http://standpointmag.co.uk Welcome to the Standpoint magazine, the culture and politics monthly en /node/1795 <!--paging_filter-->On the <em>Today </em>programme this morning the death of Michael Jackson wasn’t merely a story but <em>the</em> story. Events in the rest of the world were dismissed to the “and in other news” category, and treated as distractions from the main and traumatic business of the day. <p><a href="/node/1795"><span>read more</span></a></p> /node/1795#comments Elvis Presley Michael Jackson Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:28:46 +0000 1795 at http://standpointmag.co.uk