Sun-Sentinel: Making People Dumber in the Name of Hits

The top click-getter on the Sun-Sentinel website yesterday was a headline asking: "Is Michael Jackson Still Alive at the Coroner's Office?" Accompanying it is a video still of a figure standing outside a coroner's van. I'm sure it doesn't hurt for Stone to stroke the ego of the guy who puts him...

By Bob Norman

August 28, 2009

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The top click-getter on the Sun-Sentinel website yesterday was a headline asking: "Is Michael Jackson Still Alive at the Coroner's Office?" Accompanying it is a video still of a figure standing outside a coroner's van.

I'm sure it doesn't hurt for Stone to stroke the ego of the guy who puts him up in his office on Las Olas and sponsors the StoneZone blog. It doesn't stop there either. Click here to see Stone sucking up to Rothstein in a post that sucks up mightily to Crist (the cutline under Rothstein's photo is unintentionally hilarious). Stone has been called a whole lot of things during his long and scurrilous career, but now you can safely add another term: brown-noser.

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Journalist Bob Norman has been raking the muck of South Florida for the past 25 years. His work has led to criminal cases against corrupt politicians, the ouster of bad judges from the bench, and has garnered dozens of state, regional, and national awards.

Contact: Bob Norman