In the Hollywood Reporter, Ray Richmond has a wonderful satire of cable news coverage of the Michael Jackson drama: “No actual news was necessary to make a monumentally significant lead story of Verdict Watch — Day 1. I mean, facts are just so 1973. In the era of rumor and innuendo, empty speculation is where you want to be. It’s something the 24-hour newshounds at CNN, MSNBC and Fox News have refined to an art form.” It gets better… (Via Newslab)
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