https://pjmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/06/27/the-cordon-sanitaire/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 01:42:32 -0400<![CDATA[Neil McCormick&#8217;s piece in the Telegraph on Michael Jackson&#8217;s death describes the concentric layers of retainers that stood between the late entertainer and nearly everything. He had lawyers, accountants, spokesmen, personal physicians, bodyguards, servants and hangers-on of various kinds. The King of Pop never actually touched the world. It was interpreted to him through buffers. And though this was ostensibly to protect him, the stark fact of Michael Jackson&#8217;s corpse lying in a sealed crypt in an LA morgue rather suggests that more was not better. Ironically, he may have gotten worse financial and medical advice from his expensive assistants than we would from the town accountant or general practitioner. The Daily Mail wrote that his &#8216;enablers&#8217; may soon even be under investigation:]]>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 04:33:50 -0400<![CDATA[Richard Fernandez]]>https://pjmedia.com/richard-fernandez/2009/06/27/the-cordon-sanitaire-n188659