Why did M$NBC pull Ed Shultz, the person who sticks up for healthcare on

[glowing]

the day of the big Healthcare march to cover Michael Jackson who is recieving the best medical care... But apparently he's dead.. Why are we covering such a non-essential has-been 80's pop star who loved young boys? Is this the most fucked up b.s. in the world? FAIL media.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. Jackson was a huge celebrity

I completely understand why MSNBC is covering this instead of airing Ed.

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[billyoc]

3. Health care reform will die a thousand deaths, MJ only dies once.

:evilgrin:

[Fla_Democrat]

36. Dude......

:yourock:

[Bucky]

39. ouch

that was the sound of the truth hurting me

[NewJeffCT]

4. I'm no fan of Michael Jackson, but he is a celebrity of world renown

sure, his best days were in the 80s, but he was still a huge media figure. I have no problem with MSNBC pre-empting Ed Schultz to cover his death.

[Bucky]

40. Yes, the lurid appeal of watching the clown-maybe-perv saved him from being a true has been

[rcrush]

5. You just answered your own question.

[Sebass1271]

6. you said ed shultz show was pulled by msnbc????

when did this happen? i didn't know that!!

[charlie and algernon]

9. he hasn't, they're going with their breaking news anchors for the um, breaking news

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

10. Just for the day....because of a big celebrity death.....

....some people are too melodramatic.....

[Sebass1271]

phewwwww.. i got scared for a minute!!...

i would hate for msnbc to pull his show.. he is such a fighter for progressives...
that would be a doomed day for me for sure.

I am glad it is just for today. : )

[madmax]

33. He's the best !! I love Big Ed! h/t

[Mrs. Overall]

11. Just pre-empted this afternoon to cover Michael Jackson's death.

[rurallib]

7. Maybe Ed will come on later.

They have done that before.

[Donnachaidh]

8. yeah, it's a conspiracy

:eyes:

MJ died just to screw with everyone else.

EPIC FAIL on this posting. :eyes:

[glowing]

19. I didn't say conspiracy.. I just said non-essential. MJ is just not important

in the big picture. It deserves a line or two. Maybe 5 mins. If it makes your radar special to cover him like this, I apologize.

[Cleita]

12. They just announced he died but they keep talking.

RIP Michael.

But now put Ed on!

[csziggy]

13. I hate media death watches - so morbid and so stupid

But what do we expect with the dumbing down of the news? This gets the news companies out of having to actually cover real news, just like the Sanford circus yesterday and Farrah Fawcett's death today.

I do have to consider that for many, Michael Jackson has been a top celebrity and entertainer for as long as they have been alive. There is no other singer that has had some many songs and albums on the top of the charts as long as he has, I'd guess since Elvis. Everything involving Jackson has been a media circus for decades, why should his death (if that is what has happened) be any different?

[muffin1]

14. No, your post is an EPIC FAIL,

and apparently so was your upbringing.

[glowing]

23. Yes, insult my parents for instilling in me a sense of balance and relevance.

This is not relevant in most people's world. The 80's is 20years past. His family is probably upset. His fans may be sad for the loss. But he is not relevant for this kind of coverage; neither was his trial.

[muffin1]

25. This kind of coverage...

he just fucking died FIVE MINUTES ago. Yeah...balance...like Fox?

[glowing]

31. Its been on for 36mins... this is insane. Next they will be doing a 2 hr special

on the "life of Michael". AND knowing this country, more people will watch that than pay attention to the healthcare debate or wallstreet robbing the treasury.

[muffin1]

35. Yes, more people will follow this and other celebrity stories more than they will

follow the type of news you referenced. That, indeed, is a shame. It's also how we ended up with George W. Bush.
However, I do think we can spare a few hours on the death of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett.

[960]

15. Health care reform is already dead. MJ just died.

[d_b]

^^

this

[bbernardini]

16. Non-essential has-been 80's pop star?

Let's just look at the late 1960s and the 1970s:

I Want You Back
ABC
The Love You Save
I'll Be There
Dancing Machine
Shake Your Body
Ben
Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
Rock With You

I understand your concern, but this isn't just some random no-name pop star. This is MICHAEL F**KING JACKSON. Yes, he was a total nutjob, but he made some of the most classic pop records of all time. He's a (well-deserved) musical legend.

[glowing]

24. I guess. I wasn't a Jackson fan ever. I know my friends were, but I didn't care for him.

[Left Is Write]

38. He was larger than life. A pop culture icon.

No matter how people felt about him, his sudden and shocking death is news.

[Left Is Write]

17. It is not unusual for MSNBC to pre-empt portions of the commentary shows

to cover breaking news.

[bluestateguy]

18. Yes it's a big conspiracy being masterminded from Karl Rove's office in the White House

Oh, wait a minute....

[glowing]

26. I didn't say it was conspiracy.. but they cut into Ed's show and left Chrissy on.

[baldguy]

20. Jacko's just trying to upstage Farrah.

[rvablue]

21. While I agree when comparing the importance of the two stories, it is BREAKING news

as it just happened.

And Michael Jackson is one of only a small handful of celebrities who are known in every far corner of the earth.

Not something I'm going to run to the TV for, but it is news.

[glowing]

28. Yes, its news. For 5 mins. They are now into 36 mins of eulogizing him as he was a saint.

[no limit]

22. Clearly the republicans killed MJ to prevent Ed from going on the air today

[glowing]

27. Yeah, they killed him so the media would stop reading Sanford's love letters on the air.

[dgibby]

29. No doubt Sanford arranged it to take the heat off of himself.

:eyes:

[ecstatic]

30. FAIL

:eyes:

[rwheeler31]

32. My God the man is dead, he was a huge talent, have a heart.

[Hello_Kitty]

34. I'm sitting in a burrito joint right now. Everyone is glued to the TV. This is big news.

Sorry, it just is.

[Joe the Liberal]

37. Yea I know what you mean.....

I knew this would happen, he is a mega celebrity but in the end like you said it's a non-essential, I agree.

Like I said in a previous post this will be all over the news for the next week or so.