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Monday, July 13, 2009

Mourning the Other Dead

CBS Sunday Morning is a show my wife and I TiVO every week. Always interesting stories that you don't see anywhere else.

Yesterday's show had an especially poignant moment when a grieving aunt talked about her nephew who had been killed in the war on the same day Michael Jackson died, and not only grieved for his loss, but for the fact that the media was so obsessed with the drug-addled Jackson it ignored those who had died in the service of their country.

Here's the piece:

1 comment:

Linda said...

We saw this yesterday too, and were moved to tears. After all the hoopla about MJ we need to be reminded of those men and women who have paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. The media has forgotten them.