Spotlight on Michael Jackson falls short on manners ...This week, bad news has certainly come in threes -- Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson are dead. The flurry of news surrounding Michael's sudden passing somehow seemed to eclipse that of the other two deceased, though. I am not particularly surprised at that because I know enough about the media and how they operate to expect the kind of frenetic movement towards the "next big thing" that has been evident since news of the entertainer's death broke. The life and death of Michael Jackson became that next big thing and oh, how the networks scrambled for ratings, swarming like flies to cover every angle and, like good investigators, re-hash those old file stories and photos of the pop star's foibles and eccentricities!Such a shame that amidst the hype, not a one remembers to practice manners that ought to come naturally to modern societies. Can it be that hard to say nothing but good about the recently deceased? So so sad, that the American press -- for all its accolades -- can be so blind?~ Sharon McNab
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