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Thread ID: 100941	2009-06-26 18:24:00	Some Results Of The Jackson Death	SurferJoe46 (51)	PC World Chat

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786085	2009-06-26 18:24:00	The web went nuts - er - whatever they say in Upsidedown Land for overused and totally disarrayed - disrupted and otherwise - but here's a morning (MY timezone) report on the electron flow problems: (partial C/P from Good Morning Silicon Valley (www.siliconvalley.com)) Just human nature -- Jackson outpouring floods Web 8:24 AM California Time, June 26th, 2009 (1 hour ago) (ibid) ...."Beyond testing the carrying capacity of the news and social network's infrastructure, and coming on the heels of the Iranian protests, the Jackson story illustrated again the new way that breaking news breaks now. Using the death of Neda Soltani as an example, my old boss Bill Mitchell, now at Poynter, called it Next Step Journalism, a collaborative pro-am process that starts at the grass roots with raw, first-hand reports and then sees the gradual addition of details and context, followed by verification, correction and analysis. The first part of this process is marked by a welter of conflicting facts and misinformation, some the result of natural confusion and some injected intentionally by griefers. In fact, after word surfaced that Jackson had been taken to the hospital, the first report of his death may have been a semi-realistic "news" page noticed by Twitter users that was cranked out using the Fake A Wish — Celeb Fake News Generator and attributed the cardiac arrest to a sleeping pill overdose. Hollywood gossip site TMZ.com (http://www.tmz.com/)followed with an unattributed bulletin and folded under the crush of the crowd, which then stampeded over to blogger Perez Hilton's site and laid waste to that (but not before the host offended fans with his snark). Twitter became polluted with phony death rumors involving Jeff Goldblum and Harrison Ford. Eventually, the L.A. Times and other traditional outlets started posting stories, each seeing their servers struggle to meet the demand. Gradually, details were nailed down, official sources were found, the story firmed up, everyone moved on to their retrospective packages and tributes, and the event completed the journey through its first news cycle. This is how it's going to go now when these things happen. When news breaks, it's no longer a clean break, like an authoritative Walter Cronkite bulletin. It's a rough fracture, and we'll have to allow some time to get all the pieces in the right place. In those moments, it's more important than ever to stay calm and skeptical for the first hours, because a lot of other people won't be. It's just human nature." I don't personally miss the guy, but his music was for the most part good and innovative although some was a little too far out and pejorative for my tastes. I do NOT, however feel that he in any way eclipsed the Beatles.	SurferJoe46 (51)
786086	2009-06-26 20:48:00	I do NOT, however feel that he in any way eclipsed the Beatles.x 2	Greg (193)
786087	2009-06-26 21:48:00	He did however rival Mrs Miller for voice appeal.	R2x1 (4628)
786088	2009-06-26 21:51:00	He did however rival Mrs Miller for voice appeal. :lol: Awww go on, you don't say!	Marnie (4574)
786089	2009-06-26 22:08:00	He did however rival Mrs Miller for voice appeal. What about Tiny Tim? Ken :clap	kenj (9738)
786090	2009-06-26 22:44:00	Didn't Mrs Miller just whistle? <edit> Oops! She sang! I found this album cover and an article: Elva Ruby Connes Miller (October 5, 1907 – July 5, 1997), who recorded under the name Mrs. Elva Miller, was an American singer who gained some fame in the 1960s for her versions of songs such as "Moon River", "Monday, Monday", "A Lover's Concerto", and "Downtown". She sang in an untrained, Mermanesque, vibrato-laden voice, often out of tune. According to Irving Wallace, David Wallechinsky, and Amy Wallace in The Book of Lists 2, her voice was compared to the sound of "roaches scurrying across a trash can lid." [1] Miller's rendition of Downtown sounds like a karaoke version as she sings over a professional instrumental section. She briefly breaks into giggling and several times apparently forgets the lyrics. Nevertheless, her Downtown single reached the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1966, peaking at #82.	SurferJoe46 (51)
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