Jacko Not Guilty: Notes & Quotes

By Brian 

> A Lost Remote scoop: “MSNBC.com is still crunching the final numbers, but a source tells Lost Remote that the site served up more than 600,000 total streams in the Jackson story today — a record for MSNBC.com.”

> CNBC’s Big Idea with Donny Deutsch covered the not-guilty verdict with a panel of legal experts.

> CNN’s Paula Zahn interviewed the jury foreman during the 8pm hour; It was labeled an exclusive.

> At 11pm, Dan Abrams anchored live coverage on MSNBC, while Anderson Cooper pulled a double shift on CNN. FNC shifted to repeats.

> Countdown’s “Michael Jackson Puppet Theatre” has had its last curtain call. (By the way, Bill O’Reilly was revealed to be starring in the role of Jackson.)

> On the premiere of MSNBC’s Situation, Tucker Carlson, Rachel Maddow and Jay Severin wondered how long the Jackson saga would linger in the news. “It depends on whether we” — the media — “can come up with something else to say,” Maddow said. But Carlson won’t mind if it goes away: “This is the first time I’vve ever talked about this in public!,” he joked, referring to night #1 of his new show.

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