It seemed to me that his music was directed at the early teen set. None of his music was adult-centered , and I'm not a fan of dancing pop stars anyway. So Jackson's appeal to me was zero. His death didn't affect me any more than Ed McMahon's death. What I really objected to the most was the lack of coverage of major news yesterday. I guess the big thinkers at the various news channels, including FOX, thought that the great majority of Americans were deeply affected by his death and didn't want to hear about the far more important world events. We have major events going on in Iran and elsewhere, and they choose wall-to-wall coverage of Jackson's death. That irritated me to no end.
Are people really this solipsistic? He was one of the biggest public figures of the modern era and sold more records than anyone else in history. Of course there's a lot of public interest in his story. But of course none of that matters because you didn't like him and the job of the media is to cater specifically to your personal interests.
I agree. It was very disappointing that the media gave Jackson non-stop coverage. There are way too many important things going on today for that. Fox should get a thrashing of e-mails for that. I am tired of celebrity worship by the news media. Jackson certainly dosen’t deserve it and nor do many others as well.