Alright then, I have refrained from comment on the death of Michael Jackson on this blog as it initially did not seem appropriate as bias was not immediately obvious. HOWEVER, two days on, the amount of coverage being given as the Dianafication of Jacko continues is surely an issue for an organisation that pretends it is a serious broadcaster. The questions in my mind are as follows.
1. If it “makes no difference if you’re black or white” why has the BBC wheeled one black artiste on after another to tell us how important MJ was?
2. Why is Emily Maitlis getting down with the breakdancers on the pavements of LA?
3. Why is the paedophilia being downplayed and the conversion to the ROP ignored?
I am sorry for Jackson’s family, friends and fans but it is important that the FULL picture of his odd and increasingly pathetic life be provided. With the BBC, we are getting half the picture, sanitised and dianafied.
I find this cynicism distressing. How can you doubt that he was a combination of St Francis of Assisi, Mozart, Albert schweitzer, Ghandi and "Dr King"? His passing looks suspicious to me – clearly we need to ask what Prince Philip had to do with it.
All I know is how to mourn his Earthly passing and rejoice that he resides with Diana smiling down on us mortals, preparing for his return when the Earth is a better safer place for children……
Spot on! The commenters here are what make this site such a fantastic read – they actually have a sense of humour unlike the stuck-up pseudo-liberal Beeboids.
For all his mourners at BBC:
'Cranmer'-
"Michael Jackson's funeral – which religion will prevail?"
[Extract]:
"Was Michael Jackson a Muslim?
"Allah knows.
"And we are about to find out.
"In his will, Michael Jackson expressed a wish for his body to be cremated and sprinkled over the surface of the moon. But cremation is forbidden in Islam, and the parlous state of the singer’s finances now rather precludes the possibility of lunar sprinkling. Star trekking across the universe is the domain of those for whom it is difficult to enter the Kingdom of Heaven.
"The arrangements for what will undoubtedly be the biggest funeral spectacular since the death of Diana Princess of Wales are actually a political decision of not inconsiderable global importance. While millions of Muslims try to claim Michael Jackson for the greater glory of Allah, the witnesses of Jehovah are having none of it. And music is haraam in any case. The demons which plagued Michael Jackson during his life are as nothing to those which are doing battle over his soul, and this present turmoil in the heavenlies is mirrored on earth in the conflict over the singer’s estate and the custody battle over his children."
You do wonder what might have been. Imagine, Jacko moonwalking under a burqa: a tent moving of its own accord.
Wacko Jacko a genius? Leave it out!
Quincy Jones is the genius.He took a has been child star and produced an album that set his average songs into platinum mounts.
Quincy sorted out his sound, and someone else sorted out his videos. Another someone sorted out his stage set and hired his band.
He was just a passenger
GeorgeR,
Looks like His Grace owns a Leonard Nimoy record.
But have you seen the BBC HYS comments? The BBC are getting pretty slated about this one.