As I have read through some of the posts since yesterday in which some wished that now the whole world would sing Michael's praises and declare his innocence - the apologies from Nancy Grace and people like her would automatically happen - I want to share my thoughts with you people to hopefully make you feel better about that.
If we took a pole of public opinion about Michael prior to this trial beginning I would guess you would have about 8 out of 10 folks who had serious doubts about him either from these allegations or from his change in appearance over the years, and sometimes one led to the other (my dad was like that). I would also venture to guess that Tom Sneddon was considered by the majority to be an upstanding individual as well as Judge Melville, even Martin Bashir, Nancy Grace, Diane Dimond, etc.
To be perfectly clear I am not saying that I am glad that Michael was charged with these allegations in order to get to this outcome, but rather just saying it has happened and perhaps it has had some good outcomes too.
Speculation has spun around him since the 93 allegations and he has never had a forum to address them. He is an extremely private individual and that unfortunately gave the public the opportunity to draw its own conclusions - about everything - his vitiligo, the molestation allegations, and numerous other crap that has been discussed at great lengths without his side of the story.
In the past 14 weeks we have seen a signifant shift in all of it. No, we will not see a 100% public vindication of Michael but there is definitely evidence of vindication that needs to be recognized and celebrated.
1) Back to my earlier comments about 8/10 people thinking the worst about him, we all no that many people stopped and rethought their positions on this when the evidence started to play itself out in the trial. Depending on what pole you were looking at public opinion was as high as 85% not guilty on some days.
2) The media who very much seemed unified on the guilty side at the beginning begain to be divided and even turned on each other to defend their positions. Those who began to believe in Michael's innocence stood their grounds and their voices rang out and touched many.
3) I have heard many media and professional discussing the less than ethical handling of this trial by Tom Sneddon and Judge Melville. These men have tarnished their reputations in the eyes of many - their actions brought into serious questioning and scrutiny. They have lost something too in all of this vendetta of Michael. Let use that same ratio - imagine before the trial nobody had reason to think anything bad about these men so perhaps they had 10/10 of the public opinion with confidence in what these men say and do. I would wager that that has dropped by half or more.
4) Many people got a chance to see Michael in a more personal way than ever before. His life was played out for the world. He is not some closet weirdo - but a regular guy - as said by Geraldo and others. I myself became a fan of a different magnitude after Martin's documentary - even with his terrible commentary running through the background - I got a chance to see Michael for real, hear his voice and his thoughts more than I had ever before since 1980 when I started to listen to his music. Martin Bashir might have thought he was smeering Michael's name when he put out the documentary but what he also did was make Michael's fans even more loyal than ever before and they have unleashed their vengence and hatred toward Bashir probably like he never ever imagined it to be.
5) I would seriously doubt that Martin Bashir will ever be given an interview with anybody credible again. Whether they like Michael Jackson or not, each of them would be thinking - what is this man going to do to double cross me? Martin Bashir's reputation is horrible now. He has lost something too.
6) Call me naive but I used to watch the news with complete confidence in the media. Not any longer. Watching the majority of them misquote what was happening in this Michael Jackson trial and ordeal I totally had my eyes opened. I will never believe a news source without questioning it first. I will teach my kids this lesson to. If I represent others in this world then we have to accept that the media have lost in credibility too.
7) None of these people who made up this group trying to take Michael Jackson down have even 1% of the love and adoration that Michael has from people in this world. Michael was able to see first hand just how important he is to people and that people believe in him. I would guess that he will be bolstered by that when he begins to move forward in his life.
Don't even get me started about the Arvirso's (whatever the spelling is). They are too stupid to recognize that they have lost too, were always lost so I am not even going to bother commenting on them.
So people keep your thoughts positive and lets wait and see what the future brings for our Michael.
Regards,
Tamie
If we took a pole of public opinion about Michael prior to this trial beginning I would guess you would have about 8 out of 10 folks who had serious doubts about him either from these allegations or from his change in appearance over the years, and sometimes one led to the other (my dad was like that). I would also venture to guess that Tom Sneddon was considered by the majority to be an upstanding individual as well as Judge Melville, even Martin Bashir, Nancy Grace, Diane Dimond, etc.
To be perfectly clear I am not saying that I am glad that Michael was charged with these allegations in order to get to this outcome, but rather just saying it has happened and perhaps it has had some good outcomes too.
Speculation has spun around him since the 93 allegations and he has never had a forum to address them. He is an extremely private individual and that unfortunately gave the public the opportunity to draw its own conclusions - about everything - his vitiligo, the molestation allegations, and numerous other crap that has been discussed at great lengths without his side of the story.
In the past 14 weeks we have seen a signifant shift in all of it. No, we will not see a 100% public vindication of Michael but there is definitely evidence of vindication that needs to be recognized and celebrated.
1) Back to my earlier comments about 8/10 people thinking the worst about him, we all no that many people stopped and rethought their positions on this when the evidence started to play itself out in the trial. Depending on what pole you were looking at public opinion was as high as 85% not guilty on some days.
2) The media who very much seemed unified on the guilty side at the beginning begain to be divided and even turned on each other to defend their positions. Those who began to believe in Michael's innocence stood their grounds and their voices rang out and touched many.
3) I have heard many media and professional discussing the less than ethical handling of this trial by Tom Sneddon and Judge Melville. These men have tarnished their reputations in the eyes of many - their actions brought into serious questioning and scrutiny. They have lost something too in all of this vendetta of Michael. Let use that same ratio - imagine before the trial nobody had reason to think anything bad about these men so perhaps they had 10/10 of the public opinion with confidence in what these men say and do. I would wager that that has dropped by half or more.
4) Many people got a chance to see Michael in a more personal way than ever before. His life was played out for the world. He is not some closet weirdo - but a regular guy - as said by Geraldo and others. I myself became a fan of a different magnitude after Martin's documentary - even with his terrible commentary running through the background - I got a chance to see Michael for real, hear his voice and his thoughts more than I had ever before since 1980 when I started to listen to his music. Martin Bashir might have thought he was smeering Michael's name when he put out the documentary but what he also did was make Michael's fans even more loyal than ever before and they have unleashed their vengence and hatred toward Bashir probably like he never ever imagined it to be.
5) I would seriously doubt that Martin Bashir will ever be given an interview with anybody credible again. Whether they like Michael Jackson or not, each of them would be thinking - what is this man going to do to double cross me? Martin Bashir's reputation is horrible now. He has lost something too.
6) Call me naive but I used to watch the news with complete confidence in the media. Not any longer. Watching the majority of them misquote what was happening in this Michael Jackson trial and ordeal I totally had my eyes opened. I will never believe a news source without questioning it first. I will teach my kids this lesson to. If I represent others in this world then we have to accept that the media have lost in credibility too.
7) None of these people who made up this group trying to take Michael Jackson down have even 1% of the love and adoration that Michael has from people in this world. Michael was able to see first hand just how important he is to people and that people believe in him. I would guess that he will be bolstered by that when he begins to move forward in his life.
Don't even get me started about the Arvirso's (whatever the spelling is). They are too stupid to recognize that they have lost too, were always lost so I am not even going to bother commenting on them.
So people keep your thoughts positive and lets wait and see what the future brings for our Michael.
Regards,
Tamie