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Friday, September 04, 2009

CBS and ABC Morning Shows Lead With Michael Jackson

More than two months after his death, the media continue to use every possible opportunity to make Michael Jackson their top story. This time it’s his long-delayed burial. It’s one thing to provide blanket coverage in the immediate aftermath of a pop icon’s passing, but reason dictates that after a few short days, the story should cease to crowd out more important news. It’s hard to fathom why two major networks are telling their millions of viewers that the TOP story today is Michael Jackson, not health care, not Afghanistan, not North Korea, not Iraq, not the economy, not education, not climate change, not violence against women, not human rights…...... but Michael Jackson.

Topics: michael-jackson, cbs, abc

Posted by Peter Daou on 09/04 at 06:02 AM

Monday, July 06, 2009

GMA Leads With Michael Jackson

The night Michael Jackson died I wrote about why we mourn celebrities: “With the loss of anyone famous what we’re really mourning is the passage of our own lives, their death a marker on OUR journey.”

Topics: michael-jackson, cnn, iran, abc, gma

Posted by Peter Daou on 07/06 at 06:01 AM

Friday, June 19, 2009

ABC Updates

There is a ton of media criticism out there to which I have little original to add. Suffice to say there is very little justification for ABC’s decision to essentially hand the newsroom and the network over to the Obama administration.

Topics: obama, abc

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 06/19 at 06:47 AM

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

ABC/White House Merge

… Well, according to Drudge anyway, and the facts he lays out in his story are distressing, if not terribly surprising ...

Topics: white-house, drudge, abc

Posted by Patrick Hynes on 06/16 at 08:54 AM

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