This past Saturday, NBC issued the following press release:
"NBC is not planning live coverage [of the Michael Jackson memorial], but will wrap up highlights in a one-hour prime-time special Tuesday night. Chris Jansing will anchor live coverage of the memorial on MSNBC."
I must admit, I was shocked. "Holy cow," I thought, "The dipwads who run NBC actually have a pair."
Well, it seems the NBC brass underwent a cojones-ectomy and subsequently backpedaled like Roberto Duran shouting "No mas" while being pummeled by Miley Cyrus. In the wake of NBC's complete 180° on Sunday I received the following update from an eagle-eyed reader:
"NBC executives changed their minds Sunday and decided to join other networks that will televise Michael Jackson's memorial service live this week. NBC had initially planned only a one-hour prime-time special on Tuesday night, but said Sunday it would also cover the event live. It was not immediately clear who would anchor."
So, unsurprisingly, NBC execs collapsed like a wet soufflé. The empty suits at NBC couldn't bring themselves to break away from the mass of news-lemmings marching into the sea. No sir! True to form they chickened out and elected to show us something that will be on every other channel on the face of the planet.
Don't they understand they have a responsibility? It's time for us to move on from Michael Jackson and start dissing Sarah Palin.
So here we are, stuck again. Enjoy your day..................................
Unless, of course, the President gets a hangnail.
