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David Pack stands and toasts with Michael Jackson, Leonard Bernstein, Quincy Jones, and others

 
During that special evening, I felt the need to share my faith with him, to let him know that another Christian artist was sitting next to him. So when he whispered, “How can I ever thank you for this wonderful night?” I said, “Michael, I didn’t put this together, God did!” He said, “Oh yes, I believe that with all of my heart.”

I told him I was a Christian, and he said he was, too. We talked about the first Christian song we’d both heard as children: “Jesus loves me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to him belong, they are weak but he is strong.” With the dinner party loudly going on around us, we both quietly leaned in and sang the song, smiling like choirboys. “Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me.” Then we gave each other a short embrace.

I knew at that moment that this sweet-spirited young genius was going to find his eternal peace in heaven. I did not find Michael weird, messed up, or anything you’ve ever heard about him. I want to say that I feel all of the allegations ever charged against Michael were false, and that in my discernment, he did not have the capacity to ever do anything except love children and let them know he would do anything to stand up for them, and help them. Just look at the magnificent work he did on their behalf in writing and co-producing “We Are The World,” and the 39 charities for children he gave to generously. That was Michael. I believe that during his trials he related to the suffering of Christ, and prayed for intervention, because he was being accused over what he loved most—children. This caused him perhaps more pain than anything in his life.

I know Michael loved Jesus with all his heart. Quincy had told me about his work sharing his faith with others, often door-to-door, because he’d been raised a devout Jehovah’s Witness. Later in life he told people he was a non-denominational Christian. Still more recently, reports circulated that he’d converted to Islam. But the Michael I knew had seriously contemplated giving up music to spend full-time in Christian ministry.

If there’s anything that gives me peace during this moment of loss, it’s knowing that one of the greatest artists of our time is now moon-walking along the gold paved roads of heaven, where streets have no name, with a broad smile on his face, and a band of angels welcoming him home.

Michael, my friend, rest in heavenly peace.
 

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Rodney “Darkchild” Jenkins

In 1985, shortly after recording “The Girl Is Mine” with Paul McCartney, ATV Music Publishing (who had owned The Beatles Northern Songs publishing company since 1968) went up for sale. Michael Jackson paid a reported $47.5 million for the catalogue.

Over the years, Michael went on to purchase numerous companies, some owning rights to songs made famous by Elvis Presley and Little Richard.

In 1995, Jackson merged ATV with Sony. Read more.

In 2007, Michael purchased Famous Music, owner of hits by Eminem, Bjork and Shakira, as well as classics like Moon River, adding additional catalogues to Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

Today, Sony/ATV Music Publishing is co-owned by The Michael Jackson Family Trust and Sony. The value of Sony/ATV Music Publishing has varied in reports. Industry experts have estimated the company to be worth as much as $1.5 billion.

Struggle with Vitiligo

Long time friend and collaborator, Kenny Ortega worked with Michael Jackson to create and design many productions, including Michael’s Dangerous World Tour, the HIStory World Tour, and This Is It.

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Michael’s First Christmas

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“Thriller” & Michael Goes Shopping

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“Bad” & Neverland

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“Jam” & Joe Jackson Day

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“Rock My World” & Inspiration

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Road Trip & “Black or White”

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Big Surprise, “Remember The Time” & Vacation

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Michael On Vacation

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Michael With His Children

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Eventually named the biggest selling single of all time, as of 2009, it sold more than 20 million units and raised over $63 million for humanitarian aid in Africa and the United States. “We Are the World” demonstrated that diverse musicians could productively work together and further influenced the movement within popular music to create songs that address humane concerns.

Learn more.
 

Eventually named the biggest selling single of all time, as of 2009, it sold more than 20 million units and raised over $63 million for humanitarian aid in Africa and the United States. “We Are the World” demonstrated that diverse musicians could productively work together and further influenced the movement within popular music to create songs that address humane concerns.

Learn more.
 

