{"id":49,"date":"2005-03-02T08:05:15","date_gmt":"2005-03-02T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hotpepper.ca\/archives\/2005\/03\/michael-jackson-a-drunk\/"},"modified":"2005-03-02T08:05:15","modified_gmt":"2005-03-02T15:05:15","slug":"michael-jackson-a-drunk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2005\/03\/02\/michael-jackson-a-drunk\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jackson a Drunk?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Todd Dominey pointed out<\/a> the oddity of E! Online<\/cite>‘s pseudo-logo for the Michael Jackson trial.<\/p>\n

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Is it just me or do your eyes fixate on the empty center of this Michael Jackson Trial graphic that E! has been plugging non-stop? Every time it comes on TV, my eyes nearly go cross-eyed. That space between the “L” and “J” is not just wide, but dead center in the layout, and I can barely look at it without feeling like I’m about to fall down a hole.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Personally, I think the dead-space looks like an upside down whiskey flask.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Todd Dominey pointed out the oddity of E! 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