It's natural to change your tune about someone you're a jerk to after they pass away. Happens all the time
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When you're a media outlet and your jerkishness has been public though inserting a public apology before the gushing obituary helps
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I've noticed this again and again with high profile celeb obits - first noticed it myself with Michael Jackson
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And it's not all on the media, the media does it bc of the people they're pandering to
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Look if everyone now saying they were fighting for George Michael when he was outed actually was there'd've been nothing to fight against
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Idk. In MJ's case especially there was a lot to legitimately criticize about his behavior
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But lets be real, the outlets writing obits abt how he felt besieged by the media had a week prior been the ones besieging
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I don't think anyone should be above criticism or even mockery but maybe 2016 can put the question "What if they died tomorrow" in our heads
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(Cuts both ways, too, I don't wanna see a sudden switch to "The Cosby Show was groundbreaking though!" when Bill Cosby passes)
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Replying to @arthur_affect
I think there's space for entirety, if we take the time. Look at the OJ doc - went deep on football, fame, racism AND crime
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