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John Nichols: The King Of Pop Was An Imperfect Icon Who Became America's Global Face
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- AND, can someone explain how those kids are so white?
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- Why is Jackson's death a global event? Because the media wants it that way. He was a bit nuts. A bit scary with children and a has been as an entertainer and somehow, we need 24/7 coverage? Iran, North Korea, a coup in South America, a genocide in Africa and THIS is what we are worried about??
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- So his pedophilia is over-looked because he died. There is simply something a little creepy about people going on and on about a guy who liked under-aged boys. If he'd died 12 or 13 years ago, I could understand all this. Now, however, people seem to be paying tribute to a rather unsavory personality.
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- Do you have evidence that MJ molested boys?
If you do, I'd love to see it, since even the State of California could not produce any convincing evidence.
Remember, he was acquitted. In the US, you're innocent until proven guilty.
- Do you have evidence that MJ molested boys?
- Explain to me why, the black community is praising this person of color who made every effort to change his color? He always seemed pathetic to me in a pittiful way; so ashamed of who he was. What happened to black pride??
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- Oh, please. I've lived abroad, I travel abroad extensively. I speak and read 5 languages besides English and regularly read foreign newspapers and magazines. I have not seen or heard any serious interest in Michael Jackson since about 1987 -- 22 years ago. Other matters have been far more important, but even in the context of entertainment, Michael Jackson hasn't figured for a long, long time.
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- Good point - I wonder how the kids he was accused of molesting are remembering him.
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- Few notions could be more dispiriting than the idea that Michael Jackson, of all people, was the global face of America.
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- It's global news because reporting on something like this, where all the stories come without much work, is easier than actually WORKING for a story. If you skipped Jackson and reported on Iran, North Korea, Israel/Palestine or the closing of most public libraries in Ohio, you'd have to actually do the hard WORK of journalism. As long as reporters are too lazy to do the hard work, Michael Jackson and his ilk will be the big story of the day. North Korea doesn't have publicists constantly flogging its story like Michael Jackson does even now that he is dead.
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- Enough already. Yes, Michael was a megastar, but he was NOT the face of America, he did not represent me in any way, he was not my cultural icon or hero...he was just another entertainer, and not the one I considered most talented. Certainly, he was an extremely gifted entertainer, but still....stop with the hyperbole. And, to me at least, he will always be a pedophile. Please remember that, too, when you feel like idolizing him.
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- Your last comment was not just unfortunate, but un-American.
In this country, people are innocent until proven guilty. I do not believe that MJ was a pedophile, though he surely loved children and felt most comfortable around them. And no wonder. He never had a childhood - he was used to power the entertainment machine from a very early age, and the people who surrounded him were people with an agenda - to get his money.
Only with children could he find unbound affection, devoid of greed, and his lost years.
He was never convicted of any untoward act towards children... and the entire force of the state was brought against him, with a vengeance. The last case was obviously golddigging, as the jury and everyone else with a brain realized early on.
So, your accusation of him being a pedophile is just one more example of the cr*p he had to deal with in his life. You have no evidence or experience to back it, so it's just more name-calling.
MJ was one of our greatest musicians and entertainers. He deserved better than that.
- Amen!!! He did not bring "race,class, gender together" and "bring African American strenth to their culture" as a journalist just wrote. Many came before him. Great talents and leaders. Nat King Cole, BB King, Nelson Mendela, Martin Luther King and I could go on and on.
- You uneducated person! The face of America? Why does he have to be the face of America anyway. He was an Icon, a musical genius. Where have you got your facts from that he was a pedo? You must read some trashy newspapers. I am a lawyer and I can tell you now that if he was a pedo they would have found evidence in his house. They found nothing everytime they searched his house. He was innocent. Misguided but innocent!
- Your last comment was not just unfortunate, but un-American.
- WAY, WAY too much hype and reverence for Michael. Yes, he was great in the late 70s and early 80s, but he has been more of an object of ridicule than a major artist for the last twenty years. Give him his due, and leave it at that. Stop the hype, the media overkill, and let Michael rest in peace.
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- Not many give him the credit for acutally being
the athlete, which by any measurement he was,,,
One thing is becoming clear,,many talented
folks are one way or another,,,ODD.
Jackson's talent didn't fall within some people's
area of appreciation,,,but even so, just to see
an explosion of energy from a skinny human being
makes for a whoa! minute.
There's always the face bit though,,,REALLY REALLY odd,,,
And the article to GUESS that Jackson became the
FACE of America sounds like, possible the truth,,,
,,,EVERYBODY considers us to be two-faced,,,,
But,,,only our poiticians would be better prepared
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- Man this world is losing all its angels and good natured people. Even in death people are still trying to ruin this man legacy by leaving racist and negative comments about him on blogs and postings. Lord what is wrong with us as humans that we cant for a sec put aside hatred negativity and understand love and respect.
R.I.P Michael you will be missed - Reply to this comment
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- His own family is making it a specticle. Can't do it with dignity. Are they truly mourning? Or wanting to make money off him again? Janet Jackson did express her sadness and saying the truth-he was a MAN, brother.
He was definately no angel and good natured. What did he really contribute to society? Bono does, Geogre Clooney does. Paul Mc Cartney does. Brad Pitt does. Angelina Joley does. and so on and so on. He spent his time and money on self indulgence when he could of made a real difference.
- His own family is making it a specticle. Can't do it with dignity. Are they truly mourning? Or wanting to make money off him again? Janet Jackson did express her sadness and saying the truth-he was a MAN, brother.
- Micheal Jackson was a very talented person, he'll be sorely missed.
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- I liked Thriller.
I thought Jackson was used to help reelect GW Bush in 2004 on the issue of Hollyweird and the gay marriage issue. The accusations were so patently false they HAD to have been a set-up. So the question then is 'who benefited'? That's pretty obvious. The pre-trial and trial lasted just long enough to do the damage they needed to do. Then he was released, ruined, and left the country.
I thought Jackson was guilty of being terminally weird. It's possible, though, that he wasn't a pervert. Certainly the 11 counts against him in 2004/5 were justifiably all thrown out.
Unlike artists like Paul McCartney and Eric Clapton, Jackson's music was impossible to imagine being performed by anyone without a 20 year olds energy. And Jackson may have felt the financial pressure to regain that ability. Hence the pain, the Demerol, and the Death. RIP. - Reply to this comment
- I watched Micheal grow up, from the first time I seen him on the "Ed Sullivan Show," to his break out album "Off the Wall," to his very troubled personal life. All played out in front of the world. I'll miss "the greatest entertainer," I've ever seen in my lifetime. And I'm not ready to say good-bye...
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- A day after his death, Michael Jackson is getting the outpouring of attention he craved so much as his career sputtered in the later part of his life. If the massive coverage by the news media is any indication, the child-prodigy-turned-adult-superstar is even bigger in death than he was in life.
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- Goodbye Michael. You will be missed by the entire planet, but your music will live on!
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