Who is more popular, Barack Obama or Michael Jackson? As the US president Obama may be all powerful, but on Tuesday, he was nowhere.Michael Jackson’s popularity post his death had broken every record that Obama might have created in the run up to US presidency. Barack Obama’s Russian visit failed to make headlines.
It was in fact Michael Jackson’s day. People across the globe were grieving over his death. And everyone wanted to witness his memorial.A blog said, “Apparently Michael Jackson’s funeral is much much bigger news than President Obama’s effort in Russia to reduce nuclear weapons in the world and his meetings with Russian leaders. Or the massive Uighur protests in western China”.
Another blogger while responding to it said, “I admired Martin Luther King but never met him. Didn’t even exist at the same time as him. Never met Obama either but I love him and would feel pain if the Lord took him now. There’s a difference between celebrity worship and honoring someone who you admire. You may not understand why so many people love and admire Michael. But this man saved thousands of lives and gave love and joy to millions. So for those like me and millions of others, just respect what you do not understand”.
From the fleet of Bentley limousines that transported his family, to the endlessly fawning comments of television anchors throughout the blanket coverage, Michael Jackson, the late King of Pop, got a send-off Tuesday that was fit for royalty.
As the 30-vehicle convoy left the Forest Lawns Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills, it drove past dozens of broadcast trucks, with several news helicopters buzzing overhead. Police closed the 101 Freeway to allow the procession easy passage to the public memorial in downtown Los Angeles. Traffic in the opposite direction also slowed to a virtual standstill as commuters halted their journey to catch a glimpse of the hearse.
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