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What Could Possibly be a Bigger Story?
Well, let's start with some obvious (and dark) scenarios:
(borrows ayla_zed's caps idea...thanks ayla)
NUCLEAR ATTACK IN PARIS, FRANCE IN RUINS
POSSUM FLU CLAIMS MILLIONS IN MONTH OF FEBRUARY
ENTIRE U.S. SENATE GOES MISSING, FEARS OF MASS EXECUTION
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And now let's try some more positive headlines:
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MIRACLE DRUG PROVEN TO BE CURE TO ALL CANCERS
NEWEST CAR ON STREETS OF TOKYO: FUELED ONLY BY GRASS CLIPPINGS
ELVIS PRESLEY FOUND ALIVE IN ORLANDO, IDENTITY CONFIRMED
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But that's a bit over the top, no? That's too high a compliment to pay to Jacko. So let's consider some headlines that are more on par with his death:
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TOM HANKS FOUND DEAD AFTER SUICIDE BOMBING
JK ROWLING TO PEN MORE POTTER BOOKS
STEPHENIE MEYER ANNOUNCES MORE TWILIGHT BOOKS
PRESIDENT OBAMA SEX TAPE WITH PARIS HILTON RELEASED ONLINE
U.S. LEGALIZES RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE
LINDSAY LOHAN UNDERGOES SEX CHANGE OPERATION
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See, the key with all the headlines is they have to be sensational! Either they must be a complete shock and surprise (like the Hilton-Obama sex tape), or they have to be something monumental (like the the grass clippings car).
In my opinion, Jackson's death fell into the first of those categories: If we had known for some time he was ill and suffering, the headlines wouldn't have been so startling. Most of the people dedicating shrines to the man right now haven't bought an album of his since the late 80s.
I think this headline is a real flash-in-the-pan type thing. We won't remember where we were when we heard Jacko died.
It's not like Kennedy.
It's not like the moon landing.
It's not like September 11, 2001.
It's not like Pearl Harbor.
It's not even like Princess Diana's death.
It's just the death of a talented pop star, turned (likely) child molester and man-child.
So I think the chances of another headline eclipsing this one are very great - let's just hope it's for something positive!
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Death of our president.
Iranians up ending their government.
oh I can probably go on. but I won't.
But I really think this Jackson thing is overblown. Shoot Farah Fawcett also died the same day of cancer. A disease that takes many everyday. But our society is just swooning over Michael Jackson death because of what? his pop-dome, his eccentricity??
I don't get it.
There are many more important things to be concerned about then the death (oh, suspicious death) of a celebrity.
Ok my little rant is over.
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PEACE MISSION IN ISRAEL, LOCATION OF BODY UNKNOWN.
SEARCH FOR REMAINS HALTED AS NUCLEAR EXPLOSION
ROCKS THE WEST BANK
=============================================
CHINA DECLARES ALL NOTES DUE AND PAYABLE, BEGINS
SEIZURE OF U.S. OWNED TERRITORY ON 5 CONTINENTS
=============================================
OZONE LAYER RAPIDLY DETERIORATING - EXPOSURE TO
SUNLIGHT DEADLY, CURFEW IMPOSED, MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
in US, CANADA, and EUROPEAN UNION.
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SUDDEN SHIFT IN TILT OF EARTH CAUSED BY THREE GORGES DAM CAUSES RADIAL ALTERATION OF WEATHER SYSTEMS, OUTCOME
UNKNOWN. RIOTS HALTED BY MILITARY ACROSS EUROPE.
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PANDEMIC WORSENS;
GENETIC MUTATIONS OCCURRING IN VIRUS ACROSS ASIA.
CANADA and U.S. JOIN FORCES, CLOSE ALL BORDERS.
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Like so many news, he is gone....... see?
http://www.emilybreer.net/cartoons/blown-away_sm.jpg
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A few possibilities of "bigger" stories...
1. INTELLIGENT LIFE DISCOVERED IN OUTER SPACE (I think this would be the biggest news story ever.)
2. ASTEROID COLLISION WITH EARTH IS IMMINENT
3. OPRAH COMES OUT OF THE CLOSET: ANNOUNCES BEST FRIEND GAYLE AS LONG-TIME GIRLFRIEND
4. AL GORE ADMITS GLOBAL WARMING IS A HOAX
5. PRESIDENT OBAMA AVOIDS ASSASSINATION: DIVERTS BULLET WITH HIS CAT-LIKE REFLEXES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sV3_LUBGTU
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He had the best selling record of all time with the most number one hits. This can't be topped since albums are not marketed in the same way.
