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ADMISSION

I gotta admit that I have been following the Jackson trial.

It just caught me and has me in its grip.

I am maintaining ironic distance by reading about it in Slate.

Each day, Seth Stevenson writes a time line blog on the day in Jackoville.

It is rather amusing and not at all sleazy or down and dirty like the tabs.

Does that make it OK?

Probably not.

Look at this picture. The sadness in the eyes is overwhelming.

Behind every tabloid story there is human suffering. That doesn't mean that we shouldn't take it all in. But to skim the surface and not see the sadness and pain is to miss the essence of notoriety and a public life gone tragically wrong.