Also kayden his name is JACKSON not "jacko" and "mj" Michael was not just another "star" or "celebrity" he trancended much like walter cronkite did.

I'm puzzled why you are opening your mouth karen and cdawg you say you watched what you could of the memorial on youtube well maybe you should have also watched when the rev al sharpton said to his 3 kids and as people heard all over the world that there was nothing "weird" about their dad. What WAS weird is what he had to deal with for so long and he dealt with it.

Who wants the book Children of Michael Jackson, is in good condition the book was published in the year 1984 is provided of their childhood that began his career. Anyone interested I see it with a certain value. If you're interested in this book consider your opinion here or perhaps by e-mail.

Thank you.

I love how the people who hate MJ complain about his "excessive" fans (who, admittedly, are overly devoted in some respects) while ignoring their own tendency to go overboard in their dislike for him. Now they're claiming the family "forced" Paris to the mike? Oh, please.

The memorial was watched by 4.5 m viewers.
And only 473 people complained.
This is nothing!!!!

The headline implies that there was some type of notable outrage over the coverage in the UK. By the third graf you fess up that, no, it was really just a small fraction of viewers. But hey, the BBC "admitted" a fraction of that fraction actually did complain about what the headline refers to.

Of all the yakking I've heard about Michael Jackson since his death I'd bet at least a quarter of it has been people yakking about how much other people are yakking. No, that's not ironic at all. No sir.

And here we are, the dust is finally settling. His death isn't off the radar entirely yet, but the tidal of coverage has pretty much passed. And yet people are still chewing up bandwidth rattling on about How Terrible All That Yakking Was. Hello? Sick of hearing about Jackson? How about just maybe starting with the sound of your own voice? Pot? Kettle? Yak?

You are talking about two different things here...your opening paragraph criticizes the Jacksons for "turning the singer's funeral into a bad impersonation of The People's Choice Awards." But the complaints were made about the BBC's excessive coverage...how are the two related?

I was as puzzled and put off by all the hoopla as the Brits. Sure, the poor guy was awfully talented, and he was a whopper of a hit 20 years ago, but jeez! I'm missing General Hospital for this? And since when are we weeping and wringing our hands over an oddball/weirdo/possible pedophile we were pointing at and laughing about last year?

i watched what i could on youtube and thought Paris' little speech was the most touching part. It made me remember that Michael Jackson was a human being and a father, not just an entertainer and a weirdo.
Apparently the family wanted Janet to say the last words, but she couldn't pull herself together and Paris went up instead. I think she's beautiful and has a great head on her shoulders for someone who has grown up in such a strange environment.

I really enjoyed Brooke Shields' speech too.

Good for the Brits! I'm sorry. I know the guy was a star, but so are a lot of people. The media is really going crazy with celebrity action. Do we really need to see every minute of a celebrity trial? Or a wedding? Or a funeral? Come on. Is a celebrity shoplifting REALLY major news? State the facts, sure. But major coverage for days on end? I don't think so.