For Michael Jackson Media, Trial’s End Is Bittersweet

Reuters reports that for some, the end of the Michael Jackson child molestation trial comes as a reminder that it never sparked the public imagination in the way many thought it would 18 months ago when the singer pleaded innocent and then delighted a throng of fans outside court by dancing atop his black sport utility vehicle. “For all the predictions that we were going to go into 24-hour Michael cycle, it didn’t really happen,” said Robert Thompson, professor of media and popular culture at Syracuse University.