Music | June 26, 2009 | 9 comments

Perez Hilton’s Despicable Michael Jackson Coverage Creates Backlash

source: http://mashable.com/2009/06/25/perez-hilton-michael-jackson/

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Earlier today we mentioned the role of social media in distributing news of tragic deaths, including those of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett today. The LA Times, we noted, is frequently being cited as a source of the Jackson news, and yet the blog TMZ.com appears to have confirmed the story much earlier.

Meanwhile, opportunists sprung upon the news to spread false rumors of other celebrity deaths, a situation that could once again give fuel to the argument that social media is not trustworthy.

One blogger doing unprecedented damage to the social media cause (and in fact undermining the credibility of all bloggers) is Perez Hilton: upon learning of Michael Jackson’s hospital admission, he posted the following, shockingly offensive piece, alleging that Michael was “lying” or “making himself sick”. The post has now been updated on his site to temper this gross insensitivity, but we fear the damage to the blogging community has already been done.

Meanwhile, a backlash called #unfollowperez is attempting to shame the blogger through Twitter
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9 comments // Perez Hilton’s Despicable Michael Jackson Coverage Creates Backlash

  • UWAZell
  • crispyfritters
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      crispyfritters  

    • Perez Hilton is a god-damned male spinster. He's another in a long line of people who are currently busy marginalizing everything in America and destroying journalistic integrity.

    • 2 years ago
  • Stever_B
  • syn
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      syn  

    • Mario Lavandeira (Perez Hilton) is a veritable jackass! The classic tabloid asshole who'll do anything for a buck.

    • 2 years ago
  • numinant
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      numinant  

    • Not to defend that guy, but suicide at the prospect of having to go on tour did cross my mind. It's definitely a possibility. But speculation is one thing. Asserting one's opinion with the conviction of personal infallibility is something else...

    • 2 years ago
  • chunche
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      chunche  

    • This is just a sign of an jealous, egomaniacal jerk who is so unhappy with his life that he feels the need to make a mockery of one who will be adored by more people than his tiny mind can even imagine, even after death.

    • 2 years ago
  • Apocalipstick
  • twitterbot
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      twitterbot  

    • @sohailali on twitter says "#unfollowperez I dont like him anyways, i think he's an idiot. Im not following him but still, 4 those that r."

    • 2 years ago
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