Reported by Fox News (so take it whatever way you want) reported that people in the African American community were disappointed with Obama for not saying anything about Michael Jackson's death. They showed Obama during an interview giving his feelings on MJ and his death.

I'm African American and I could care less what Obama thought about Michael Jackson.  

This goes back to what I was talking about. Why do we care about what Obama thinks about these pop culture issues?  I mean, the media has an agenda and that's to get ratings, obviously.  But are we as a country the citizens so invested into knowing every single detail about what our President (Obama) thinks and feels?  In some ways I feel Obama is being forced into some of these stupid useless "news" reports on giving his opinion on Michael Jackson's death,  giving his choices for March Madness on his bracket, Obama swatting a fly, what kind of Dog Obama gets... hypoallergenic.  and so on...  

I have never seen a President in my lifetime and through my learning about American history who has had THIS much attention on some useless issues.  I think I'm getting to the point where it's too much Obama kind of like right now, TOO much Michael Jackson...  ALL day news coverage on Michael Jackson on EVERY news network.  I didn't realize the Iranian conflict and all the other problems in the country have been taken over by gossip "news" and more information about Mark Sanford (his story is interesting but it's getting to the point where it's TOO much)

What ever happened to journalism in this country?  It's like all news organizations today have turned into TMZ or People magazine.  

by Erauprcwa on 07/02/2009 06:09:05 PM EST