The excellent Media Research Center reports:
ABC, CBS Skip Most of Ft. Hood Memorial, Except for Obama—Unlike Full Coverage of Jacko Memorial
ABC and CBS aired hours of Michael Jackson’ memorial service in July, but on Tuesday afternoon the two networks weren’t so interested in the memorial service for the victims at Fort Hood. The two networks limited coverage to President Obama’s remarks, re-joining soap operas as soon as he finished.
… A chaplain also spoke. But ABC and CBS were still running their soaps. When did they start live coverage? Just before President Obama spoke. When did they end? CBS jumped back out shortly after Obama finished. ABC held on for a few bars of “Amazing Grace.”
… The pattern—that dead and freakish celebrities are much more newsworthy than American soldiers—continues. As Brent Bozell noted this summer: “On the night of July 6, ABC, CBS, and NBC, paid twenty times more attention to Jackson (more than a week after his death) than to the deaths of seven brave soldiers in Afghanistan.” July 7 BiasAlert: “Seven Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan Get 1/20th Time Given to Jackson.”
(For the record, the also excellent Fox News Channel covered the memorial wall-to-wall.)
It reminds me of this Steven Crowder video, which is all about celebrity, and what the media perpetuates:
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