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07 Jul 2009 19:05

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Culture: A reminder that not everyone had to “win” tickets to his funeral

  • I just wanted to say, ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you can imagine. I just wanted to say I love him so much.
  • Michael Jackson’s 11-year-old daughter Paris Michael Katherine Jackson • speaking at the end of his memorial service today. Paris’ words, which set the tone for the service, were notable for many reasons, the biggest being that she’s never spoken in public before. • source

07 Jul 2009 12:33

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07 Jul 2009 12:30

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Politics: Hopefully the MJ story dies after this memorial, but here’s a live stream

  • Most. Annoying. News. Story. Ever. Nothing against Michael Jackson or his fans or his memory, but this thing needs to go away. Hopefully, after this memorial, we can all get on with our lives.

06 Jul 2009 17:05

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Culture, Offbeat: Didn’t win a ticket to Michael Jackson’s funeral? Try scalping.

  • $15,000 the reported amount people are bidding for tickets on eBay. Event organizers say they won’t be welcome.
  • $2.99 the starting bid for memorial service rejection e-mails on eBay. Weren’t there more than 1.5 million of those things? source

04 Jul 2009 17:26

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Culture: Michael Jackson’s funeral isn’t a media circus without Fred Phelps

  • WBC will be there to remind you to stop worshiping the dead. We will be there to tell you to Thank God for the death of this filthy, adulterous, idolatrous, gender-confused, nationality-confused, unthankful brute beast.
  • A message from the Westboro Baptist Church • Informing the citizens of the world that, yes, they’ll be making Michael Jackson’s funeral on Tuesday. Great. Wonder when the bearded lady and the trapeze artists are showing up. The WBC, of course, is famous for hating gay people and protesting soldiers funerals, because clearly, those are Christian things to do. • source

03 Jul 2009 20:47

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Culture: Blame Michael Jackson: Why you should stay away from L.A. July 7

  • 17,500 tickets are being handed out to MJ’s overhyped memorial service, with nearly a third of them not even in the same building as the King of Pop
  • 500 million number of hits the Web site handing out the tickets lottery-style got in the first 90 minutes it was online; yeah, being in L.A. will suck Tuesday source

03 Jul 2009 10:58

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Culture: OK Magazine has taste? Over Michael Jackson’s dead body

  • $500,000 to show The King of Pop dead source
 

02 Jul 2009 22:30

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Culture: You have to register to go the the Michael Jackson memorial

  • 11,000 free tickets for fans to fight over source

02 Jul 2009 21:33

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Culture: That’s the night that the lights went on in Neverland …

… that’s the night when they mourned an innocent man. That’s the night when the hype for Michael Jackson … took a turn for the creepy once again. source

01 Jul 2009 20:48

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Culture: Hitting the Michael Jackson media saturation barrier yet?

  • 64% of folks think we should shut about the King of Pop source