America began this very news intensive week focused on the controversial Iranian presidential election and its violent aftermath.
The page was turned abruptly, however, when the news of the bizarre Mark Sanford disappearance broke. That dominated the airwaves for about two days when suddenly Michael Jackson died.
Jackson's death has been the equivalent of a world wide earthquake--it's literally all the media seems to be reporting on.
Which in and of itself is a reflection on modern American society: hollow, easily distracted, focused on the little things...
The media, after all, is a reflection of ourselves. They are only giving Americans what we want.
Health care? The economy? The pending massive environmental legislation being discussed in Congress? Iraq? Afghanistan?
Who cares. Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett just died.
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