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America's Cult of Celebrity

Barbara3135 Wrote: Jul 10, 2009 1:34 AM

It's a good thing that the media went over all the details of Farrah's life before she died, because she almost got lost in the shuffle when MJ trumped her death. We went on a week-long camping trip right in the middle between MJ's death and memorial, and we didn't miss a thing. It seems like MJ is even bigger than Diana. MJ was talented, but he became bizarre in the last decade or so. Not quite as bad was John Lennon, and then even Elvis was getting a little weird, but no one can top MJ. There must be something about extreme celebrity that makes a normal person go whacko. I needed my news fix and talk talk talk about MJ just didn't do it.

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America's Cult of Celebrity

Last week, in the midst of President Obama's efforts to push unprecedented expansions of federal regulatory authority through Congress, North Korea's bellicose threats of nuclear annihilation, and the Iranian regime's brutal campaign to suppress political dissent, the American public's attention was focused elsewhere.

On June 25th, 2009, the nation plunged into mourning upon learning of the tragic deaths of Michael Jackson—inimitable King of Pop—and Hollywood's original "angel" Farah Fawcett. In the time it took for a commercial break, the coverage of the Iranian protests, the debates about cap and trade and healthcare reform, and the diplomatic efforts to recover two...

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