For Ugandan blogger Rosebell, Jackson's death prompted reflections on why the news pays so much more attention to the death of a pop star than to other tragedies: 
Kwa Mwanablogu wa Uganda Rosebell, kifo cha kimeamsha tafakari ya kwa nini habari zinatoa uzito mkubwa kwa kifo cha mwanamziki huyu badala ya majanga mengine: