Michael Jackson Burial -- And Rituals Of TV Mourning

Given the incredible flood of TV following Michael Jackson's death, the relatively limited access to his burial ceremony Thursday night seemed somewhat surprising.

Maybe it was just the access that TV gave us to Senator Edward Kennedy's burial Saturday in Arlington that left me feeling like TV started something with the end of Jackson's life that it didn't -- or couldn't -- finish Thursday night.

If you have seen nothing of the ceremony, here's a link to video from ITN that is about as good as anything I've seen -- even on the networks Friday morning: http://uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20090904/video/ven-michael-jackson-burial-stars-pay-the-cf04a8a.html

I am wondering how others like me who watched hours and hours of cove

rage of Jackson's death felt about what they were allowed -- or not allowed -- to see of the burial.

Maybe you thought we had seen too much to begin with -- and certainly didn't need to see more. I know many did feel that way.

Members of the Jackson family certainly have the right to decide how much they are going to share with the public of such a ceremony.

But I have to admit, I wanted more -- and some sense of closure to the TV commitment I made when Jackson died.

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