had taken jobs in the area and all. I can't fathom that. Also, one day they had to break up a fight between the German fans and the British fans over who were his biggest fans. Now, that's really something to fight over.

On a personal note, the Michael Jackson I know and remember is the '80's Michael who did "Thriller" and "Beat It." I kind of think he's lost touch with reality or something for whatever reason. I'm not saying he is guilty or not guilty of the charges: I just think he's built his own little world and has been in that world for so long that he has changed in some ways. He has almost an air of otherworldliness that, I guess, plays into the "Michael Mystique." I, for one, always liked his music (the '80's stuff, anyway), but I'm not one of those screaming fans whose sun rises and sets in what he does. In fact, watching the spectacle today kind of made me wonder how people can set someone so high on a pedestal that they would come halfway around the world just for a passing glimpse outside a courthouse. Kind of smacks of godlike worship to me, and I'm just not into setting a human being up that high. I know who my God is, and it ain't him.

thenetworkgod · Post by **thenetworkgod** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 6:55 am

Ncatyl wrote:It's done. Next up: Trying Saddam!

(Oh yeah, you'll see enough of that to vomit pixels IRL)

PS: Criticize my country again and you're next!

Hehe

Still, its a tad overboard

Ncatyl · Post by **Ncatyl** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:41 am

It's called sensationalism. It sells advertising. That's the only reason for all of the attention.

The advertisers get to piggy back on MJ's fame through the coverage. MJ gets squat in return. Sweet deal if you ask me. Celebrity endorsements cost a bundle. Here, MJ's name and situation draw all of the attention you could want under the umbrella of public information.

Just watch with Saddam. They'll analyze and rebroadcast the same things ad nauseum until the gavel falls. Even then, it won't be over until he's dead or locked up. And if he's locked up, you can expect to have everything re-hashed. Every time he farts it'll be "Does Saddam have colon cancer? Stay tuned!" Then they go over his reign, capture, trial, and sentencing to make sure you've got the background, and finally report "It appears he just passed gas. In other news, pop star So'anSo was arrested for..."

Sensationalism sells. If it didn't, things wouldn't be the way they are with the media. Heaven forbid we see broad coverage of anything worthwhile that gets people to thinking.

thenetworkgod · Post by **thenetworkgod** » Tue Jun 14, 2005 7:56 am

Ncatyl wrote:Heaven forbid we see broad coverage of anything worthwhile that gets people to thinking.

"Nothing can have value without being an object of utility."

Karl Marx.