Guilty or Not? — Page 2

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The media isn't pointing fingers. If Corey Feldman was going to be on 20/20 and talk in detail about their relationship and how nothing sexual or inappropriate ever happened, I still think he would have been on TV. They're not trying to make him "seem" guilty at all, they're reporting what they hear. It's their job. And his allegations and people thinking he's a freak has nothing to do with his talent. He's obviously enormously talented - he's an enormously talented freak. You can't deny the fact that the man is insane. Now that doesn't mean he did anything to those children but from what I'm gathering from the media (which is our only glimpse into what's happening,) I'm saying he's guilty so far.

The whole innocent until proven guilty doesn't always apply. OJ wasn't found guilty, but everyone knows that he is. So that theory isn't always relevant. And it's not the media that judges him - they report what's happening and what they see. The audience judges him. They report on his children walking around with masks on and him dangling his baby over a balcony. They don't say he's crazy - we read the true reports and say "yes, this man is off." People need to stop blaming the media for doing their job.

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His prime was in the mid-eighties...then his music began to deteriorate. No matter what the public and media does to him, the world will still be buying his albums, and he will still be making money...

Those poor kids...

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Ignorance is bliss? To tell you the truth, it's not of such a great importance to me if MJ is going down or not.

Also, you're saying that 'it is their job to not take a side', I'm sorry but I find that very naive. When is the last time you have actually read a paper or a magazine? They're full of 'taking sides' and 'having opinions'...

I find it very worrying that you take the media's word as gospel, especially when you really know NOTHING about the case (apart from the facts the media wants you to know). There are only a handful of people who really know the truth about this (MJ himself and the kids)... so if you excuse me, but I, for one, would like to continue doubting things I read. That's just me.

QM

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I don't take things I read as "gospel." But it's a known fact that you can't televise or publish "news" that is false. That would result in endless lawsuits and people getting fired, much like what just happened with CBS.

And when I posed my question, it said "based on what we know." The only thing we know is from the media. As I said to someone else, it's the same as me saying "based on what the media tells us, do you think he's guilty." I never said that I knew anything else about the case. All I asked was guilty or not - not blame the media.

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I'm not condeming anyone. Again, if you had listened to my initial point (which you obviously missed twice,) I asked people's opinions to be based on what we see and what we've heard so far.

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That is sick, CU. And you COULD be wrong--very wrong.

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I will grant you your opinion, though it is potentially libelous the way you put it.

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Updated On: 2/12/05 at 03:03 AM

*Based on what we have seen*, it seems very difficult for the public to believe anything except that he IS guilty, however I think most of the public's opinion on this has little to do with the facts of the case (which are convoluted and paint a very one sided portrait) and more about the fact that in MJ's every day life, he seems very much like a freak. (plastic surgery, masked babies, the whole bit)

While he HAS dug his own grave in how he has been publicly painted out, a) there is no correlation between distorted self-image, poor judgments in child rearing (as opposed to abuse) and child molestation; at least no empirical evidence that has proven this!; b) the media is hardly the neutral figure in this, however they are not entirely to blame here. Of course they're portraying a sensationalized, exaggerate, one-sided view of MJ. It sells papers. But why do we submit to the role of the passive recipient of this information? They're going to feed off our interest, and honestly, I don't think too many of us are willing to take the initiative to do enough research to GET both sides of the story. And there's nothing the general public likes more than to see a world-reknown celebrity fall. The main difference between OJ and MJ is OJ's past was untarnished, and he wasn't the megastar MJ is. Put King of Pop + erratic behavior = "Guilty" Man, whether he really is guilty or not.

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Updated On: 2/12/05 at 03:13 AM

TIFF: PISS OFF!!!!

It's because I love Tiff, and I don't want her to end up living on the streets. SHE NEEDS TO LEAVE!!! Tiff, I WILL kick your ass.

*whimper* B-b-but I wanna talk about MJ.

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