It’s kind of pissing me off how much coverage Michael Jackson’s death is getting.  While dropping dead seemingly out of nowhere is a pretty horrible thing, so is slowly dying of cancer over the past two and a half years.  Hours after her death, Farrah Fawcett is delegated to a half inch by half inch picture on any given screen (at most) that’s been otherwise forfeited to the “King of Pop”’s untimely demise.

It’s amazing how high we hold people after they’re gone despite what they’ve done, or have been accused of doing, in their lives.  Sure, Jackson had some great accomplishments but over the last, well, decade really, all he’s been known for is monstrous plastic surgery and pedophilia claims.  A mighty king, isn’t he?  And let’s not forget his shiesty swindle of The Beatles catalogue right out from under Paul McCartney’s nose back in the 80s.  “It’s just business,” Jackson told McCartney, thoroughly screwing over his supposed friend.

So is all forgiven in death?  Is he now all of a sudden worthy of seizing all manner of news, from all Clear Channel radio station doing tributes to him, to MSNBC’s headlines to all of the TV specials, despite all those child molestation accusations and constant mocking all those years?  He’s all of a sudden some kind of music god?  It seems like people are trying to make up for the mocking they did of the mockery Jackson became.  Give me a break.

You know my first thought when I heard he’d died?  “Way to steal the spotlight from Farrah, asshole.”  Insensitive, I’m sure but where are all the tributes to Farrah?  Where are her specials and her movie and TV movie marathons?  Where are her public Charlie’s Angels spectacles?  Maybe she should have touched a few little boys and mangled her face into putty in order to be so worthy in death.

Is Farrah not such an icon?  Did not millions of boys have that famous red bathing suit poster hanging in their rooms back in the 70s?  Is she not equally as iconic as Marilyn Monroe?  So what the hell?  Why does the accused pedophile that likes to sleep with little boys get a bigger farewell because he cranked out a few bestselling albums and Farrah all but disappears?

Come on, guys.  Let’s remember every facet of Jackson’s life instead of blissfully forgetting all of the bad stuff and wailing about how amazing he was and what a shame he’s dead.  Because you know 90% of those same people called him some form of pedophile back during those trials and mocked the shit out of the disgrace he’d become.  And now they’re acting like a family member died.

How about we give Farrah her fair share of the spotlight too, huh?  She’s not less deserving of it than Jackson.  In fact, I think she’s more deserving.  At least she was never accused of child molestation.  But this gives hope to those future would-be baby touchers (well, alleged anyway), doesn’t it?  All they have to do is crank out some good-selling albums and in their death, all, apparently, will be forgiven.