... on, the media is quick to hop on the story and get as many details as possible.

First, they attempt to gain information from the police and do some investigative digging to try and find out the scoop on what happened. Then, they turn to friends and family, looking for something they can put in quotations on the front page.

Watching the recent media circus around Michael Jackson's unfortunate death left me appalled and ashamed of every person holding a microphone or pen and pad.

His body was recorded being transported from the hospital to the helicopter; every gruesome detail of the autopsy was presented in the same way the great Harry Kalas used to analyze a Phillies game, and anyone who ever knew the man had a microphone sho...

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