Rep. Peter King Slams Media’s MJ Mania, Intensifies Mania in So Doing
Any salient points that hard-boiled Long Island Congressman Peter King made about the media's Michael Jackson fixation were, for one, overshadowed by his descriptions of Jackson as a "low-life" and a "pedophile," and also apparently lost on certain mainstream media outlets.Any salient points that hard-boiled Long Island Congressman Peter King made about the media’s Michael Jackson fixation were, for one, overshadowed by his descriptions of Jackson as a “low-life” and a “pedophile,” and also apparently lost on certain mainstream media outlets, given how CNN proceeded to fold the King story into its ongoing Michael Jackson coverage.
Here, King makes his initial comments in his video posted on YouTube on July 5:
Then, CNN takes the King story, runs with it on Monday:
And here’s another CNN clip making the story about whether Jackson was a pedophile or not:
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