(thank you i-tunes)
The sensation with the internet is like the icing on the cake. He broke another record. Alas, this one will be broken in the future.
@gno, @demanda and @alya-zed have given us the best examples, so I'll just give you one.
VIRAL JOKE SPREAD ON INTERNET - WORLD POPULATION LAUGHING IN UNISON KNOCKS EARTH FROM AXIS
I think that his passing just shows that the Six Degrees mathematics and Small World Theory are clearly at work. The world wide web will never be the same.
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Honestly, and this might come as a shock to you, Billy Mays's death came as a bit more of a disbelief to me than MJ's death. We all know Michael had some "supposed" health issues, right? Maybe not.. I don't know. Michael's death was BIGGER though, you're right in that respect.
Ugh.. Billy Billy Billy... What are we going to do without anymore new infomercials from him? I think I saw him on TV at least once a day every day. I couldn't wait for Wednesday nights to come so I could watch Pitchmen with my parents. He may have been one of the most annoying infomercial dudes, but he was the most memorable and the most comical.
I was such a big Michael Jackson fan too.. I remember having a crush on him when I was little. Crazy? Me? Nah...
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MICHAEL JACKSON WILL LIVE 1000 YEARS!HE IS ALIVE!
THE DEAD PERSON WAS ONE OF HIS DOUBLES FAN!
U.S.A. IS QUITTING THE CRISIS THANKS TO MAHALO.COM'S JOBS!
NEW BACTERIA EATS PLASTIC!
THE ENTIRE WORLD IS RETURNING TO STONE AGE! WILL BE SOON AFFECTED TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTS!
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If anyone remembers, the internet practically slowed to a crawl when we was elected in November 2008, and during his inauguration in early 2009.
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The King of Pop is one person and he won't have much to do with our future anymore. So any news that has to do with our future well being as people should be a greater news than any death.
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June 28, 2009, Associated Press
Last night at approximately 11:00 PM, the beginning of what is very likely to be the end of the world occurred.
"We were just preforming a routine nightly check of the premises," says Michael O'Donovan, 43, a scientist at a formerly top secret laboratory in the Nevada desert, "Soon we discovered that things were a little different than we thought." O'Donovan was, of course referring to the fact that, upon inspection, they found a germedical seal for the lab entrance had been penetrated. Within minutes, several of the inspectors had begun to develop insatiable cravings for brains.
"It is unclear why, but the virus only appears to affect 9/10 of the population," O'Donovan says, "I was the only one to escape alive, so I headed to the shelter, where we are now speaking." Current reports peg the virus as infecting the Las Vegas area and moving on to Reno and then the rest of the Country.
Others, such as John Daniels, head of the largely defunct special interest group "People Against Zombie Research", are more concerned with the direction this signifies for our government. "If we cannot trust top secret researchers," Daniels commiserates, "Who can we trust?"
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How about, if the Canadian Curling Team recruits a new member? That would be important. Or, at least more important.
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June 27, 2009 11:24 PM
What news could possibly be a bigger story than Michael Jackson's death?
Michael Jackson's death is sad and has obviously impacted the world.
However, his death has had a huge effect on the Internet. Over the course of hours, search volumes peaked to levels that have never been seen before.
Google thought that they were under attack:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10274137-2.html
Twitter broke (of course) and the developers at Bing cracked open the case of Cristal that Gates shipped over:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1195651/How-Michael-Jacksons-death-shut-Twitter-overwhelmed-Google--killed-Jeff-Goldblum.html
This leaves me to wonder... what's next? What story headline could possibly have more of an effect on the world than Jackson's death?
This is meant to be a bit of a fun question... use your imagination, but please try to keep it in the realm of reality. Michael Jackson was "the king of pop", a master of publicity, and known throughout the world. What news story could possibly be bigger than his untimely death?
However, his death has had a huge effect on the Internet. Over the course of hours, search volumes peaked to levels that have never been seen before.
