Friday, June 26, 2009
Overreaction to Michael Jackson's Death Supports Scoundrels
Yesterday, Michael Jackson died of a heart problem at age 50. Now I like some of Jackson's (and his sister Janet's) music, but the media and Michael Jackson fans really overreacted big. In so doing, they neglected other people and events and supported scoundrels such as Iran's Ayatollah Khameini, President(?) Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford.
When the story broke of his death, the networks ran steamroller over everything else, including local news and weather and other shows. The news caused them to largely ignore the death of actress Farrah Faucett. Her family and friends are going to be incensed about this. It has increased some Internet traffic by five fold, causing Twitter's infamous "Fail Whale" to appear many more times than it should.
The fact that the media was harping on Michael Jackson meant they were not properly reporting the violence in Iran. These people were fighting for their freedom; all that Michael Jackson provided was some catchy and scary music. The jam of traffic on Twitter means that Iran's dissidents can't communicate with the outside world and tell us what is going on in Iran. It's not enough that the Iranian government is trying to block it; at least that is what we would expect of such a totalitarian entity. Now we have Michael Jackson's fans effectively blocking Internet access almost as much as the Iranian government. With friends like Michael Jackson's ardorists, who needs enemies?
The Michael Jackson hype also means that South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford will get away with his affair. Normally a person like Sanford would be driven into the ground by media hype, enough so that the South Carolina legislature is forced to impeach and remove him. But that is not happening now because the media hypiots are going after Michael Jackson instead. So Sanford's little South America episode is now largely forgotten. The energy to get rid of him will now dissipate, and for that reason I now predict that he will complete his term as South Carolina's governor.
I have news for you. The death of Michael Jackson does not rank the same as the 9/11 attacks, Kennedy's assassination, or even Elvis Presley's death. All of you media hypiots and rabid fans need to know that your hyping of Michael Jackson's death has hurt a lot of people who were interested in other events or who just simply wanted to use Twitter and has helped several malevolent causes. Or maybe what he meant by "The funk of 40,000 years" was Twitter failures, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Ayatollah and the entire Republican Guard, the media, and politicians having extramarital affairs on taxpayer money.
When the story broke of his death, the networks ran steamroller over everything else, including local news and weather and other shows. The news caused them to largely ignore the death of actress Farrah Faucett. Her family and friends are going to be incensed about this. It has increased some Internet traffic by five fold, causing Twitter's infamous "Fail Whale" to appear many more times than it should.
The fact that the media was harping on Michael Jackson meant they were not properly reporting the violence in Iran. These people were fighting for their freedom; all that Michael Jackson provided was some catchy and scary music. The jam of traffic on Twitter means that Iran's dissidents can't communicate with the outside world and tell us what is going on in Iran. It's not enough that the Iranian government is trying to block it; at least that is what we would expect of such a totalitarian entity. Now we have Michael Jackson's fans effectively blocking Internet access almost as much as the Iranian government. With friends like Michael Jackson's ardorists, who needs enemies?
The Michael Jackson hype also means that South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford will get away with his affair. Normally a person like Sanford would be driven into the ground by media hype, enough so that the South Carolina legislature is forced to impeach and remove him. But that is not happening now because the media hypiots are going after Michael Jackson instead. So Sanford's little South America episode is now largely forgotten. The energy to get rid of him will now dissipate, and for that reason I now predict that he will complete his term as South Carolina's governor.
I have news for you. The death of Michael Jackson does not rank the same as the 9/11 attacks, Kennedy's assassination, or even Elvis Presley's death. All of you media hypiots and rabid fans need to know that your hyping of Michael Jackson's death has hurt a lot of people who were interested in other events or who just simply wanted to use Twitter and has helped several malevolent causes. Or maybe what he meant by "The funk of 40,000 years" was Twitter failures, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Ayatollah and the entire Republican Guard, the media, and politicians having extramarital affairs on taxpayer money.
