BREAKING: Michael Jackson taken to local hospital.

[doxieone]

MSNBC.

[doxieone]

1. No link yet.

Is it Karma that my 1000th post would be about MJ??

[KurtNYC]

36. Link here - not much story

but why should that stop the MSM from pretending this is mega important?

http://www.courttv.com/home_news/index.html

This is the whole thing so far:

Hospitalized
Sources say Michael Jackson was taken to a hospital Tuesday morning while en route to the courthouse where jury selection was supposed to resume in his child molestation trial. Update soon.

[Jeff in Cincinnati]

2. This is not Latest Breaking News

In fact, it's not news at all.

Let's us here at DU make a pledge to not discuss the Michael Jackson Distraction Tour 2005 unless there is some nugget of genuine news involved.

Yesterday on NPR they had a whole report that amounted to nothing at all: people were trying not to be obvious as they craned their necks to get a glimpse of Jackson. New Value, Anyone?

[Renew Deal]

6. It is LBN

No matter how much you are I dislike it.

[tuvor]

20. The rules for LBN say not to post off-topic.

If this isn't off-topic, I don't know what is.

[meisje]

30. off what topic?

[tuvor]

37. You tell me.

Maybe I'm interpreting the rule wrong, but...

Rule #8:

Do not post frivolous or off-topic news stories. The moderators of the Latest Breaking News forum have the authority to act as news editors, and may remove news stories that they do not consider appropriate for this forum.

If Michael Jackson's situation is on-topic please explain what would be considered off-topic.

[merwin]

46. Apparently Yahoo considers it news enough to be front page.

Go figure :-)

[Renew Deal]

49. The moderators decide that.

Not you. I think this is as relevant as anything. It maybe dumb. It maybe nothing. But it's latest, breaking, news.

[tuvor]

57. Let's just link to a newswire, then.

It'll all be LBN. What's the difference?

[Renew Deal]

59. That works for me.

But I think it would get unruly with the many versions of the same article. The current method allows people to talk about what they want to talk about. I think it works quite well.

[Renew Deal]

47. Exactly

:shrug:

[muriel_volestrangler]

Why? Is he melting? (n/t)

[LinuxInsurgent]

21. hahah..

his penis fell off again...

[Skidmore]

3. Either

his nose is falling off or he's had an attack of the vapors. Sorry, I'm so sick of hearing about Jacko and his travails. He's a prime example of the nasty combination of mental health problems and wealth.

[BiggJawn]

7. My money's on "The Vapours"...

:evilgrin:

[FarLeftRage]

38. I like that song by The Vapours

"Turning Japanese"

I'ts one of the better 1980's tunes...

[MizrahiIssac]

4. Anxiety, Hysteria, Suicide attempt?????

[arcane1]

5. Cool! Now I've forgotten all about Plame, Gannon, Iraq, etc...

his timing is impeccable :puke:

[doxieone]

9. True. It will distract - but anything could do it.

I would guess some of MJ's 'friends' were not so happy to be named in the news as witnesses for him. Caused a meltdown.

[AngryOldDem]

17. ...and transparent.

:puke: :puke:

[Avalux]

8. Publicity Stunt

poor Michael - can't you see what this trial is doing to him!!! :puke:

[CoffeeCat]

10. With more "witnesses" coming forward...

...it's not surprising that Jackson is experiencing problems.

I don't know what his issues are--or why he had to go to the hospital--but it appears that his decade-long covert pedophile actions are being outed by multiple sources.

Corey Feldman coming forward and revealing that Jackson showed him pornography--when Feldman was middle-school age--will be damaging. It sounds like Feldman is struggling with what he remembers and with issues surrounding his visits to Neverland.

The prosecution witness list was recently revealed--and I'm sure many of the names caused quite a reaction in Jackson.

It's really a devastating, heartbreaking situation all the way around. Jackson has reported throughout the years that he is "terrified" of his father, and still shakes when he is around him. The other Jackson have repeatedly reported the father's violent physical abuse.

I hope the truth surfaces in all of this. It's the only way the victims will get the help they deserve--and it's the only way Jackson will extricate himself from the fantasy land in which he lives--and start dealing with his own issues.

[sniffa]

13. stevie wonder too

"are you teLLing me that you didn't see anything out of the ordinary when you were around mr. jackson?"

[MizrahiIssac]

14. good post.

[KissMeKate]

11. gee whiz, hope he gets better

that is, hope he gets better and succeeds with his next suicide attempt!

