The death of Michael Jackson is a stunning blow to the entertainment medium. You'd think upon someone's death, the media could forget all the negative stuff for at least a minute and focus on the positive of their life. But apparently not. So when I got sick to death of Fox News and everyone else going on and on about the child molestation charges and the plastic surgery and all the other weird stuff we already know Michael Jackson is infamous for, I thought I'd check in with MTV.Surely, considering his importance in the music video format, MTV would have a response. And it would mean a break from their glut of reality crap. What a pleasant surprise to see a marathon of Michael Jackson videos. This is how I want to memorialize a music legend. No matter what he did or didn't do with his life, the music will always be his legacy. Thank you MTV (I can't believe I'm saying that) for eulogizing Michael Jackson in the only way that truly matters. With his artistic genius.
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6-25-2009 @ 9:14PM
Shocker Toys said...
RIP MJ
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6-25-2009 @ 9:18PM
Gordy said...
Wow. I'll actually watch MTV tonight.
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6-25-2009 @ 9:25PM
Rain said...
Not where I am. Right now it's an episode of "DJ & the Fro." Earlier an episode of "Futurama." When did MTV become the Cartoon Network?
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6-25-2009 @ 10:01PM
Han Solo said...
MTV plays music?
The hell you say!
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6-25-2009 @ 10:43PM
Joyce N. said...
May you find the peace you've searched for, for so long, Michael.
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6-25-2009 @ 11:19PM
m hayes said...
Where? I see their regular programming. Same with VH-1. Only BET (both channels on Directv) seem to be covering his music. Let's give them a little credit.
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6-26-2009 @ 3:27AM
Sandy said...
Where would MTV be without Michael Jackson?? It should be called "Michael TV"!
I will forever miss Michael! I don't miss MTV since they gave up video's.
God be with you, Michael!
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6-26-2009 @ 5:17AM
Mike said...
Hey way to make it political. Why the hell do you say Fox News and everyone else? Shepard Smith was actually playing his music while I was listening. Way to help prove tv squads liberal bias.
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6-26-2009 @ 8:41AM
tammie said...
It is what it is...Fox news was doing exactly that.We speak of these things because we look to the media for info. MJ was a musical genius WHY would they be speaking negatively of the dead b4 his body is even that cold. Whatever else that happened in his life you CANNOT take away the fact that he is the KING OF POP!
6-26-2009 @ 5:44AM
Mike said...
Also on a seperate note, I'm watching this and Sway is awful. His commentary is so robotic its like he doesn't care. Its just crap. I'm not a huge MJ fan, but Sway's commentary is like spitting on MJ, could they have found someone who is more apethetic, I don't think so.
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6-26-2009 @ 6:17AM
Mike said...
Well, the one thing we can conclude is that the premise of the Super Adventure Club is wrong, eh? I guess buggering little children doesn't lead to eternal life.
Maybe we can get a South Park with Darth Chef slamming both Isaac Hayes and Michael Jackson... I mean, if you're going to do an episode slamming dead guys, you may as well go all the way and get both of these kooks.
I guess I don't get the criticism of people pointing out the truth... and sure, he was never convicted, but then again, neither was OJ convicted of murder.
The truth is he was a child molester.
I mean, really... if you people were around in 1945 you'd be tearing up outside the bunker pointing out that for all his faults Hitler still got Germany out of its hyper-depression of the 1920's..... He'd still be Hitler, and Michael Jackson may be dead, but he's still a child molester.............. catchy tunes or not.
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6-26-2009 @ 8:44AM
tammie said...
wOULD YOU SAY THESE THINGS TO YOUR MOTHER?Probably the way you were raised.Disrespectful bastard
6-26-2009 @ 6:23AM
Galley said...
I feel sorry for the younger generation who only knows "Wacko Jacko" and not the brilliant artist Michael Jackson was in the '70s and '80s.
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6-26-2009 @ 8:49AM
Mike said...
Disrespectful of a pedofile child molester? Ummmm... yep.
"Whatever else that happened in his life you CANNOT take away the fact that he is the KING OF POP!"
Yeah, and whatever else that happened in his life you CANNOT take away the fact that he is a FUCKING CHILD MOLESTER.
Sorry if I don't adhere to the whole de mortuis nil nisi bonum theory.... I think that's stupid and naive.
You dismissed that other Mike's point by saying that was the fact of what Fox was doing... Well, darlin', these are the facts of what Jackson was doing.
Sure... King of Pop 30 years ago and a pedofile for life.
"It is what it is..."
Indeed, nutjob, indeed.
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6-26-2009 @ 9:19AM
Ian said...
Mike, you're an idiot and I hope you get what you deserve in life.
Nothing.
6-26-2009 @ 9:27AM
Dothre said...
dude if you dont like the guy thats fine but dont sit here and rant on and on about things that still never have been proven and now never will just shut the hell up and dont read the damn news report if you dont like him.
6-26-2009 @ 9:29AM
Tamaira said...
All You Nay Sayers Can Suck It! - Here we have the "King Of Pop"- (notice that I didnt say "Self- Proclaimed" which I think is even more DISRESPECTFUL now that he is gone!!) Give this man the Respect & Due Propers that he deserves!!!He has offered us more musically in his career and life that many tween sensations & 15-min famers put together! Love & Lite to the Family RIP MJ
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6-26-2009 @ 9:30AM
Dee-va said...
LOL @ Ian
The poster Mike should get what he deserves for stating facts about MJ, but MJ should NOT get what he deserves for molesting children?
Surely you were just trying to pull a funny...it worked, I'm laughing.
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6-26-2009 @ 10:00AM
Bill said...
Wonder if Ian would let his kids stay at Neverland overnight? Probably would. He think's Michael's a saint after all.
6-26-2009 @ 10:25AM
Dothre said...
tch you cant exactly call if a fact if the case was closed because there was not enough evidence only way any of us are really gonna know for sure is if one day the kids have enough courage to actually stand up and say what did or did not happen without their money grubbing mothers pushing them to say what they want.