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Jackson fans push for Nine to withdraw ‘tacky’ documentary

Fans of Michael Jackson are furious that Nine plans to repeat an old documentary on his child molestation case tomorrow morning, potentially at the same time as he is being laid to rest in Los Angeles.

michael-jacksonAustralian fans of Michael Jackson are calling upon the Nine Network to shelve plans to repeat an old documentary that looks at accusations of child molestation several years ago.

The doco,  Michael Jackson: What Really Happened, aired last week on Nine. It will form part of a Jackson ‘marathon’ beginning from 11:45pm tonight, leading up to the memorial at 2:50am.

But as details of a private burial remain unconfirmed -possibly before the Memorial- there is still a possibility that while Jackson is being laid to rest Nine could be airing the untimely doco.

CNN reports that relatives are expected to hold a private gathering at the Forest Lawn cemetery in Los Angeles ahead of the public service.

TV Tonight readers were furious with Nine last week for hauling out the doco:

Lisa: Channel 9, why the need to play this so called “documentary” at all? The timing isn’t going to change the fact that this program was just a disgusting tabloid vilification, designed for the purpose of causing as much damage as possible in any way they could think of. You don’t have to like Michael Jackson to have the intelligence to see this. The people involved in it should be forced to factually validate or recant their allegations but this isn’t just about the timing or Michael Jackson.

Chlassie: A load of crap! – that’s what this was just another story surrounding lies. I watched the complete story and have to say this has not changed my perception of Michael Jackson or his innocence but that of channel 9.

Ashlyn: It was neither revealing nor informative and stank of poor journalism. Channel 9 should be shut down for sinking sooo low all in the hopes of getting good ratings!! Channel 9 is the worst TV Channel in Australia!!!!

Craig: A very poor documentary. It was old, poorly put together and defiitely had an agenda. I wonder if Channel 9 actually viewed it before it aired, because it was totally inappropriate. It seems Channel 9 just goes from bad to worse.

Tim: How disgusting. The man is not even in the ground and Nine is trying to trash him with this rubbish. Even a cursory bit of research would show that much of this program is completely erroneous.

Today one reader, Kashi said, “Channel Nine are going to air this documentary again at the exact time he is being buried which is just before his memorial service on Channel 7.

“Please call them ASAP/immediately urging them not to play it at that time. I called to complain and got through immediately please do the same… simply because it inappropriate timing… And will hurt a lot of people who are mourning. and it is completely disrespectful.”

The programming of the doco lets down a comprehensive coverage of the Jackson Memorial planed by Nine from 2:50am, which includes on the ground reports from Robert Penfold, Peter Stefanovic, Leila McKinnon and Tom Steinfort.

In Melbourne the event will even be screened in the cold night on a big screen at Federation Square, from 1:30am -notably after the doco in question.

The Memorial will also be screened on Seven, TEN, ABC and Sky News.

33 Responses

  1. where can i get the documentary?
    it would be great if i could get it somehow;
    i need to do a report on how biased it is for a school assignment
    so if you know, it would be great
    thanks,

  2. Michael Jackson need not stop being who he was just because there are shameless greedy people out there who want to scam off him. Of course he can be loving and generous if its in his nature. He did not let the second accusation go and went all the way with the legal system to fight it, despite all the troubles and stress which he wanted to avoid the first time around. Forget not that he was found to innocent. The accusations are what they are, accusations by malicious leeches. I’m a mom and i know there are plenty of people out there who are not able to love or share love for others or children other than their own. Just because MJ is able to doesn’t make him a freak or should he be cruxified for it. Honestly, would any parent let a paedophile off the hook if they know they had assaulted their child in any way?

    The so called documentary is such a joke. Its one-sided with information provided by all these self-promoting, unethical “journalists” who actually make a living from persecuting MJ. Only some brainless person would believe it. Absolutely pathetic. I am so disappointed with Channel 9 for their poor judgment and it was aired in poor tastel. Whoever made the decision should be fired. He/she is an obvious MJ hater who is ignorant, insensitive and disrespectful.

  3. I saw a video in youtube. Its MJ attending the world music awards in 93.

    It shows that MJ is holding both girl and boy on his lap from time to time. The boy’s Mom is there too sitting next to MJ 🙂 But this documentary only showed MJ with the boy. Why mislead the public like this?

    The obvious questing is: If MJ sleeping with that boys is weird, then why did that boy’s mom let her son to do it? She obviously thought that there was nothing wrong about it. Then why media is only blaming MJ? And not the parents?

  4. yes michael i have considered that, and it is a possibility, but after the first one scams you why would you keep on opening your home to more and more children who do the same thing over and over, does he enjoy being blackmailed and having his name dragged through the mud? as the saying goes, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.

  5. giving to charities proves nothing, did you ever think that this may have been a way to ease a guilty conscience. plenty of pedophiles appear to be good people to the outside world but this proves nothing about what goes on behind closed doors. priests dedicate their lives to others and god, and there have been a massive number of them who have been found guilty. there have also been more than a few who were rich society types who regularly gave to charity, in fact they have been found in all walks of life. this issue is not going to be solved here by us, it will take years for the truth to come out and for the people who were actually there to speak up. but despite what is revealed some people will never change their minds despite what ever evidence is presented.

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