Comments on: King of Pop Gets Emotional Send-Off

Michael Jackson's Daughter Says Tearful Goodbye as Icon is Eulogized by Star-Studded Lineup at Memorial

[DisgustedwithCBS]

I am disgusted with CBS and all the rest of the media. Their sick, obsessive coverage of Michael Jackson's death and burial into a circus. What happened to real news? Journalistic ethics? Is it all news/entertainment now? Is every "news" show really just another episode of The Insider or Access Hollywood? Michael Jackson was a famous, sometimes infamous man who died. Let it go. Move on. Give us all a break, while you still have some viewers.

[mollybee5]

God Himself does not propose to judge a man until he is dead. So why should you?

[abcdgoldfish-2009]

You know, you people just need to give him a break. He did a lot of good in this world, like breaking down the racial barriers on MTV. Did any of you do that? He affected almost every part of this world. Yes, like all people, he had his bad moments, but he had many good moments too. Don't keep putting him down for the bad things, because the good definatly outweigh the bad.
Also, stop complaining about how everyone is making such a big deal about his death and how you just. People need to grieve. People around the whole world grieved when Elvis Presley died, and then when Princess Diana died, everyone grieved. These people were important, and many people admired them and made them idols. Michael Jackson was an idol. Just let people grieve the way they want to. Grief takes a long time to get over. People will be talking about this for a long time. No one will forget him.

[didserve]

ENOUGH!

HOW IS THIS SO LONG IN THE NEWS?

GET A LIFE

[realnews12]

No one forced you to read this story and comment on it. Get a life yourself.

[MrBag]

realnews12: you need to get a life....

[sam-kiley]

bonjour,
j'ai suivi la cérémonie, elle a été célebrée dans la simplicité, en présence de sa famille, ses amis ..ses fans..témoignages trés émouvants... en discours et en chansons, les sanglots de sa petite fille..inoubliables...
michael est parti, mais sera eternellemnt présent dans le coeur de ceux qui continueront de 'l'aimer et chanter ses chansons..

[grabandgo]

The news media is a joke. This should have ended days ago, before the child molesters body started STINKING!
I can't even put on the TV!

[blitzder]

You are right, and Brooke Shields, Kobe Bryant, Latifah, Mariah etc. who were at the memorial with their emotionally worded tributes, they said it all. Jackson was an enigmatic superstar who gave a lot to the world.

Don't let the negative bimbos on this board get to you.

[ktgilb1]

Nobody is trying to elevate anyone, what we say on tv was a memorial service. We remember the good that a person did in his life, the good, not the bad, the good. Think of the Staple center as a huge church, if you have ever been to a african american funeral, you would realize, thats how we do it. There is a lot of singing, and preaching,and a lot of emotion involved. we can easly sit back and poke fun at MJ, and speculate on the different aspects of his life, but when it is all said and done, what we think really doesn't matter, it doesn't take away from all of the good this man has done ( a lot of it we never herd of ). No one is a saint, did MJ make mistakes? sure he did. did he use poor judgment? I would say yes. was he evil ? hell no. I think we have a man who at a very young age was in the spotlight, he never got a chance to be a kid. He wanted to see the good in everyone and bring that out. His biggest downfall was that he only wanted to see the good in everyone and thought everyone looked at the world the same way he did. he only wanted to be what he never was a child, and to the dark, depressed cynical mind set that we have, we looked for problems. And when you look hard enough you'll find what you want.Was MJ a pedophille? it was never proven, thats all i can go on. Was he strange? by our standard maybe? but what we call strange and abmornal, he viewed it as normal and innocent. So cut the man some slack. He is dead let us have him, and remember him for the good and innocent soul he tried to be.

[excoachken]

Mallory: Dead is dead. Now, get a Life. We are no Bible bangers or any one category, other than those who are sick of this story being blown out of proportion and given credence it has not earned. He was just a frekkin singer, he didn't cure cancer, was extremely neurotic, and touched little kids who never asked to be touched. If he were not filthy rich, he would have been in some state prison, using his falsetto to calm down his roomy Bubba. On the day he overdosed (because as a fifty year old millionaire, life is sooo difficult) over 1000 W W II Vets died. How can you compare his "life value" to theirs?

[michaelm07]

Please, CBS, NBC, ABC ad everyone else, enough already with this stuff. A talented man yes, but end it already and get back to news that has meaning. We don't care about the Paris Hiltons, the Jackson's, and the rest of the vapid celebrity culture. Please leave that to the Jerry Springer's of the world.

[xlib]

Well, how very judgmental of you and how very elitist. Why, you could be a member of our democratic party. Now, I for one, have traveled and lived "out of the state I live" and find, for the most part, European's to be rather snobbish, lazy, judgmental and down right rude.
So, that being said, please tell me just what "meaningful causes" jackson fought for? See, entertainers do just that, they entertain. Any thing they do is pretty much for money.
As for slamming us for having the AUDACITY to try and put things in perspective regarding this media circus and bringing up our military. Well, to travel a road that you won't like, if it weren't for our military just how do you think you life and country would be doing at this point in time.
And, most of us "do get how great our country is" but most of us think that this media driven circus is obscene. Something you people don't get.
Now, keep sitting at your sidewalk cafe, sip your coffee in the day time and your wine at night. Talk about the "provincial Americans" to make yourselves feel superior.

[ktgilb1]

MJ did bring peace to this world in his own way, thru his music. I see a lot of people on this post who have a lot of negative things to say about MJ, why? you have had years to make fun of him. We laughed at him, we poked fun at him, we make fun of his lifestyle. ENOUGH!!!!! THE MAN IS DEAD !!!!!! let him have in death what we refused to give him in life, respect and dignity.

[MalloryDavis]

UGLY NASTY MEAN SPIRITED PEOPLE. Most of the blogs show this. Someone on this blog wants PUBLIC GRIEVING to be illegal? WOW! Most of you are haters. Probably bible thumping haters. The worst kind of hate because it's righteous indignation. PUTZes all.

[tdentino]

The ***** is dead leave this worthless story!

[excoachken]

Did I misunderstand? Was this really Abraham Lincon who died, not some singer/dancer with mental health problems and a propensity to sleep with little boys? ENOUGH of this sickening Hype. If his parents really wanted "privacy" you guys are violating their wishes with each of these increasingly silly stories. Didn't anything of value happen in the entire world yesterday or have you reporters just decided to take an extended July 4th Holiday. Put it to rest, for both those who loved this guy AND those who loathed him.

[zonkzilla]

Leave the Michael Jackson people alone, if they want to worship a drug taking alcoholic pedophile as their god that's their right.

[gangesdak]

First was Diana, the floosie. Now Michael Jackson,the pedophile. I am not sure which one of them was worse. Media is playing to the hilt catering for the sick population. However, I am glad both Michael and Diana are gone.

[yamuttya]

Interesting to see the prominence of Charlie Chaplin's "Smile".
Chaplin was another vilified superstar driven into exile on morals charges.
Coincidence ?

[azure13]

MJ was the master of live entertainment.

Here is where he truly became an ultrastar in 1983 with his performance of Billie Jean:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG0cjYwgqxA

And here is a much refined performance of the same song many years later. Absolute brilliance in 2001:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2nTSbHfJvk&feature=related

[nextgenman09]

CBS - The Jerko the Pedo Broadcasting System. Can we actually get some real news now from CBS?