“I had witnesses who were going to come in and say he [Jordan Chandler] told them it never happened and that he would never talk to his parents again for what they made him say, AND it turned out he had gone to court and got legal emancipation from his parents. His mother testified that she hadn’t talked to him for 11 years. So, you know, there was a problem there as well.” ~Tom Mesereau

Struggle with Vitiligo

Read more about “Big Media” out of control:

The Media Ruined My Life—A Rape Victim Speaks of Her Ordeal

Michael Jackson, Media Greed and the Demise of Democracy

How I Viewed Michael Jackson Through the Media

Death by Journalism

Vitiligo, Lupus and Michael Jackson

Information on Vitiligo: Michael Jackson

Vitiligo and Lupus Photos: Michael Jackson

Cure4Lupus.org

Mayo Clinic

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Barbara Walters Interviews Tom Mesereau

He was broken by the accusations and never recovered.

These paintings are a way of seeing
how Michael would like to have seen himself.”
 
~David Nordahl
 

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Nordahl Speaks about His Friend, Michael Jackson

~Michael Jackson

First, it’s necessary to define a new term.  Medialoid (mainstream media infected by tabloid journalism) publishes content that is more suitable for tabloid publications.

Proposed
Michael Jackson’s Law

Part 1 — Many occupations require licensing; for example, doctors, lawyers, architects, and accountants must be licensed in all 50 states. To qualify, one must graduate from an accredited university and pass a rigorous board examination. A license doesn’t guarantee a doctor, lawyer, architect, or accountant will be competent. However, licensing prevents a plumber from operating on a person, a homemaker from arguing in court, a dog groomer from designing a building, or a student from maintaining the books of a corporation.

Is it no less important that those entrusted with reporting world events be licensed? Reporters should not be allowed to call themselves journalists unless they graduate from an accredited university with a degree in journalism (including at least one course in journalism ethics and one course in communications and media law) and pass a rigorous board examination.

Media play a huge role in our lives. Television, radio, the Internet, movies, books, and newspapers inform and influence our ideas, opinions, values, and beliefs. They shape our understanding of the world and give us the information we need to hold our leaders accountable.  They help us separate fact from opinion.

If formal journalism training and licensing had been required of Diane Dimond and Nancy Grace, neither would have been hired by any news organization. If either had been hired without credentials, the news company that hired them may have been fined for hiring unlicensed persons. Clearly, if Dimond and Grace had not been perceived as journalists, their works of fiction may not have confused the public.

The Society of Professional Journalists believes that public enlightenment is the forerunner of justice and the foundation of democracy. The duty of a journalist is to further those ends by seeking truth and providing a fair and balanced account of events and issues. Conscientious journalists strive to serve the public with thoroughness and honesty. Professional integrity is the cornerstone of a journalist’s credibility.

Code of Ethics for Journalists

Part 2 — Defaming the dead shall be prohibited. A deceased person’s heirs can sue for libel and slander as aggressively as the person who was defamed when he or she was alive.

Part 3 — A journalist shall lose his or her license for failing to adhere to principles of journalistic ethics and integrity.

Part 4 — News agencies, journalists, and all media shall use public disclaimers to alert and educate readers and viewers regarding content. For example, the Food and Drug Administration protects against harmful claims that are misleading to the public. The following disclaimer must be included on products that purport to be effective but do not have FDA approval:

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not meant to diagnose, treat or cure any disease or medical condition.

Following is a proposed disclaimer that shall accompany all medialoid content:

The views expressed herein may not have been fact-checked or verified according to principles of journalistic ethics and integrity. In addition, rumor, barely credible sources, an appeal to emotion and the use of checkbook journalism may be a part of this story or program.  This story or program is for entertainment purposes only and was not reviewed by a licensed journalist.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) protects against deceptive advertising that is misleading to the public.  In like manner, a governing body shall be formed to uphold standards of ethics and integrity in journalism, oversee licensing for journalists, and protect against media practices that are harmful or mislead the public.

It will take a long time and much effort to pass this proposed legislation. We need your support. Please join us by subscribing to our newsletter.

