Insane News Cycle
Today is my birthday, but there are much more interesting/exciting/sad/shocking things developing:
- Michael Jackson just died
- Farrah Fawcett died earlier today
- Vince Carter got traded to the Magic (I know that's not as huge, but still!)
Understandably, all this breaking news has transformed Twitter into a very large water cooler tonight. Lots of tweets. Interestingly, according to one Twitter expert's search script, approximately 15% of all posts on Twitter mention Michael Jackson at this time. That same person said tweets about Iran or the swine flu never topped 5%.
Wonder what that says about the King of Pop's iconic place in our culture ... and possibly our somewhat skewed priorities.