Google thought that they were under attack:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17939_109-10274137-2.html
Twitter broke (of course) and the developers at Bing cracked open the case of Cristal that Gates shipped over:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1195651/How-Michael-Jacksons-death-shut-Twitter-overwhelmed-Google--killed-Jeff-Goldblum.html
This leaves me to wonder... what's next? What story headline could possibly have more of an effect on the world than Jackson's death?
This is meant to be a bit of a fun question... use your imagination, but please try to keep it in the realm of reality. Michael Jackson was "the king of pop", a master of publicity, and known throughout the world. What news story could possibly be bigger than his untimely death?
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| June 28, 2009 02:37 AM |
Well, let's start with some obvious (and dark) scenarios:
(borrows ayla_zed's caps idea...thanks ayla)
NUCLEAR ATTACK IN PARIS, FRANCE IN RUINS
POSSUM FLU CLAIMS MILLIONS IN MONTH OF FEBRUARY
ENTIRE U.S. SENATE GOES MISSING, FEARS OF MASS EXECUTION
~~~~
And now let's try some more positive headlines:
~~~~
MIRACLE DRUG PROVEN TO BE CURE TO ALL CANCERS
NEWEST CAR ON STREETS OF TOKYO: FUELED ONLY BY GRASS CLIPPINGS
ELVIS PRESLEY FOUND ALIVE IN ORLANDO, IDENTITY CONFIRMED
~~~~
But that's a bit over the top, no? That's too high a compliment to pay to Jacko. So let's consider some headlines that are more on par with his death:
~~~~
TOM HANKS FOUND DEAD AFTER SUICIDE BOMBING
JK ROWLING TO PEN MORE POTTER BOOKS
STEPHENIE MEYER ANNOUNCES MORE TWILIGHT BOOKS
PRESIDENT OBAMA SEX TAPE WITH PARIS HILTON RELEASED ONLINE
U.S. LEGALIZES RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA USE
LINDSAY LOHAN UNDERGOES SEX CHANGE OPERATION
~~~~
See, the key with all the headlines is they have to be sensational! Either they must be a complete shock and surprise (like the Hilton-Obama sex tape), or they have to be something monumental (like the the grass clippings car).
In my opinion, Jackson's death fell into the first of those categories: If we had known for some time he was ill and suffering, the headlines wouldn't have been so startling. Most of the people dedicating shrines to the man right now haven't bought an album of his since the late 80s.
I think this headline is a real flash-in-the-pan type thing. We won't remember where we were when we heard Jacko died.
It's not like Kennedy.
It's not like the moon landing.
It's not like September 11, 2001.
It's not like Pearl Harbor.
It's not even like Princess Diana's death.
It's just the death of a talented pop star, turned (likely) child molester and man-child.
So I think the chances of another headline eclipsing this one are very great - let's just hope it's for something positive!
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June 28, 2009 12:25 AM
Someone actually dropping a nuclear weapon anywhere in the world. Death of our president.
Iranians up ending their government.
oh I can probably go on. but I won't.
But I really think this Jackson thing is overblown. Shoot Farah Fawcett also died the same day of cancer. A disease that takes many everyday. But our society is just swooning over Michael Jackson death because of what? his pop-dome, his eccentricity??
I don't get it.
There are many more important things to be concerned about then the death (oh, suspicious death) of a celebrity.
Ok my little rant is over.
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June 28, 2009 12:52 AM
Yeah, the general "big bang" stuff makes sense.
"Farah Fawcett also died the same day of cancer. A disease that takes many everyday. But our society is just swooning over Michael Jackson death because of what?"
Well, yeah... this is getting to my core point here... it does seem overblown but SOOOOO many people are crazy about it.
It makes me wonder, short of the other regular stuff (anything that would be a storyline on 24), what could possibly top this Michael Jackson frenzy?
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"Farah Fawcett also died the same day of cancer. A disease that takes many everyday. But our society is just swooning over Michael Jackson death because of what?"
Well, yeah... this is getting to my core point here... it does seem overblown but SOOOOO many people are crazy about it.
It makes me wonder, short of the other regular stuff (anything that would be a storyline on 24), what could possibly top this Michael Jackson frenzy?
