ABC News ran its two-hour Michael Jackson special on Thursday night (May 24). Titled The Last Days of Michael Jackson, the television event sparked controversy before it even aired.
The Michael Jackson Estate never authorized the show and called it another “crass” attempt to exploit the late music icon’s life.
In a statement, the estate wrote, “We are told ABC intends to use music and other intellectual property owned by the Estate such as photos, logos, artwork, and more in the program itself, without having licensed the rights to any such material.”
“Imagine if this was done with any of ABC’s intellectual property. We believe the special to be another crass and unauthorized attempt to exploit the life, music and image of Michael Jackson without respect for Michael’s legacy, intellectual property rights or his children.”
ABC News fired back in a statement obtained by Rolling Stone, writing, “ABC News’ documentary explores the life, career and legacy of Michael Jackson, who remains of great interest to people worldwide. The program does not infringe on his estate’s rights, but as a courtesy, we removed a specific image from the promotional material.”
Twitter evidently wasn’t too pleased with The Last Days of Michael Jackson either. A flurry of negative reactions hit the social media platform following the show.
From outrage over the inclusion of broadcast journalist Diane Dimond, who’d slandered Jackson in the past, to disgust over the paparazzi’s behavior the day he died, Twitter wasn’t having it.
Here’s what had Twitter twisted up.[apple_news_ad type=”any”]
Well all i will say is the same shit i always say. They tear people down for a agenda, Out with the old and in with the new. Racism, brutality, framing people locking in prison for years. And stealing they money in courtrooms. Damn if the younger generation get the hell off facebook and Instagram and twitter and learn what the hell the world really offer they wouldnt be shocked. Hell im 32 yrs old and i knew how the world was ny the age of 12. And its weirder and wierder every year i live.
So basically…Michael Jackson fans are annoyed that MJ’s blatant victimhood wasn’t given enough airtime.
Some MJ fans are total whackjobs.
They murdered this man now they want us to believe what they have to say about him keep your lies let the man rest in Peace
(((They)))
What people want do for money off of Michael. Every time around his death, trolls and the same media people try to talk about Michael. This is so obvious and pathetic.
The most sensational Michael Jackson story out the is the one that exposes the tabloid to rip him to shreds and kick a man while he was down. So many rumours and media stories proven false through legal documents yet they keep on with the same shit.
I did not “slander” Michael Jackson as you report here. I reported facts as I discovered them beginning in 1993 and as i laid out in my book, “Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case.” I would appreciate a correction to your erroneous reporting.
Read the book where are the facts? And u may think I’m a troll and a delusional MJ fan we see how u act towards us. But, really why are u so obsessed michael???
You are obsessed with that man just admit it. Your book was purely trash just another attempt to try to tarnish this mans legacy.
In comparison to CONSPIRACY book by Aphrodite Jones, your book is nothing but one big fat FAIL. Plus, you are the open family friend of the con family of the Arvizos, as well as the prosecutor Ron Zonen, happen to be such family friends, oh….. OK, and dont mention the FACT how you (DD) were cooperating with the LAMBDA member Victor Guttierez on fake accusations and fake victims, as well as your conspiracy circle of fake stories by Stacy Brown…, oh… and all the (fake) first-hand info from Thomas Sneddon…, oh please, DD, even tens of years later, 9 years after MJs passing….. you still are playing that conspiracy game, but remember…. all your lies are exposed year by year….
You have slandered and brutalized Michael Jackson ever since 1993! You know full well his accusers were full of shit, that Chandler’s allegations were made up by Evan Chandler you never ever mentioned the July 8 tape which itself proves that Evan already came up with a plan to “humiliate him beyond belief” when his son didn’t accuse him of anything at all. That tape is proof that Evan Chandler
planned to accused MJ of molestation and conspired with others to bring him down unless he got what he wanted.
You know very well that he demanded 20 million from MJ on Aug 4 1993 and blackmailed him if he doesn’t pay they would ruin him.
You know that Evan wanted to negotiate, why would a father who is angry that a man molester his son would want to negotiate with the molester? Why would Jordan Chandler want to negotiate for that matter? Why would they demand money from him in the first place instead of going to the police right away especially since Evan himself said he was a mandatory reporter and therefore obliged by law to report suspected child abuse? But no, the Chandlers only went to Dr. Abrams after they failed to get MJ’s money! And then they did their best to avoid a trial they even admitted that in their book! Why would they want to avoid a criminal trial while they were telling the world that MJ was a criminal?
