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Agence France Presse August 3, 2009.
Katherine Jackson, 79, will be granted permanent custody while Jackson's ex-wife Debbie Rowe will receive visitation rights to the two children she bore the singer, Prince Michael, 12, and Paris, 11.
Dan Abrams, Huffington Post AlterNet: Media and Technology. July 20, 2009.
Even in reporting on his death many journalists have violated one of Cronkite's basic tenets: report the news don't become it.
Chris Hedges, Truthdig. July 16, 2009.
The hubbub around Michael Jackson's death was orchestrated by the same corporate forces that drove him insane.
David Michael Green, July 15, 2009.
Michael Jackson personified the lack of seriousness that has become to this culture what water is to fish.
Sheri Fink, ProPublica July 14, 2009.
Vanessa Richmond, The Tyee. July 13, 2009.
Famous in analog. Mourned in digital. In death the King of Pop inspired the greatest online eulogy in human history.
Bruce Mirken, Marijuana Policy Project. July 10, 2009.
If Jackson needed treatment for real pain, medical marijuana might have helped.
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez's Blog. July 9, 2009.
He was not a musical genius; didn't break down racial barriers; wasn't a great dancer; didn't change American culture.
Patricia J. Williams, The Nation. July 4, 2009.
Jackson's fame and fortune ensured he had few barriers whatever fancy seized him -- including his made-to-order kids.
Jill Harris, AlterNet. June 29, 2009.
We must learn how to reduce the harms associated with our drug use, including reducing easily preventable deaths from overdose.
Richard Kim, The Nation. June 27, 2009.
Lodged somewhere between the superhuman and the alien, aspiration and disgust, he was a grotesque reflection of our collective desires.
Tom Degan, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 26, 2009.
In the heat of the now-deceased pop star's canonization, why is no one talking about the damage he dealt to the black community?
AlterNet Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. June 25, 2009.
Jackson was pronounced dead after arriving at UCLA medical center.
Los Angeles Times June 25, 2009.
The singer was rushed to the hospital at 12:30 Thursday.
