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The coverage of Michael Jackson’s memorial began early on cable news this morning, with nonstop helicopter video footage from a “private” ceremony for Jackson’s family, while commentators vamped for time and guessed at what was going on behind closed doors.
It was symbolically fitting: Jackson, after all, spent most of his life in the …
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Is the news media overcovering Michael Jackson’s continuing death at the expense of news that matters? In the New York Daily News, David Hinckley argues that the media is “just responding to Michael Jackson’s fans demands,” with coverage that audiences have ratified with ratings.
I agree with him to an extent. It would be silly to …
Let’s continue that conversation with the British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare, whose retrospective just opened at the Brooklyn Museum.
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It was Monday night, and you know what that means: time for another roller-coaster episode with John & Kate. Yes, the spelling is intentional. TLC’s Jon & Kate are on hiatus as they journey to splitsville, but on HGTV, My First Place featured John [sic] & Kate, a Phoenix couple looking for their first home. And like their namesakes, the …
