Our top story: Michael Jackson died. Last week.

[KamaAina]

And the Today show still leads off with that, over Sanford, Madoff, etc., etc. :eyes:

[dflprincess]

1. Makes one think of Weekend Update

and "Generalissimo Franciso Franco's continues his struggle to remain dead."

[ORDagnabbit]

2. still dead... still a pedophile

[damntexdem]

3. Shouldn't that be "Michael Jackson is still dead"?

And his dad is still talking.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

4. MICHAEL JACKSON DIEEEEED!!!!! WTF? WHY WASN'T I INFORMED??!!!

:hide:

[Echo In Light]

5. M$M can't create diversions that good. They'll get big heap mileage out of it for sure.

[Catherine Vincent]

6. What difference does the order of stories make as long as it's reported on?

None.

Whining here won't help much.

[KamaAina]

7. Well, for one thing, I leave for work a few minutes after the top of the hour

:-)

but seriously, just as with newspaper headlines, it's an indication of the relative weight the editors are giving to the various stories of the day.