Tort Law and Journalistic Ethics: Too Late For Michael Jackson—by Richard T. Karcher

Professionalization: Fusion of Media Freedom and Responsibility—Why Michael Jackson’s Law Must be Passed—by John C. Merrill

Michael Jackson: Live in Concert
Crowds “Jam” in Bucharest

The day was October 1, 1992. The place was the Bucharest National Stadium in Romania. In this stop on the first leg of Michael Jackson’s Dangerous World Tour, we glimpse the sheer joy, and yes, hysteria, of a sold-out crowd of 70,000 as Michael sings “Jam”, a song about universal brotherhood.

What is it that illicits such intense emotions? After all, not many in this audience spoke English. Scientists tell us that emotions in music touch a universal chord. Read more.

Lyrics:

I Have To Find My Peace Cuz
No One Seems To Let Me Be
False Prophets Cry Of Doom
What Are The Possibilities
I Told My Brother
There’ll Be Problems,
Times And Tears For Fears,
We Must Live Each Day
Like It’s The Last

Go With It
Go With It
Jam
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t Too Much
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain’t
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t
Don’t You
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To

The World Keeps Changing
Rearranging Minds
And Thoughts
Predictions Fly Of Doom
The Baby Boom
Has Come Of Age
We’ll Work It Out

I Told My Brothers
Don’t You Ask Me
For No Favors
I’m Conditioned By
The System
Don’t You Talk To Me
Don’t Scream And Shout

She Pray To God, To Buddha
Then She Sings A
Talmud Song
Confusions Contradict
The Self
Do We Know Right
From Wrong
I Just Want You To
Recognize Me
In The Temple
You Can’t Hurt Me
I Found Peace
Within Myself

Go With It
Go With It
Jam
It Ain’t
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t Too Much
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain’t
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t
Don’t You
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t Too Much
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain’t
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t
Don’t You
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To

[Rap Performed By Heavy D]
Jam Jam
Here Comes The Man
Hot Damn
The Big Boy Stands
Movin’ Up A Hand
Makin’ Funky Tracks
With My Man
Michael Jackson
Smooth Criminal
That’s The Man
Mike’s So Relaxed
Mingle Mingle Jingle
In The Jungle
Bum Rushed The Door
3 And 4’s In A Bundle
Execute The Plan
First I Cooled Like A Fan
Got With Janet
Then With Guy
Now With Michael
Cause It Ain’t Hard To…

[Michael]
Jam
It Ain’t
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t Too Much
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
Get On It
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t
Don’t Stop
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain’t
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t
Don’t You
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain’t
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t
Don’t You
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To

It Ain’t Too Hard For Me
To Jam [9x]
Get On It
Jam
It Ain’t
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t
Don’t You
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t Too Much
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t Too Much
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To
Jam
Too Much
It Ain’t Too Much Stuff
It Ain’t
Don’t You
It Ain’t Too Much For Me To

Get On It
Get On It
Give It Baby
Give It To Me
Come On
You Really Give It Too Me
Got To Give It
You Just Want To Give It

~Michael Jackson

This video is of Ryan White’s Mother, Jeanne White-Ginder, being interviewed after Michael Jackson’s death. She reflects on their special times and how she perceived Michael.

Hear phone conversation between Ryan and Michael

See scrapbook Ryan’s Mother made of their times with Michael

From Wikipedia:

Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after being expelled from school because of his infection. A hemophiliac, he became infected with HIV from a contaminated blood treatment and, when diagnosed in 1984, was given six months to live. Though doctors said he posed no risk to other students, AIDS was poorly understood at the time, and when White tried to return to school, many parents and teachers in Kokomo rallied against his attendance. A lengthy legal battle with the school system ensued, and media coverage of the struggle made White into a national celebrity and spokesman for AIDS research and public education. He appeared frequently in the media with celebrities such as Elton John, Michael Jackson and Phil Donahue. Surprising his doctors, White lived five years longer than predicted and died in April 1990, shortly before he would have completed high school.

Michael attended Ryan’s funeral. He bought the jeans and shirt Ryan wanted to wear when he was buried. After Ryan’s death, Michael Jackson asked permission from his Mother to write a song for Ryan. The result was this video, “Gone Too Soon”.