June 28, 2009 01:42 AM
OBAMA DIES OF UNEXPLAINED CAUSES WHILE ON PEACE MISSION IN ISRAEL, LOCATION OF BODY UNKNOWN.
SEARCH FOR REMAINS HALTED AS NUCLEAR EXPLOSION
ROCKS THE WEST BANK
=============================================
CHINA DECLARES ALL NOTES DUE AND PAYABLE, BEGINS
SEIZURE OF U.S. OWNED TERRITORY ON 5 CONTINENTS
=============================================
OZONE LAYER RAPIDLY DETERIORATING - EXPOSURE TO
SUNLIGHT DEADLY, CURFEW IMPOSED, MARTIAL LAW DECLARED
in US, CANADA, and EUROPEAN UNION.
=============================================
SUDDEN SHIFT IN TILT OF EARTH CAUSED BY THREE GORGES DAM CAUSES RADIAL ALTERATION OF WEATHER SYSTEMS, OUTCOME
UNKNOWN. RIOTS HALTED BY MILITARY ACROSS EUROPE.
=============================================
PANDEMIC WORSENS;
GENETIC MUTATIONS OCCURRING IN VIRUS ACROSS ASIA.
CANADA and U.S. JOIN FORCES, CLOSE ALL BORDERS.
==============================================
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June 28, 2009 05:29 AM
OK, now you are really frightening me. I think they are seriously out of touch with reality, and I know they like to do flashy things on our holidays. I just hope others don't pick up the same habit. Imagine how it would be for us to dread every holiday and be looking over our shoulders every National Holiday.
I do not think they have the capability to hit us with a bunch of missiles do they?
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June 28, 2009 02:59 AM
Remember the O.J. Simpson trial frenzy?... Remember 9-11?... Remember the Invasion of Irak?.. Remember the Economy Crash?... Remember AH1-N1 flu?... sooo many things you don´t remember right now, and still you don´t think "this Michael Jackson frenzy" is another event you are not going to remember two weeks from now. Like so many news, he is gone....... see?
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June 28, 2009 05:05 AM
I think the search volumes are more due to the surprise aspect of the news of Jackson's death than how "big" the story was. People learned of the death from sources like Twitter or TMZ, and then turned to search engines to verify it. A few possibilities of "bigger" stories...
1. INTELLIGENT LIFE DISCOVERED IN OUTER SPACE (I think this would be the biggest news story ever.)
2. ASTEROID COLLISION WITH EARTH IS IMMINENT
3. OPRAH COMES OUT OF THE CLOSET: ANNOUNCES BEST FRIEND GAYLE AS LONG-TIME GIRLFRIEND
4. AL GORE ADMITS GLOBAL WARMING IS A HOAX
5. PRESIDENT OBAMA AVOIDS ASSASSINATION: DIVERTS BULLET WITH HIS CAT-LIKE REFLEXES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sV3_LUBGTU
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June 28, 2009 10:46 PM
a quick update on your #1:
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THEY HAVE ARRIVED!
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23% of Earth's Homo Sapiens Population are Alien-Human Hybrids!
June 28, 2009 10:10 AM
if someone published a practical, approachable solution to global crises conditions that would feed the people, shelter the earth from our resource consumption/environmental destruction, and give local culture back to people as the bread of daily social and political life. It would have to be simple, and approach the whole problem with a certain singularity for it to stir peoples minds to jam google or such as this. If understandable, and functional in this world, such an admission would, or perhaps should, have more of an effect as a world headline. peace
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June 28, 2009 02:38 PM
Is it me, or do others feel that Jackson pulled off his best and final encore with his passing? He had the best selling record of all time with the most number one hits. This can't be topped since albums are not marketed in the same way.
(thank you i-tunes)
The sensation with the internet is like the icing on the cake. He broke another record. Alas, this one will be broken in the future.
@gno, @demanda and @alya-zed have given us the best examples, so I'll just give you one.
VIRAL JOKE SPREAD ON INTERNET - WORLD POPULATION LAUGHING IN UNISON KNOCKS EARTH FROM AXIS
I think that his passing just shows that the Six Degrees mathematics and Small World Theory are clearly at work. The world wide web will never be the same.
