Weirdness

Aug. 31st, 2005 10:44 am
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When major events happen in the U.S., I often check foreign newspapers out of curiosity about how they're covered. So I was reading the London Times coverage of the hurricane -- which is, in fact, the top story even in England.

The hurricane coverage is much like it is here; there were no surprises. Most amusing to me, though, is that the "World" section of the Times Online has five subsections: Iraq, America, Europe, Middle East, and Michael Jackson.

Yes, Michael Jackson. The London Times has a massive section all about the Michael Jackson trial. Page after page of it. Like, 1/5 of the World section of it.

The "Michael Jackson" section has a link at the top for "read other news about America here", connecting you to the America section. The "America" section, incidentally, has a similar link at the top for Michael Jackson.

Weird.

Date: 2005-08-31 05:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] madbard.livejournal.com
The irony is that he didn't even sing in "We Are The World".

Date: 2005-08-31 08:12 pm (UTC)
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Actually, he did. And was one of the cowriters.

Date: 2005-08-31 06:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pyran.livejournal.com
That's even more disturbing considering that the trial itself is, you know, over.

Date: 2005-08-31 06:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] eagle243.livejournal.com
Come on man! Don't you know that MJ represents half the news over here? ;)

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