Single-track news

Being sleep deprived doesn’t always prevent insomnia. I’ve been sitting watching BBC News and like many other people was stunned to hear that Michael Jackson has died – what sad news to hear in the early hours of the morning. News of the death of any super-celebrity/public figure always dominates the news reports of course (I remember watching the breaking news about Princess Diana when suffering insomnia that particular night) but I find it odd that all of a sudden there seems to be absolutely nothing else happening in the world – nothing else is even mentioned on the scrolling news feed.