TMZ - Out Front On Jackson Story »
Posted By TimALoftis 6 months, 1 week ago in Arts & EntertainmentWhile mainstream news outlets played it cautious and lagged behind on Michael Jackson, or flopped around online as the L.A. Times did, it was upstart TMZ that displayed the best of old media values. It got out in front of the pack early, then confidently reported Jackson's death based on its own solid sources.
The website owned by AOL and It's parent, Time Warner had the scoop on paramedics being called to Jackson's home and on Jackson being taken to UCLA. And, most notably, TMZ eventually was the first to say credibly that Jackson was dead.
And it did all this reporting with an air of confidence. No scrambling or apparent guessing. And it shouldn't be so surprising.
Despite the hip youthful image that TMZ tries to project on its TV show and website, the site is actually in the hands of Harvey Levin, a veteran TV journalist in Los Angeles.
The site pushes the envelope on gossip and celebrity chasing. But on hard news, it has the sources to get the story and the journalistic chops to restrain itself and get it right.
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Check out the latest on Michael Jackson and his 'Demerol Tonic' here at TMZ;
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