OK! Magazine pays £300k for death photo of Michael Jackson
OK! magazine has paid $500,000 (£300,000) for exclusive US and UK rights to a photo of Michael Jackson taken as he lay dying while paramedics attempt to resuscitate him using CPR.
The magazine claims the photo is the last one showing Jackson alive after his fatal heart attack.
Sarah Ivens, editorial director at OK!, said: "It's a photo that captures the surprise and the upset and the moment of this breaking news story. I hope the cover will provoke readers. It celebrated the man, but it also does expose that he was an eccentric character who lived a very controversial life."
Thought provoking? Or just bad taste?
The magazine claims the photo is the last one showing Jackson alive after his fatal heart attack.
Sarah Ivens, editorial director at OK!, said: "It's a photo that captures the surprise and the upset and the moment of this breaking news story. I hope the cover will provoke readers. It celebrated the man, but it also does expose that he was an eccentric character who lived a very controversial life."
Thought provoking? Or just bad taste?
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- burukku16
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Everything in that quote above is absolute nonsense. It doesn't expose anything about his character - it's simply a man dying and unnecessary sensationalism.
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Bad taste.
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I agree - OK! It's not okay! Gotta blame the people that buy these magazines as well. The public get what they ask for.
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- FreshPlastic
- 5 months ago
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as i said on another thread, the paparazzi that take these kind of photos just to make a quick dollar are subhuman scum.
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for this week they should have renamed the mag "NOT OK!"
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my only concern is that the kids/family will see them, then again is this what people like to see.
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just sick
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- DarkVeneficusss
- 5 months ago
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I can imagine OK! will be hearing from Jackson's lawyers anytime soon...
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OK #FAIL
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- armchaircritic
- 4 months ago
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