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BBC News, reporting the death of Michael Jackson, June 2009

Publication date: 30 June 2009

Complaint

We received complaints from viewers and listeners who felt that the death of Michael Jackson received too much coverage on BBC News programmes.

The BBC's response

Mary Hockaday, Head of the BBC Newsroom, has written a blog explaining why the story has featured so prominently in BBC News output. You can read and post comments on it by clicking on the link for the BBC Blogs website on the right of this page.

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