Bumped

Bumped

: Got up at the crack of dawn this morning to pretape another blog segment about Michael Jackson for MSNBC dayside. Then came breaking news in Atlanta: a shooting in the courthouse (killing a judge and a court reporter). I heard the anchor who’d interviewed me say that they were waiting for the helicopter shots. Oh, no, when the helicopter arrives, that’s it: wall-to-wall coverage. So reaction to Michael Jackson in court got bumped by murder in court. Can’t argue with that news judgment….