Innocent victim of of a conformist world and money-grubbing leeches or demented pedophile? King of Pop or Emperor of Uranus? Eccentric or freak? Michael Jackson's latest round of troubles may bring his carefully constructed world crashing down once and for all, but they can't take Thriller away from him, can they?
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More Jacksonian Fallout
With my finger to the wind, I'd say this time around the public is leaning against innocent until proven guilty, which though it may be unfair regarding these particular charges, is a result of the last 15 years of serious...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 25, 2003 06:58 PM
Michael Jackson a pedophile?
From Launch: More experts are speaking out about last week's (November 20) arrest of pop star Michael Jackson on child molestation charges. Michael Borack, a forensic psychiatrist at the University Of Cincinnati Medical School, has evaluated many pedophiles, and says...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 25, 2003 04:08 PM
Jackson and Spector: Pathologies Bred In Isolation
The dangerous, outrageous behavior of Michael Jackson and Phil Spector (some just alleged, some not in dispute), in court on the same day last week, has been enabled by the money and power generated by their wild success. Be careful...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 25, 2003 10:41 AM
The Race Card
So Michael Jackson got arrested for child molestation. It didn't take long for race to enter the picture, did it?
Posted in Blogcritics on November 24, 2003 09:55 PM
Michael Jackson Website
Michael Jackson has set up a website to defend himself with his press releases. I have taken the liberty of going through it and interpreting his statements. Anything inside the double stars (**) is my statement. To my fans, friends...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 24, 2003 04:25 PM
"Fingers" Jackson fans and mates defend him
Elizabeth Taylor was speaking out in defence of Michael Jackson this weekend at the end of a dramatic week for her long-time friend. Saying the pop star was "absolutely innocent" of child abuse charges she hit out at media coverage...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 24, 2003 07:42 AM
Jackson Trial May Not Begin For a Year
A picture may be worth a thousands words, but this one leaves me speechless - it looks like a morgue shot. The BBC does a good job of going over the legal terrain of the new Jackson case: The...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 23, 2003 12:34 PM
Fan Vigils for MJ Fizzle
Rousing the troops gets harder every time, who wants to be seen supporting child molestation? Several vigils organised to show support for Michael Jackson have generated only a lukewarm turnout. Online fan clubs of the pop legend had arranged a...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 23, 2003 12:19 PM
Father Of Jackson's Accuser Denies Charges
The media always just promotes what they want to hear themselves. That is why this article was published hardly anywhere else but NBC 4. Father Of Jackson's Accuser Denies Charges Boy In Center Of Bitter Divorce, Custody Battle POSTED:...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 22, 2003 05:58 AM
JackoTV
We really are a prurient nation, at least that's what commercial television seems to think based upon the JackoTV schedule: Almost all the networks and cable channels are feverishly at work on, or are getting ready to re-air, a string...
Posted in Blogcritics on November 21, 2003 05:29 PM
Article comments
1 - Cheryl Merrill
Re: Hidden world of troubled genius - Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson is a child star victim of the entertainment industry. He didn't feel the world would accept him as he was, so he had to change himself and go psycho.
I am looking at Michael Jackson from a compasionate viewpoint. Face it, he was a child star who survived longest then them all. It clearly made him ill and he should have retired back in 1989. He started performing at 4? He has been in the business too long.
I think there should be an unwritten rule that child stars should retire after they obtain their financial objectives and personal goals instead of needlessly exposing them to societal elements that ultimately destroy them.
I don't believe Michael Jackson is guilty of this latest crime accusation. Just look at the details of the case to see what I'm saying. The mother has been known to train her childrn to lie in court.
2 - TDavid
I'm all for giving Michael his day in court but I think it's more than a bit problematic that Michael has sort of been playing Willy Wonka at his Neverland ranch.
If most people were in his position they'd never, never, never be anywhere alone with children nor especially inviting them into his very own bed in any way, shape or form.
Michael, however, doesn't seem to think there is anything wrong with this situation.
He admitted on TV to a worldwide audience in his own words that he had children in his bed that weren't his own. That's just not right or normal at all. I was repulsed and disturbed when he made those statements.
Forget the allegations for a moment and analyze what he has admitted in his own words to doing -- that isn't open for debate or discussion. Where there's smoke there's usually fire.
His own kids, maybe he could let them sleep with him (in a non sexual way of course), but other kids is just weird and wrong, no matter what the context.
Buying off the allegedly manipulative crack mother is the least of Michael's concerns I think because even if he buys off the mother, they can still force the kid to testify, which they couldn't do back in the 90's when this reared its head before.
Jackson is in big trouble this time and $$ are not so easily going to make this go away.
3 - Eric Olsen
I would say his relationship with children amounts to an obsession and is unhealthy for all involved on several different levels.
4 - jackson okimiji
compliment of the season.