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Michael Jackson 1958-2009

News coverage of his death (June 2009)

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TVN
Ticker on BBC News website no longer 'ticking' but staying with that news. Obviously will be treating this as a major news event
GR
gregmc
Breaking News now on ITV1 with Alistair Stewart.


Indeed, heres a quick capture of the coverage.
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Gareth E
Are ITV doing anything continuous? We're not privy to it here in UTV land unfortunately.
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newsatten
Are ITV doing anything continuous? We're not privy to it here in UTV land unfortunately.


alisatar said there will be more updates throughout the night!
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Nicky
Are ITV doing anything continuous? We're not privy to it here in UTV land unfortunately.


No continuous coverage from ITN but Alastair did mention that there will be "updates throughout the night".
DA
David
BBC One have breaking news (from the News Channel).
RJ
RJH Glover
BBC1 has joined the BBC News Channel.
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TVN
MArtine and Tim on BBC 1 now
DA
David
Are ITV doing anything continuous? We're not privy to it here in UTV land unfortunately.


Did UTV get the news flash? What about STV?
PC
p_c_u_k
How was that handled with News 24 - was there an odd gap or did they explain to the audience that BBC1 were joining them? STV took the flash btw.
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Brekkie
I wouldn't say it's a death which particularly shocks me - his health has never been in any great state, and there were a lot of questions about his ability to cope with the forthcoming O2 residency.

From a non-human, media point of view I'm glad it happened rather quickly, rather than him being in the hospital with the media camped outside for days waiting for him to die.

It'll be interesting to see what tributes are shown over the weekend.
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Ant
Are ITV doing anything continuous? We're not privy to it here in UTV land unfortunately.


Did UTV get the news flash? What about STV?


STV did.

The AP are now confirming it so it looks pretty definite now.

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