Don’t miss Mollie Hemingway at Get Religion discussing the “spiritual” overtones of the Jacko memorial service, especially the notion that the “King of Pop” was presented as a Christ-like figure, a savior and healer who was persecuted and died prematurely.
The only thing stranger than that notion is Al Sharpton thanking Michael Jackson for healing racial divisions. Sharpton can’t even keep from aggravating racial divisions as he chases the ambulance of this occasion.