Usher sings “Gone Too Soon” at Michael Jackson’s Memorial.

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November 18, 2003

Live From New York
In the Country of the Blind
By Jackie Mason & Raoul Felder on 1.5.04 @ 12:05AM

NEW YORK — Reading about Michael Jackson brings to mind H. G. Wells. Before discussing that improbable connection, let’s get something straight! In our book, there is nothing more horrific and revolting, to a degree that renders it almost unimaginable, than abusing a child. Turning to the next page in our book, there is nothing that can suggest mitigation, motivation, or excuse, whether it be purpose or perpetrator, priest or pervert. Sexual abuse of a child is an ultimate irredeemable, unmitigated, absolute evil. And if there were a Richter scale of evil, any child molester should be relegated to a level of hell populated by twisted despots and serial killers.

Turning to the Michael Jackson affair, elements continue to disturb us. The District Attorney Sneddon is nick-named “Mad Dog.” People should rightfully be suspicious of a District Attorney with this appellation, since such monikers are usually reserved for criminals like Vincent “Mad Dog” Coll — who played a nifty tune with his tommy gun during the heyday of Prohibition. We prefer our role model for a District Attorney to be like the character played by Jay Jostyn in the long running 1939-1954 radio serial “Mr. District Attorney.” At the beginning of the show a booming voice from an echo chamber intoned the duties of “Mr. District Attorney” and then proceeded to name the virtues of that position — first of which was “protector of the innocent.”

Innocence is a unique presumption under the modern law of free societies. We all come clothed in that state of grace, and it is the job of government to pierce, when appropriate, that cloak. This all is a far cry from “Mad Dog” Sneddon’s unique pursuit of justice.

In his first press conference in which he announced his prosecution of Michael Jackson, you would think he was going to a Bar Mitzvah. It was delayed because the police were, as he indicated, preoccupied with Halloween events. He then mangled the law when he announced that now, because of a new statute, the victim can be forced to testify. One could reasonably suppose that a District Attorney would read the law before a major prosecution was announced, and certainly before proving his ignorance to the assembled press of the world. The California statute does not force a victim to testify, but rather it is designed to prevent a situation where the victim takes money not to testify. Apparently, before “Mad Dog’s” next press conference, when he correctly explained the statute, some law student showed him the law.

After the press conference, “Mad Dog” sent 70 police officers to Jackson’s home to search for clues. Again, one might reasonably raise the question that since he was absolutely certain that he could prove Jackson guilty, what was the need to send the 70 policemen? Or at least it would seem logical to send them before, not after, the announcement. Also, if we were parents of a child that had been molested, we would be telling our story not to a force of 70 cops waiting to pounce like the Fourth Infantry Division in Iraq, but rather to an overworked, underpaid police officer who would be typing out our complaint on a 1942 Underwood. We would also question why our child was relegated to one kind of police attention and Jackson to another.

ALL OF THIS BRINGS US to H.G. Wells’ short story, “The Country of the Blind,” which tells the tale of an adventurer who “slipped eastward toward the unknown side of the mountain” in an inaccessible valley “[t]hree hundred miles and more from Chimborazo, one hundred from the snows of Cotopaxi, in the wildest wastes of Ecuadors’ Andes, [into a] mysterious mountain valley, cut off from all the world of men,” peopled by natives who are all, at this stage of their insulated existence — blind. “A strange disease had come upon them and had made all the children born to them there…blind.”

The traveler falls in love with one of the chief’s daughters and asks for her hand in marriage. The elder of the tribe senses there is something different and strange about the traveler — something that must be rectified before he can claim the girl. They finally decide that he is different because he has two lumps on his face — his eyes — that must be removed. “[I]n order to cure him completely, all that we need to do is a simple and easy surgical operation — namely, to remove these irritant bodies.”

Michael Jackson is certainly odd and dances or sways to the beat a different drummer than the rest of us. Sadly, it is often human nature to look at someone radically different from ourselves with a mixture of loathing and fear. Think of the emotions registered on the faces of people who buy tickets to the thankfully disappearing “entertainment” freak shows.

