It doesn’t get to hide from the past. One unexpected fallout from our cultural reckoning with the life and work of Michael Jackson is the erasure of a Simpsons episode. “Stark Raving Dad,” the premiere of the show’s third season, tells the story of Homer being committed to an insane asylum, where he meets a patient named Leon Kompowsky, who claims to be Michael … [Read more...] about The Simpsons Pulled an Episode Featuring Michael Jackson. That Was a Mistake.
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Things we need to consider if we want to social media lynch Michael Jackson
I don’t know if Michael Jackson molested children, I do know that there is much more to justice than a multi hour documentary that is popularised on social media networks that are algorithmically fuelled by subjective rage in a call out culture that thrives on public shaming. Seeing as we have become judge. jury and executioner as to whether or not Michael Jackson … [Read more...] about Things we need to consider if we want to social media lynch Michael Jackson
Should Michael Jackson have the right to protect his reputation? by Alan Dershowitz
"because Jackson is dead, anyone is free to defame him. The current law generally requires that defamed individuals must be alive to sue for libel or slander. This is a gaping hole in the legal protection of reputation that allows all manner of lies, even intentionally false accusations made for financial gain or revenge, to be widely circulated about dead people. The moment … [Read more...] about Should Michael Jackson have the right to protect his reputation? by Alan Dershowitz
I don’t believe Michael Jackson’s accusers in ‘Leaving Neverland’ by Eddie Scarry
“Leaving Neverland” doesn’t look like an expose on sexual abuse. It looks like a break-up story, with additional accusations thrown in and legitimized by the #MeToo era." Read full article here. … [Read more...] about I don’t believe Michael Jackson’s accusers in ‘Leaving Neverland’ by Eddie Scarry
The New Lynching of Michael Jackson: Dan Reed’s Leaving Neverland May, In Fact, Leave Blood on Many Hands
By: Linda-Raven Woods An excerpt from the story on Medium: The current hype that has been built around Leaving Neverland, a film directed by Dan Reed and funded and distributed by HBO in the U.S. and Channel 4 in the U.K., may appear deceptively at first as an important film for the #MeToo era, highlighting the alleged sexual abuse that Michael Jackson inflicted on … [Read more...] about The New Lynching of Michael Jackson: Dan Reed’s Leaving Neverland May, In Fact, Leave Blood on Many Hands