Michael Jackson’s Latest Troubles

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?

We are following the twists and turns right here:

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

Financial Troubles for MJ
Michael Jackson has no end of troubles, including financial, and no, I don’t think people are out to get him because he is eccentric: I think they are concerned that he is truly dangerous. Regardless of the outcome of the…
Posted in Blogcritics on November 21, 2003 08:58 AM

“Fingers” Jackson news
CMU reports: Michael Jackson last night handed himself in to police in California where he was charged of multiple cases of child sex abuse. He was freed on a $3 million bail – most of which was guaranteed on his…
Posted in Blogcritics on November 21, 2003 07:34 AM

Jackson Surrenders – And a Suggestion
Michael Jackson has turned himself in – “Neverland” no longer applies to jail, now it’s “Probableland”: A handcuffed Michael Jackson walked into the Santa Barbara jail on Thursday to face child molestation charges that could destroy the pop superstar’s career…
Posted in Blogcritics on November 20, 2003 05:15 PM

Charting the Demise of MJ’s Sanity Through His Music
From adorable boy to baby dangler: how MJ left a musical trail of his ride towards Neverland.
Posted in Blogcritics on November 20, 2003 09:30 AM

Jackson to be arrested
CMU reports: How it will all impact on sales of his greatest hits compilation, released last Monday, remains to be seen, but all things considered it aint looking so good for Michael Jackson this morning. Police yesterday issued a warrant…
Posted in Blogcritics on November 20, 2003 07:16 AM

CBS Yanks Jacko
The cowering poltroons at CBS have caved to yet another interest group and pulled the Michael Jackson special scheduled for next week. As if the sensibilities of child advocacy groups outweigh the nation’s need to see old footage of the…
Posted in Blogcritics on November 19, 2003 09:32 PM

Whacko Jacko Redux
This just in from Reuters: arrest warrant issued for Michael Jackson.
Posted in Blogcritics on November 19, 2003 10:57 AM

More on Jackson search
If only BBC 2 had held off a week on screening their Louis Theroux Michael Jackson documentary they could have doubled their audience because Jacko is back in the news, though whether the front page exposure will help shift any…
Posted in Blogcritics on November 19, 2003 07:55 AM

Is Michael Jackson being framed again?
Whenever these allegations about Michael Jackson come up, I remember Was Michael Jackson Framed? The Untold Story by Mary A. Fisher from GQ, October 1994. Jackson is a lot like Bat Boy–a freak about whom it is easy to believe…
Posted in Blogcritics on November 19, 2003 03:09 AM

Another Jacko Attacko as Cops Raid Neverland
This just out: Investigators conducting a criminal probe swarmed Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch on Tuesday, a sheriff’s spokesman said. The purpose of the search was not disclosed. Jackson and his three young children were not at the ranch at the…
Posted in Blogcritics on November 18, 2003 02:22 PM

Wiretapping Scandal
There’s nothing like a juicy Hollywood scandal to get the blood flowing: The case began with a dead fish and a rose in an aluminum pan, left on the hood of a car parked on a Los Angeles street. Taped…
Posted in Blogcritics on November 12, 2003 10:56 AM