Did Discovery Channel Make the Right Decision Canceling Michael Jackson Autopsy Show? No Dead MJ on a Gurney

As American TV shows get sleazier and sleazier nowadays, the once higher-brow Discovery Channel hit a new low this week when it announced it would be airing a documentary about Michael Jackson's autopsy. As one autopsy is much like another (a dead body with a coroner trying to figure out cause of death) why Michael Jackson's autopsy should suddenly be fodder for Discovery Channel few could understand, including me.

Michael Jackson's family, through the executors of his will, sent a letter last Wednesday demanding Discovery Channel not air it and, after pressure from hundreds of thousands of MJ fans too, Discovery announced today the autopsy show will likely never see the light of day. A correct decision or not? You betcha, and here's why.

In the last 20 years or so, the American media has descended into a world where there seem to be no boundaries at all. We sit through Jerry Springer and his audience of white trash rejects attacking each other, hear lurid details of our politicians sex lives, and are treated to blow-by-blow accounts of the most disgusting things top Hollywood celebrities do. All in the guise of entertainment. There's no filter, no censorship and no stopping some of the foul people in the entertainment industry today, when it comes to reporting their "truth" - not if it's going to make them mega bucks.

The problem is, when the envelope is constantly pushed on just about every show made any more, you get to a point where there's nowhere else to push it, except to the deepest darkest depths of human misery and disgust - and no one wants to go there.

Thus, the Michael Jackson autopsy and the subsequent outrage the announcement of its upcoming airing created. A TV show which would do nothing more than give gory details of how MJ was poked, prodded and dissected to come to a conclusion we all already know - Michael Jackson died of a cocktail of drugs and a drug overdose administered by his doctor. Now, why would anyone need to see an autopsy for that?

Who cares that Michael Jackson was so ill when he died that parts of his body were practically falling off? Who cares that MJ had young children who don't ever need to be this up close and personal with their father's autopsy? And who cares that MJ's elderly parents, his brothers and sisters don't wish to have intimate details of their brother's death flashed all over the world. Seriously, how big of a scumbag do you have to be to think any of this is a good idea?

Luckily, enough MJ fans did stand up and say "Hold on. This is unacceptable", and did everything in their power to have it stopped. Plus, with the court case of Michael Jackson's doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray, beginning on Tuesday, in depth details of the case shouldn't be allowed to air to potentially prejudice the case.

But while some are now saying "Well done, Discovery Channel" and Discovery Channel executives are probably patting themselves on the back for deciding not to air Michael Jackson's autopsy information, here's one ex-Discovery Channel viewer who isn't sending "kudos".

After all, that anyone thought creating a show about Michael Jackson's autopsy or the autopsy of any prominent person is an acceptable thing, just to get TV ratings, is seriously sick, warped and twisted.

In fact, all I can say is "What morals did your parents teach you as, if they taught you anything acceptable at all, not one of you put them into practice here".

Your mom, your dad and Michael Jackson must be rolling over in their graves. Seriously.

More Information:

Discovery Channel Autopsy Show Postponed - Yahoo News