Beat it into the ground

'Michael Jackson and Bubbles' - Jeff Koons, 1988 (sold for 5.6 million) Let's give a little credit now to FOX News and reflect, sadly, on how of the three cable news networks have been the only alternative to round the clock Jacko Mortis Mania. I was at the gym on Friday afternoon - a full eight days after the death - with all three news networks on. MSNBC and CNN were still running about 80% Jackson stories, not even breaking in till later in the day with the Palin resignation. BTW, both networks are officially going live with (probably day long) funeral coverage. And peripherally speaking, who is paying for tomorrow's mega-memorial? Not the Jackson family apparently, although LA Council member Jan Perry said she would "love it" if they would help out. It's nice to see that broke-ass California can still find some coin in the cushions of their threadbare state couch.