Michael Jackson TV News Coverage

I'm writing this hub as a record of the television coverage around michael jacksons death. My objective is not to pass comment on the coverage, although my choices of video footage included may indicate my personal viewpoint. I will remain as neutral as possible and just present the news coverage that is available on video sharing sites such as youtube.

My aim is to remain neutral but the target audience for this hub is anyone who has enjoyed the music of michael jackson over the years and is interested enough to search out news coverage. This is mainly his fan base which covers a wide age range.

The announcement of Michael Jackson to perform at the O2  Centre was covered extensively in the UK media. I'm including some clips of the coverage to put the death in context.

I'm following the conversations on Twitter using a couple of hash tags.at the moment and will be looking at the fan response on facebook shortly.

#MJ RIP and #shutupaboutmichaeljacksonsdeath

The official michael jackson fan club site is reporting the following:

(27-6-2009) The Rev. Jesse Jackson says Michael Jackson's family wants an independent autopsy following the entertainer's sudden death at age 50.

Jesse Jackson said after a Chicago press conference Saturday that there are unanswered questions surrounding the King of Pop's death, including about the role of the personal cardiologist who was with him.

The Los Angeles County coroner's office performed an autopsy on Friday but deferred a finding on the cause of death pending further tests that could take more than a month.

Jesse Jackson says the family's wound from the sudden death is being kept open by the mystery of the cause of death.