Bad day for celebrities

[Cataboo]

Oh, don't get me wrong, I feel horrible for MJ's kids. and Farrah's... But I can't help mocking Madonna and Angelina Jolie a bit...



As for swine flu distracting people from the real issues... It's a real issue that the world is ripe for a flu epidemic and our current system of vaccines, etc. is too cumbersome to really respond to one... And that some of our farming practices are contributing to it.

[ASammy1]

My mom called to remind me of my 5th birthday party when they hired the Michael Jackson impersonator to "sing" at my party. Then we all watched the Thriller movie.

Great times...

[Irulan]

Well I'm not going to rip anyone apart, but I really don't care and I really do resent the front page of my morning paper taken over by all this.

and the Supreme Court ruling on the middle schooler who was strip searched for tylenol in her panties only got about 3 square inches

[Cataboo]

Well I'm not going to rip anyone apart, but I really don't care and I really do resent the front page of my morning paper taken over by all this.

and the Supreme Court ruling on the middle schooler who was strip searched for tylenol in her panties only got about 3 square inches

Odd... you seem to think that our media actually reports and practices investigative journalism.

reading a newspaper is an exercise in irritation for me, even when Michael Jackson is not on the front page. I tend to try to get my news at various places over the web to try to counteract that.

[Irulan]

Odd... you seem to think that our media actually reports and practices investigative journalism.

reading a newspaper is an exercise in irritation for me, even when Michael Jackson is not on the front page. I tend to try to get my news at various places over the web to try to counteract that.

Your sources must be interesting if they don't mention a rather significant 4th amendment rights Supreme Court case.

[Cataboo]

Oh, I'd read about that the day before and had half followed this whenever it first made the news last year or so? What I don't get is why the vice principal is not personally liable for the search.

[Irulan]

Oh, I'd read about that the day before and had half followed this whenever it first made the news last year or so? What I don't get is why the vice principal is not personally liable for the search.

courtesy the ACLU
http://www.aclu.org/drugpolicy/searc...l20090625.html

In today's Supreme Court decision, despite deeming the strip search of Redding unconstitutional, the Court found that the school officials involved are immune from liability. The decision leaves open the possibility, however, that the Safford Unified School district could be held liable.

[OakLeaf]

and the Supreme Court ruling on the middle schooler who was strip searched for tylenol in her panties only got about 3 square inches

except that was news from the day before. It got its run at the top of the headlines just because of the titillating subject. There have been more important stories hit the top since then, besides the celebrity deaths.

Brings us back to the other thread... people still say they read the "paper."

[Irulan]

except that was news from the day before. It got its run at the top of the headlines just because of the titillating subject. There have been more important stories hit the top since then, besides the celebrity deaths.

Brings us back to the other thread... people still say they read the "paper."

Well, it was on the front headline of the Wall Street Journal and my local paper this morning, not yesterday.

I read TWO papers every morning.

[Cataboo]

Excellent, it's sad how many print newspapers are going out of business. I used to read newspapers, but recycling them, the ads, etc got to be a pain, so now there's the internet which lets you hit multiple newspapers. Unfortunately a lot of them just repackage what comes out over the AP wire.

News comes out faster if you read off newspapers websites - it may have been I saw the headlines about the supreme court ruling yesterday morning, and it was about 7 or so last night that the headlines about Michael were all over the internet news sites.

[SadieKate]

You go, Irulan.

And why news can't be covered more than 1 day in a row is beyond me. Perhaps on the 2nd day there might be more information to offer?

I just about lost it last night when Keith O blabbered and speculated for at least 2 hours about Michael Jackson's death. Report the few facts that are known, break your normal coverage for new facts, and get back to world and national affairs (like Supreme Court rulings about strip searches of minors for unjust cause). If you want to pay homage, take 24 hours and put together a report that doesn't have the same stupid blathering talking heads and video footage re-circulating over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over ad nauseum.

[jobob]

I just about lost it last night when Keith O blabbered and speculated for at least 2 hours about Michael Jackson's death.

Thank goodness Lee & I routinely record Keith and Rachel on the DVR to watch later in the evening. I just kept the controller on fast forward through both their broadcasts, it was all MJ mourners all the time. Bleah.

Hey, I'm just a wee bit sad about his passing because his music was such a fixture in my teens and twenties, during a very formative period in my life. Not that his music had anything to do with how my life turned out, but it was there in the background. Certain music takes me back to that time, his included. His music played a pretty significant role in the culture of that era (more recently, I'd think not).

But yeah, his passing does warrant a bit of my attention for these reasons. But it's probably overblown in the media, it's what they do and they're very good at it. It'll blow over in a few days.

Hell, if it really bugs you, go take a hike in Appalachia.

[papaver]

I read TWO papers every morning.

So do I

[Crankin]

Me, too for reading the paper. On Thursday, it's 3 (when my local paper comes out). Usually don't get to the WSJ until the PM, though.
I scan the Yahoo headlines, but it's rare that I click on any story. I watch 1-2 hours of local news a night (when I am home) and the CBS national news. I look at CNN once in awhile, but it's too repetitive for me. I also read Time magazine. Yes, these are mainstream publications, but I take it all with a grain of salt.
Actually, the Boston Globe *does* do investigative reporting (i.e., the Catholic Church scandal), but a lot less of it now due to the financial condition of the paper. I was quite interested in the middle school case, because I could totally see how that could happen, although I know for sure my last boss would not have strip searched anyone! Can't say that for others, though. School law is very uneven in how court cases get decided. A few years ago I did a research paper on censorship in English classes and the decisions were all over the place according to the state, the level of court, the federal government.

[alpinerabbit]

As for swine flu distracting people from the real issues... It's a real issue that the world is ripe for a flu epidemic and our current system of vaccines, etc. is too cumbersome to really respond to one... And that some of our farming practices are contributing to it.

yeah yeah. Except that it's hardly more dangerous than other strains and that it did not come from pigs. I still don't buy it.

and the Supreme Court ruling on the middle schooler who was strip searched for tylenol in her panties only got about 3 square inches

Well that was probably worth investigating. What was she doing with Tylenol in her panties??!!