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June 28, 2009 07:55 PM
The King of Infomercials! Honestly, and this might come as a shock to you, Billy Mays's death came as a bit more of a disbelief to me than MJ's death. We all know Michael had some "supposed" health issues, right? Maybe not.. I don't know. Michael's death was BIGGER though, you're right in that respect.
Ugh.. Billy Billy Billy... What are we going to do without anymore new infomercials from him? I think I saw him on TV at least once a day every day. I couldn't wait for Wednesday nights to come so I could watch Pitchmen with my parents. He may have been one of the most annoying infomercial dudes, but he was the most memorable and the most comical.
I was such a big Michael Jackson fan too.. I remember having a crush on him when I was little. Crazy? Me? Nah...
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June 28, 2009 08:56 PM
"ADIOS" TO PAPER! FROM TODAY THANKS TO THE NEW ONU IT WILL BE COMPLETELY SUBSTITUTED BY DIGITAL DEVICES
U.S.A. AND ISRAEL ATTACKED IRAN
IRAN WAS GOING TO LAUNCH A NUCLEAR BOMB BUT FORTUNATELY ISRAEL IN COLLABORATION WITH U.S.A. STOPPED IT DOING A FLASH RAID
MICHAEL JACKSON WILL LIVE 1000 YEARS!HE IS ALIVE!
THE DEAD PERSON WAS ONE OF HIS DOUBLES FAN!
U.S.A. IS QUITTING THE CRISIS THANKS TO MAHALO.COM'S JOBS!
NEW BACTERIA EATS PLASTIC!
THE ENTIRE WORLD IS RETURNING TO STONE AGE! WILL BE SOON AFFECTED TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTS!
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June 28, 2009 09:22 PM
The only one I can think of that would be bigger than Michael Jackson's death is if President Obama died or was killed, I hate to say. If anyone remembers, the internet practically slowed to a crawl when we was elected in November 2008, and during his inauguration in early 2009.
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June 28, 2009 09:56 PM
The News of the ongoing healthcare reform, which could mean the difference between health and sickness in this nation and in some cases, it could also be the difference between life and death for those in critical situations. The King of Pop is one person and he won't have much to do with our future anymore. So any news that has to do with our future well being as people should be a greater news than any death.
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June 28, 2009 10:24 PM
ZOMBIE VIRUS ESCAPES GOVERNMENT RESEARCH FACILITY: WHAT THE HELL WERE THEY THINKING? June 28, 2009, Associated Press
Last night at approximately 11:00 PM, the beginning of what is very likely to be the end of the world occurred.
"We were just preforming a routine nightly check of the premises," says Michael O'Donovan, 43, a scientist at a formerly top secret laboratory in the Nevada desert, "Soon we discovered that things were a little different than we thought." O'Donovan was, of course referring to the fact that, upon inspection, they found a germedical seal for the lab entrance had been penetrated. Within minutes, several of the inspectors had begun to develop insatiable cravings for brains.
"It is unclear why, but the virus only appears to affect 9/10 of the population," O'Donovan says, "I was the only one to escape alive, so I headed to the shelter, where we are now speaking." Current reports peg the virus as infecting the Las Vegas area and moving on to Reno and then the rest of the Country.
Others, such as John Daniels, head of the largely defunct special interest group "People Against Zombie Research", are more concerned with the direction this signifies for our government. "If we cannot trust top secret researchers," Daniels commiserates, "Who can we trust?"
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June 29, 2009 01:19 AM
Virtually every story is more important and interesting. This entertainer had not produced anything in years. You seem to think everyone liked his stuff. I couldn't stand him and think he lowered the standards for singing and entertainment, low as they already were. I'm sure very many people agree with me. Even if someone liked his stuff, why care that he finally died instead of creating more scandals? How about, if the Canadian Curling Team recruits a new member? That would be important. Or, at least more important.
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And I think losing Princess Diana so suddenly was a much bigger deal - she was a humanitarian who was out trying to make the world a better place, campaigning against land mines, helping the starving, etc. (and without any allegations of drugging children).
And maybe you forget her funeral being televised? The songs written in her memory? Even the collectors items mass-marketed (as sick as that was)?
I think the only reason most of you will remember where you were when Michael Jackson passed was because we're making a point of it now. Otherwise, in ten years, I bet most people won't even remember what year it was, what they were doing, or even how he died.
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