Comments on: LA Times: What if TMZ Had Been Wrong? http://www.kymleeisawesome.net/2009/06/la-times-what-if-tmz-had-gotten-the-story-wrong/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=la-times-what-if-tmz-had-gotten-the-story-wrong I'm a writer, editor, music nerd, pop culture enthusiast, and opinionated information junkie. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 21:45:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Eric Atienza http://www.kymleeisawesome.net/2009/06/la-times-what-if-tmz-had-gotten-the-story-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Eric Atienza Tue, 30 Jun 2009 12:57:46 +0000 http://www.kymleeisawesome.net/?p=300#comment-180 You know what, though? I really don't mind that TMZ scooped CNN and the rest of the MSM with this story, and I don't think they should mind either. It's true that, as my roommate said, Michael Jackson was "American royalty" but at the same time if any so-called "hard news" outlets had been devoting serious energy following Michael Jackson around I would have been severely disappointed. TMZ is solely concentrated on celebrity news, so it makes sense to me that they would be the first place to break this kind of event. That they also broke the story of the falsified autopsy report is fine too, because if any hard news organization was still devoting manpower to what is basically a celebrity death story four days later they should be ashamed of themselves. You know what, though? I really don’t mind that TMZ scooped CNN and the rest of the MSM with this story, and I don’t think they should mind either. It’s true that, as my roommate said, Michael Jackson was “American royalty” but at the same time if any so-called “hard news” outlets had been devoting serious energy following Michael Jackson around I would have been severely disappointed.

TMZ is solely concentrated on celebrity news, so it makes sense to me that they would be the first place to break this kind of event. That they also broke the story of the falsified autopsy report is fine too, because if any hard news organization was still devoting manpower to what is basically a celebrity death story four days later they should be ashamed of themselves.

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