The media machinery is scarcely able to control its glee with the approach of the Michael Jackson child molestation trial at the end of the month, most giddy of all are Court TV for obvious reasons, and E!, well, also for obvious reasons.
While Court TV has a lurid special section on Jackson, will air a special on the King of Pop's psychological state next month, and have analyst Diane Dimond interpreting every salacious word, E! is going a step further and actually REENACTING the trial, according to a press release from yesterday:
- Using re-enactments of verbatim court transcripts, this series will accurately highlight portions of the previous day's testimony and happenings in the courtroom. On E!, the series will also include expert commentary by a panel of legal analysts. The partnership involves five daily half-hour programs which will run over the course of the trial. The series is produced by E! News and Sky News. Each network will package the re-enactments to create its own program with its own presenters, hosts and branding.
In making the announcement on behalf or E! Entertainment Television, Mr. Harbert said: "Viewers around the world are interested in this trial and with no cameras in the court room, this series will be an excellent way to keep up with the day's events and bring the trial to life."
Ms. Airey commented: "This is a highly innovative programming initiative drawing on the re-enactments with actors which Sky News pioneered during The Hutton Inquiry in 2003. Sky News and Sky One viewers will be kept fully up to speed with all the latest developments in one of the most eagerly anticipated trials in years."
The Michael Jackson trial is scheduled to air daily Monday through Friday on E! Entertainment Television, with a weekend wrap-up show airing each Saturday.
Does this mean they will be reenacting events depicted in the testimony, and not just reenacting the courtroom scene itself? Are we going to see a Jackson-actor playing "Jesus juice and fiddle about" with a boy-victim actor? What is this show going to be rated? I hope the v-chips can handle the strain.
Meanwhile, the Smoking Gun site, which coincidentally is now owned by Court TV, has compiled what it calls "an authoritative, behind-the-scenes account of the prosecution's case against the King of Pop ... based on a review of confidential law enforcement and government reports, grand jury testimony, and sealed court records provided to TSG by sources."
Article comments
1 - Sandra Smallson
Your reading of the allegations leads you to believe he is guilty? You read the allegations from smoking gun? Which is co-owned by Court TV? Where Diane Dimond will be hosting the debates/live reports of the trial? Diane Dimond? The woman who is almost an investigative reporter for the prosecution. She is quite frankly almost a prosecutor in this case. The woman who is the only one to come up with info on the prosecutions case from her "special source"=SNEDDON.
What other conclusion did you think you were going to arrive at if you are making up your mind from info you gathered from such sources? You are reading the damn thing from the prosecution..LOL. smoking gun = court tv=diane dimond=sneddon=prosecution. The woman broke the case for God's sake. She knew about it before he was even charged. She HELPED the prosecution along. I can just hear the pitter patter of her wrinkled feet running around like the infamous headless chicken. Goodness!
So late in the case they are interrogating Jackson's nephew to see if he was molested by his uncle. I mean, surely they must have this strong case that Diane keeps telling us about?! Why on earth have they been running around like headless chickens interrogating every boy who has been past the gates at Neverland, so late in the game? Why on earth are they leaking everything they possibly can if not in an attempt to taint the Jury?
If they had a strong case, they would die before they leak anything because they know that a few steps on and it's grounds for an appeal. There are so many holes in the actions of the Prosecutors and in what seems to be their case and they haven't even presented their case yet. I look forward to it. I bet Jackson's lawyers can't wait to get the accusers on the stand. I hope they show the boy no mercy. I hope he is well now because there will be no sympathy. I hope there will be no pussy footing around him either. I know the mother and the rest will be torn to shreds. I expect to see them all crack, one by one.
If they can talk the talk, they better be able to walk the walk.
2 - Eric Olsen
I wasn't commenting on the strength of the case, which seems rather perilously based upon the testimony of the two young brothers. I was commenting on what seems to me to be recurring patterns of behavior - it all fits his pathology. The case itself is another matter entirely and a jury could well find him not guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. But it now seems very likely to me he is a pedophile - just my opinion.