Michael Jackson, if he is a child molester, or if there is evidence of such conduct, should be tried, convicted and punished in the harshest manner allowed by law. However, he should not be forced to face a jury if his crime is merely being odd or different from us, or offending our sensibilities. In any event, it should be in the public’s interest to have trials that are fair and unbiased prosecuted by a District Attorney who approaches his assignment in the same manner. It is not served by having a prosecution conducted by a District Attorney whose nickname is “Mad Dog,” who has personal grudges to satisfy, who misstates or misunderstands the law, and who chooses to make a circus out of a situation that cries out for all the fairness and sensitivity as befits the legal process as it strives towards resolution.

“Mad Dog,” given his actions, is not the person we feel should represent the body politic in this pursuit. In the way he has undertaken his mandate, he has shamed himself, and in a larger sense, all the rest of us who look to our system as an example of the way a free society deals with those who have violated its laws. In a sense “Mad Dog” has made us all culpable in a twisted and personalized institutional predetermined search for the truth.

California has a new Governor, like him or not, who was elected on the basis of his bringing new thinking and approaches to old problems. He has it in his power to appoint a special prosecutor for the Jackson case. He should do so. We are all — including Jackson, like him or not — entitled to a process that does credit to our way of government, and in so doing, to all of us. Too often, in our nation’s history, we look back, years later, to a criminal trial and we see, with the acuity of hindsight, a process hopelessly compromised by questions of race, religion, national origin, or just plain fear. This unfortunate history stretches from the witches of Salem, to the Scottsboro Boys, to Sacco-Vanzetti, and the deplorable Red hunts after the First and Second World wars. This should not be allowed to happen in the Jackson case.

One man links the events of 1993 and 2005.

Santa Barbara District Attorney Thomas Sneddon pursued Michael Jackson without cause for over 15 years. Due to lack of evidence and credible witnesses, Sneddon was refused permission to prosecute in 1993 by two grand juries. Nonetheless, Sneddon kept an open file on Michael and spent millions of dollars of American taxpayer money searching the world for other alleged victims.

He found none.

“I think the driving force is Thomas Sneddon’s personal belief that Jackson got away with child molestation in the early 1990’s. This is what happens when a prosecutor has a defendant in the crosshairs and has years to stew over it. To put it simply, he wanted Michael Jackson and he wanted him bad.”

~Laurie Levenson, former Federal prosecutor and professor,
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California

“He [Sneddon] said he had a very strong case against me. The problem was that his whole strong case was manufactured. He lost his opportunity against Michael Jackson in 1993, and he doesn’t want to leave office without paying that score back.”

~Gary Dunlap, defense attorney, Santa Barbara, California

“Many legal observers who have watched the case unfold consider it deeply flawed. They say the conspiracy charge is ill-defined and the molestation counts depend almost exclusively on the inconsistent testimony of a boy who did not report the acts until after his mother had consulted a civil lawyer who won a large settlement from Jackson more than a decade ago on the basis of a similar accusation.”

~John M. Broder, The New York Times, May 6, 2005

“I think people do feel that he is a man on a mission. You know, this is going to be the signature case of his career.”

~Jerry Roberts, editor, Santa Barbara News-Press

“It must be a strange feeling, though, to know what the first line of your obituary is going to be. To know that it will involve, of all people, Michael Jackson. To know that it will be about a case everyone watched, and how you lost it.”

~Libby Copeland, The Washington Post, June 15, 2005

Why has Thomas Sneddon never been called to account for his profound violation of Michael Jackson’s human and civil rights?

Is it because the so-called professionals—to whom society has given the power and ability to shape public opinion—have forgotten, or more likely, decided to ignore the first rule of journalism?

Tell the truth.

Learn more.

Lies Created and Propagated by Medialoid

The Case Against Michael Jackson

MJJR FAQ:  The Michael Jackson Case
 
 

~Michael Jackson

 Read more.
 
