Michael Jackson 1958-2009

He was our King of Hearts.

I saw Kevin Bakhurst on Newswatch last night trying (and in my view totally failing) to convince everybody that the BBC were right to have simulcasted the Jackson Memorial on BBC 2 and the News channel.

Is he that arrogant in real life, or does he just put it on for the cameras ?

This clip will probably get removed...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEvGz_QyIKM

The above was taken from 'You have been watching' which showed an ITN report where they had compared Michael Jackson's funeral to Princess Diana's. Unsurprisingly ITN hastily pulled the report (presumably on grounds of taste) and had been attempting to remove the copies which kept getting uploaded to YouTube. I guess they won't have been too happy that Charlie Brooker showed the full clip and pointed this out.

Much enjoyed "You Have Been Watching". Absolutely staggered at ITNs total lack of judgement over this report. No wonder they're trying to remove all traces of it on the net!

they've swiped it already. Is the full thing on 4OD then?

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/you-have-been-watching/4od

It's towards the end of the first part. Even if just online, shocking that came from ITN. Wouldn't be too surprised if it was from the US or put up by one of our tabloids, or heck, even Sky News - but from ITN. A distinct lack of judgement me thinks.


By the way, if you don't want to know the score, look away now...

It was extraordinarily poor taste.

"Diana's coffin, or casket was an understated affair with a flag draped over, but Michael, well... the King certainly had his bling with a gold plated box"

Yes, somebody needs to have a word with the person(s) who thought that report would be a good idea.

Someone needs to be sacked.

Imagine someone like Mark Austin doing an "And Finally.." with that.