It's obvious that a pop icon died. What isn't obvious is
the impact that Michael's death had on the world.
We cannot begin to understand the impact of an individual,
the power that a person has over others until we see how the media blows that
individual's death up and begins to pick it apart. And, after saturating the
airwaves and Internet with Michael, it is obvious that not only did many
pockets of the American population stop to pay tribute to Michael today but so
did those in the Middle East ---and in particular, the nation many have been
focusing their attention on, Iran.
Reza Aslan, who was born in
Iranians were tweeting messages for a dead pop icon that
was pushing the plight of the Iranian people which the news organizations had
been trying to follow as close as possible to the side.
An Iranian even put together a video called, "BEAT IT
YOU FANATICS!!! GET OUT OF MY LAND!!!" The Iranian whose handle is
mydorood created a a mash-up of Michael Jackson's music and images of the
Iranian uprising that had been taking place for the past couple of weeks.
The video may not accurately present the situation at
hand. This Iranian obviously believes the election was stolen by Ahmadinejad
and at this point, I do not know. There are sources suggesting it was stolen
and there are sources suggesting it wasn't and I do not know what the most
accurate and official account of the election is.
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