 

Read chapters 1 and 2 of Aphrodite’s book.

Judge Rodney S. Melville presides over Dept. SM2 in the Santa Maria Cook Division.

In 2003, Michael Jackson trusted Martin Bashir to create a documentary to counter the tabloid gossip that was damaging his image in the public’s eye.  Medialoid’s slander threatened to destroy him and undermine all he had accomplished, including his humanitarian efforts and his dedication to the suffering, disadvantaged children and their families around the world.  Michael was appalled by the way Bashir twisted his words. Bashir inserted his own opinions; opinions that were in many cases the exact opposite of what Michael said during the interview.

However, Michael’s own cameraman also videotaped the interviews that took place at Neverland Ranch and other locations during the time Bashir spent with Michael.  Michael presented a copy of the unedited interview to Maury Povich and asked him to view it for himself, without any input from Michael or his staff.  Povich agreed to make a rebuttal film so people could see what was said and draw their own conclusions.  This is the unedited 2003 interview of Michael Jackson.

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Lawyer 2 Lawyer welcomes Attorney Tom Mesereau, a partner with the firm of Mesereau & Yu, LLP in Los Angeles, and Attorney Jennifer Keller, a criminal defense attorney in Southern California, to discuss this important topic.

Bill Moyers takes on “Big Media” in his address to the National Conference on Media Reform (NCMR).

Sources:
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)
Democracy Now

Read more about “Big Media” out of control:

The Media Ruined My Life—A Rape Victim Speaks of Her Ordeal

Michael Jackson, Media Greed and the Demise of Democracy

How I Viewed Michael Jackson Through the Media

In Times Topics on Michael Jackson, The New York Times includes misleading claims and untrue references to Michael Jackson. Among them is deceptive commentary regarding his appearance at the 2006 World Music Awards.

The Lie:

In the original text of this article, stated in context with his imminent shows at London’s O2 Arena, The New York Times writes:

“The shows would have been Mr. Jackson’s first major performances since 2001 and 2002, when he appeared at a pair of 30th anniversary celebrations and two benefit concerts; a brief appearance by Mr. Jackson at the World Music Awards in 2006 was booed by audience members.”

Only after complaints–without any editorial notification of change–did editors revise the text to “…was booed by some audience members.”

This clear manipulation represents common occurrences of media bias, especially with respect to Michael Jackson. Taken at face value with little or no factual context, an unknowing reader may interpret this article as truth. If The New York Times–one of the world’s premiere newspapers–reports that Michael was booed, certainly it must be accurate.

The Truth:

An accurate and unbiased message would read, “The shows would have been Mr. Jackson’s first major performances since 2002. Mr. Jackson also made an appearance at the World Music Awards in 2006.”

Instead, The New York Times reports misleading information and distorts the truth in support of a biased message to readers.

The truth is in the following videos of Michael’s appearance at the 2006 World Music Awards. Investigation of the facts has revealed that some members of the audience were so excited to see more of him, they may have been disappointed that Michael’s performance was shorter than expected. If any member of the audience booed, that sentiment is completely inaudible over the obvious roar of approval that begins when Michael Jackson is announced. Before he even sets foot on stage, a jubilant audience begins a celebration that does not stop. 

Michael Jackson at the 2006 World Music Awards (WMA)
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Because of reduced immunity and his susceptibility to sun related complications, Michael kept his skin covered, wore face masks, and used umbrellas to protect his health.

Michael Jackson’s Skin: You need to SEE the truth

Information on Vitiligo: Michael Jackson

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Lyrics:

As I, Turn Up The Collar On My
Favorite Winter Coat
This Wind Is Blowin’ My Mind
I See The Kids In The Street,
With Not Enough To Eat
Who Am I, To Be Blind?
Pretending Not To See
Their Needs
A Summer’s Disregard,
A Broken Bottle Top
And A One Man’s Soul
They Follow Each Other On
The Wind Ya’ Know
‘Cause They Got Nowhere
To Go
That’s Why I Want You To
Know

I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself, And
Then Make A Change)
(Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah)

I’ve Been A Victim Of A Selfish
Kind Of Love
It’s Time That I Realize
That There Are Some With No
Home, Not A Nickel To Loan
Could It Be Really Me,
Pretending That They’re Not
Alone?

