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| I think what happened is that we now have lots of cable news networks that need to fill 24hrs of programming every day and if they think people will tune in to watch Jacko the Wacko, that's what they'll show. Personally, I loosely followed the Jackson case and I feel it is a legitimate news item, but I would have preferred to see CNN, CNBC, FOXNews, CNN.com, etc. devote more time to coverage of international events and other hard news items |
Called give them what they want.
the American people are becoming a very boring and very undemanding group satisfied with a steady diet of entertainment as news and reality Tv in place of anything with actual content or writing.Why ?
Because we are also a very lazy and mostly stupid people.Folks giving opinions with no actual knowledge and ready to fight or argue a point they do not even understand.
Too lazy and pssive also means easily manipulated by a press that had its own agenda and rather than get information from alternate sources and compare everything we (I mean the collective,not me personally) beleive evrything we are told until it is someone that actually has a stake in things then we distrust so the pricvipals are always liars and third party sources with an axe to grind are to be beleived because conspiracy theories are fun even when laughable to anyone with a funtional brain who actually pays attention.So,to the topic at hand.....
I personally have avoided commenting in this thread on several levels.One this is an issue that there are not too many fence sitters and emotions run high.
Two,there has been a trend to nasty and personal which has been dealt with but while still there not a thing i wished to get involved with as "member" when it was more than obvious I would have to play moderator and to be involved as a duality would not sit well with me.To be involved in a thread with the potential for trouble as a moderator is too close to abuse of power.i would not ever use my position to make a point but once engaged and if it went nasty which meant action it would like like I used my power to make my points.Not good and something i try very hard to avoid being mostly strongly opinionated and usually controversial on most such topics soooooo......away we go to controversy and strong opinion
My take on the whole thing is there would have been an entirely different trial had this person been a blond haired,blue eyed all american boy.
MJ is a freak who has gone to great lengths to disfigure himself and he looks more like a refugee from a bad cartoon than he does a human that walks amomg us.but weird looks and eccentric behavour is not grounds for being locked up.
Many point to the original charges of a few years back where MJ settled for big bucks as proof of guilt but again,as has been proven in this case and in many others,better to settle sometimes for a flat sum than go broke defending against charges.This is common in most civil suits to avoid bad press,long drawn out trials and in effect to make it go away.The D.A at the time and D.A that was the engine behind this case are one and the same and it was his opinion at the time that one slipped away.
MJ made a song in which he made fun of this DA which it seems pissed him off even more and it became even more personal and more vendetta than justice.He would have his pound of flesh or die trying.
When the announcement was intiially made that the most recent charges were filed this guy called a news conference and at the podium in front of all the cameras was SO gleeful at this announcement it was my thought at the time
"this guy is gonna blow any minute now ! Flat out explode from happiness and spew guts all over the walls !"
Right then and there it wasin my mind the deck was being stacked and that this person should be recused and have no more to do with the actual case but it seemed and still does that no one cared if an official with an obvious personal beef was in control of the sytstem out to get MJ no matter what it took.
Anyone remeber a search warrant he issued to search MJ's hired private detective agency files ? A detective agency part of the defense and an illegal act ?
The "oops,did not realise" excuse was thin at best but yet no action was taken and the public took no notice that an abuse of power was taking place here.
Next was the sheer amount of search warrants issued for neverland.Not happy with what was found they kept going back,and back,and back,and back,and.........
Gues who also was present ? You got it.The DA !
When was the last time you heard of a sitting DA going out with the beat cops and detectives executing a search warrant ? And even that if it hapened would be a rarity and not
every single time as was the case here.
What about the gag orders from the judge that in effect silenced the defense while the prosecuting/investigating side leaked information meant to sway public opinion on a damn near daily basis ?
Then there is the "open call" for any and all children molested by MJ to come forward and add weight to the prosecution and what ? Nothing .And this over a period of a year.
Then we get the cast of characters who were witnesses for the prosecution.Every single one a liar or with an axe to grind.Day one of examination by the prosecution and all the news outlets tell you MJ is screwed and how he will be treated in jail.Day two, the cross examination and the entire testimony is shot down simply by pointing to outright lies and/or misstatements.
So my take ? With all the lies,all the deception and all the personal bullsh*t and dirty tricks what other verdict could any thinking jury come up with ?
Whether MJ is or is noty guilty of what some call serial child molestation I do not personally know but if i was on that particular jury with the information i know i would have come back with the same verdict.MJ is not your normal human but neither should he be persecuted and prosecuted for that alone.If he commits a crime and there is evidence to support that justice will be served but liars and those with a personal beef do not stand on the side of justice but are in it for personal reasons and it is tragic they have the powwer to detroy a human before that human is convicted of anything.
Finally,I find it chilling when asked by reprters after the verdict "will you persue this further" the DA said "no comment".............
That man is the one who should be investigated and prosecuted for abusing the public trust and using his position for personal vendtetta
just my opinion folks,means nothing and I am not looking for an argument