[dhinojosa]

12. I hope the pediatrics clinic at the hospital is at LEVEL RED.

Hoooooooboy. There are some cases where you know who is guilty and who isn't. This one is so obvious.

[nickinSTL]

32. I'm glad you're so omniscient

and can discern guilt without the trouble of a trial.

Why don't you put that talent to work? Lessen the workload on our court system?

Honestly, I don't know whether he's guilty or not. I know he's f*cked up mentally, and that what the MSM has reported looks really bad for him. But I do NOT know he's guilty. And neither do you.

[dhinojosa]

39. Maybe it was all an elaborate scheme by the "childwing conspiracy"?

Cmon. We have been going through this since the 80s. You'd think after his first trial he wouldn't have kids over at his place ever again. But nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

"Beach Party at Neverland everyone!"

[LVT]

15. Medical hospital?

Or are they finally getting him the help he needs?

:shrug:

[Melynn]

16. The Soap Opera continues

I'm already sick of this trial and it has only begun.

Of course, I'm hypocrite by posting on this thread and contributing to the MJ trial hype. Someone :spank: me.

[tuvor]

18. This isn't what LBN is for.

I come to DU to escape the distractions to be found on the MSM.

[merwin]

23. Uh, isn't LBN an aggregate of all MSM news? If I'm not mistaken, it HAS to

be MSM for it to be posted here.

As much as it may be disliked, Jackson is an MSM story.

[dhinojosa]

24. I'd disagree. Though I may regret this post.

Late Breaking News has be something reported as of late. It must be breaking with information never known before. It also must be news, which unfortunately this is. :)

I also checked the Skinner rules, and it doesn't violate any of it except that he didn't post an article.

[tuvor]

34. How do you interpret "off-topic" then?

LBN Rule #8:

"Do not post frivolous or off-topic news stories. The moderators of the Latest Breaking News forum have the authority to act as news editors, and may remove news stories that they do not consider appropriate for this forum."

[dhinojosa]

42. Well, we need to tie this to Gannon! :)

[Renew Deal]

54. Articles, vanity threads, birthday threads.

[tuvor]

58. Those aren't off-topic, so much as they're simply not news.

[Renew Deal]

60. If they aren't off topic, then nothing is.

I agree. They're not news.

[doxieone]

35. There is STILL no article, by the way on Google News.

Doxieone is female.

[DrWeird]

27. Feel free to use the ignore function.

Little button to the right of the thread title.

[DrWeird]

19. Massive third degree burns?

From being burnt at the stake?

[BrainRants]

22. In a white Bronco? n/t

[dhinojosa]

26. That would ROCK! with a 'Caution Children' sign in the back!

[KurtNYC]

28. On TOP of a white bronco?

Dancing all the way there?

[slackmaster]

25. Did his nose fall off again?

:D

[dhinojosa]

29. "Help me Tito!"

[muriel_volestrangler]

31. Diagnosis: He is "very, very ill"

as opposed to very, very sick, which is what the trial is trying to prove.

[doxieone]

33. MSNBC: He is being admitted.

No more details.

[miss_kitty]

40. why'd they dump this steaming pile on the lounge?

sheesh!:shrug:

[merwin]

43. Because of some to-be-unnamed people whining :-)

[progressoid]

45. Yah, make it go away!!

:puke:

[Misunderestimator]

52. LOL

[merwin]

41. LINK is here

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=514&e=2&u=/ap/20050215/ap_on_en_mu/michael_jackson

[Name removed]

44. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Floogeldy]

50. Gracias

[Deja Q]

48. Found many links on google; jacko had no details, except that he

"didn't feel well" and used stress as an excuse.

What a crock. We all feel stress. But stress is dependent on issues we cannot control versus issues we can control.

We usually can't control many forms of job or spouse loss.

We usually can control our sex drives.

(and, yes, I've resorted to generalizations for a reason...)

[orpupilofnature57]

55. You must remember "we" has nothing to do with him,or it. Quiet, shy

Megalomaniac, we did it to him, no excuse why he does it to them.

[LiberallyInclined]

51. who the FUCK cares?

nt

[Renew Deal]

53. Obviously you are.

Otherwise, why would you have clicked on it.

[LiberallyInclined]

62. i clicked on it to type my question-

which has yet to be answered-

who the FUCK cares one iota about michael jackson or what happens to him?

really...

[edbermac]

56. He probably heard what happened to Paul Shanley...

And figured he was getting his reservations booked for his upcoming tour in the Graybar Hotel...

[HamdenRice]

61. guilt induced

heart attack?