A Willow Deeply Scarred,
Somebody’s Broken Heart
And A Washed-Out Dream
(Washed-Out Dream)
They Follow The Pattern Of
The Wind, Ya’ See
Cause They Got No Place
To Be
That’s Why I’m Starting With
Me
(Starting With Me!)

I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Ooh!)
And No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change)

I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror
(Ooh!)
I’m Asking Him To Change His
Ways
(Change His Ways-Ooh!)
And No Message Could’ve
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make That . . .
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make That . . .)
Change!

I’m Starting With The Man In
The Mirror,
(Man In The Mirror-Oh
Yeah!)
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make The Change)
(You Gotta Get It Right, While
You Got The Time)
(‘Cause When You Close Your
Heart)
You Can’t Close Your . . .Your
Mind!
(Then You Close Your . . .
Mind!)
That Man, That Man, That
Man, That Man
With That Man In The Mirror
(Man In The Mirror, Oh Yeah!)
That Man, That Man, That Man
I’m Asking Him To Change
His Ways
(Better Change!)
You Know . . .That Man
No Message Could Have
Been Any Clearer
If You Wanna Make The World
A Better Place
(If You Wanna Make The
World A Better Place)
Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change
(Take A Look At Yourself And
Then Make A Change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Oh Yeah!)
Gonna Feel Real Good Now!
Yeah Yeah! Yeah Yeah!
Yeah Yeah!
Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Na Na,
Na Nah
(Ooooh . . .)
Oh No, No No . . .
I’m Gonna Make A Change
It’s Gonna Feel Real Good!
Come On!
(Change . . .)
Just Lift Yourself
You Know
You’ve Got To Stop It.
Yourself!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
I’ve Got To Make That Change,
Today!
Hoo!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Got To
You Got To Not Let Yourself . . .
Brother . . .
Hoo!
(Yeah!-Make That Change!)
You Know-I’ve Got To Get
That Man, That Man . . .
(Man In The Mirror)
You’ve Got To
You’ve Got To Move! Come
On! Come On!
You Got To . . .
Stand Up! Stand Up!
Stand Up!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Stand Up And Lift
Yourself, Now!
(Man In The Mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah-Make That Change)
Gonna Make That Change . . .
Come On!
(Man In The Mirror)
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know It!
You Know . . .
(Change . . .)
Make That Change.

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Lyrics:

It’s Slander
You say it’s not a sword
But with your pen you torture men
You’d crucify the Lord
And you don’t have to read it
And you don’t have to eat it
To buy it is to feed it
So why do we keep foolin’ ourselves
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual
Though everybody wants to read all about it
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual, actual
They say he’s homosexual

In the hood
Frame him if you could
Shoot to kill
To blame him if you will
If he dies sympathize
Such false witnesses
Damn self righteousness
In the black
Stab me in the back
In the face
To lie and shame the race
Heroine and Marilyn
The headline stories of
All your glory
It’s slander

With the words you use
You’re a parasite in black and white
Do anything for news
If you don’t go and buy it
Then they won’t glorify it
To read it sanctifies it
Then why do we keep foolin’ ourselves
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual
Everybody wants to read all about it

Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual
See, but everybody wants to believe all about it
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual
See, but everybody wants to believe all about it
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual, actual
She’s blonde and she’s bisexual

Scandal
With the words you use
You’re a parasite in black and white
Do anything for news
And you don’t go and buy it
Then they won’t glorify it
To read it sanctifies it
Why do we keep foolin’ ourselves

Slander
You say it’s not a sin
But with your pen you torture men
Then why do we keep foolin’ ourselves
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual
Though everybody wants to read all about it
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual
See, but everybody wants to believe all about it
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual
Just because you read it in a magazine
Or see it on the TV screen
Don’t make it factual, actual
You’re so damn disrespectable

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