Michael Jackson Autopsy Photo Not an Easy Find -- and There's a Reason

A Rumor Drives an Intense Search for Michael Jackson's Autopsy Photo(s)

Saul Relative, Yahoo! Contributor Network
Jun 30, 2009 "Share your voice on Yahoo! websites. Start Here."

Michael Jackson autopsy photo released. Exclusive Michael Jackson autopsy photo revealed. Michael Jackson death photo published. Michael Jackson autopsy results "leaked". Somewhere, some time, there has to be an end to the carnival side show the media is exacerbating through the sensationalizing of everything Michael Jackson. There is something blatantly obnoxious about parading a person's remains across the front page of every known form of media there is. And although most of these things -- Michael Jackson's death photos and autopsy results -- are bordering on the overly repugnant, none of it is as odious as the idea that there are Michael Jackson autopsy photos available for public viewing.

But that seems to be where the interest lies. One of the most commonly searched terms on the internet is "Michael Jackson autopsy photo." Never mind that, as far as anyone has been able to ascertain thus far, a photo or a set of photos taken during Michael Jackson's two autopsies (one by the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office and one through a private family-sanctioned firm) have not been published or posted.

Yet.

But it isn't for the lack of demand. A term doesn't climb the Google trend hierarchy of terms without someone typing those terms into the search engine and hitting "enter."

But the rumor of a Michael Jackson autopsy photo (or photos) probably is an offshoot of the highly sensationalized story of Michael Jackson's official autopsy results being "leaked" to The Sun Monday (which was refuted by the L. A. County Coroner's Office). Throw in the publishing of Michael Jackson's death photo on the Entertainment Tonight website and a likely assumption might be that there just might exist a photo of Michael Jackson during at least one of the autopsies.

However, as mentioned, an authentic photo of Michael Jackson during the autopsy has not surfaced. This does not mean that there probably haven't been tabloids -- print, internet, and television -- attempting to bribe someone on the inside of the L. A. County Coroner's Office and within the Michael Jackson family camp to dish up the ghoulish pictures. And now that the term "Michael Jackson autopsy photo" has become such a hot topic, there is little doubt that those same potential buyers will redouble, perhaps even triple and quadruple, their efforts and offers for just such an insider's photo.

Somewhere in all of this media orgy, tasteful journalism seems to have lost its way... Somewhere the public's "need to know" became an obsessive and voyeuristic "want to know" that an every-competitive media industry is only too willing to satisfy...

For those who wish to actually see Michael Jackson's post-mortem body in a more dignified manner, he will be lying in state at the Neverland Ranch, which has been opened up just for the public viewing of the pop icon.

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Published by Saul Relative

WVU graduate, with degrees in History, English, Secondary Education, Computer Programming, and Psychology (and nearly a degree in Political Science). Originally from West Virginia, with stints in Virginia,... View profile

Michael Jackson Autopsy Photo Not an Easy Find -- and There's a Reason

A Rumor Drives an Intense Search for Michael Jackson's Autopsy Photo(s)

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