They were extortionist, perjurer who got away with it because everyone with power was on their side: the police, the DAs the judge and the media filled with rotten souls like you who simply enjoyed tormenting Michael. You enjoyed the power you had that you could bring down the most famous person in the world who was so unlike you and so much better than you!
I’m sure you still believe that Gavin Arvizo saw MJ fully naked despite the fact that he didn’t have a clue of how MJ’s skin looked.
And I’m sure you still believe that MJ decided to molest Gavin AFTER the Bashir interview started cause you know the whole world was investigating him then. And you probably believe that MJ also touched Star Arvizo in that golf cart despite the fact that Star himself dropped that allegations by the time of the gran jury hearings.
You will believe the most idiotic absurd nonsensical allegations as long as you can use them to trash Michael.
You and pretty much the entire American media has blood on their hand. You bullied this kind soul to death for fun and profit.
Diane, your own book proves that Chandler lied and was coached and his allegations were concocted with the help of you good NAMBLA member friend Victor Gutierrez. Remember the Rosato report that you managed to obtain? You cited that report in your book. According to you Chandler told Rosato that Jackson performed oral s..x on him before the WMA show in Monaco. According to that report, as was quoted in a Jet magazine article quoting AP who also obtained it, Chandler also told Rosato that Jackson performed oral s..x on him while the two took a bath.
However if you read the transcript of Dr. Gardner’s interview with Chandler , as it was posted on Court TV ‘s website, you can see
that by then Chandler changed his story big time. To Gardner Chandler said that the oral s..x started AFTER they returned from Monaco, in his father’s home and he named four locations where it happened: the Hideout, NEverland, June’s home and Evan’s home. No mention of Monaco at all. And he also only mentioned baths while they were in Monaco and Disneyland, he didn’t say they ever took baths anywhere else. So according to Jordan Chandler himself Jordan Chandler lied to Rosato. Jackson never perfomed oral s..x on him in Monaco or while taking a bath.
So where did Chandler get those ideas? What a surprised. Both of those are in Gutierrez’s book page 52 in graphic details!
And remember when you said on that radio show in Jan 1995 that the acts on the Jeremy Jackson tape, which remember did not exist at all, were the same as the acts Jordan accused MJ of? Who made that Jeremy tape story up? Gutierrez!
Your book is full of lies and you are still obsessed with Michael! You’ve lied then and you’re lying now!! You and Tom Sneddon were hell bent on doing your part to try and destroy Michael. You had NO business talking about Michael at all!!
Oh please Diane. You are full of it. You twist things. I followed this case, the trial with the transcript; etc and the behavior of these people, etc. They were full of it as well. One thing I give Michael, he never changed his story, he was willing to do what he was suppose to do to clear his name and his 2005 trial brought alot of stuff out even about the 1993 case even some of the witnesses admitted they lied on the stand for money as well as all of the other testimony that was shady and did not add up to accusing this man, so you can save it. Michael is gone and you can not hurt him no more. This man was treated worst than a killer until the lies were proven and shown in court in 2005. Sorry but we do not need a tabloid journalist to tell us anything no more. I go by what I heard in court since I have worked in the system for 19 years. I went by the facts IN COURT OF LAW, NOT tabloid gossip or thoughts. Thank you very much.
Its about time that we make a full documentary on his musical legacy given his pioneering efforts, humanitarian contributions and the many beautiful things he had done. I am tired of tabloid sensationalism wherein all of these salacious innuendos were debunked one way or another through public records, legal and under oath documents, and Trial documentations. Enough, of these crazy people who most of them made a career of slandering MJ during his lifetime by spreading malicious gossips for money. Enough of all these negativity! Its about time, after almost ten years after his death we create a documentary of how he became the The Greatest Entertainer of all Time. That, for me is the best. Now, I can truly say that we don’t deserve him.
Diane Dimond …please don’t bother calling yourself a journalist. You are not and we all know it! You & Tom Sneddon colludedand schemed to destroy Michael . There is a special place in hell reserved for you . Tom Sneddon is in Hell now ..saving you a place
oh contrare- Diane Dimond- You slandered Michael when you claimed there was a video of him molesting his nephew.. You repeated this lie piblicly you. You assembled the lie, from your cohort and NAMBLA source, Victor Guiterrez – You claimed Legal Authorities told you the claim was valid. Your claimed Michael performed horrible actions on this minor nephew. The nephews mother had to address the situation head on and shut your ass down.. Also Michael Jackosn sued YOU and Guiterrez for libel and defamation and.. while Sneddon saved YOU from being part of the case – Michael utlimately won a 2.7Million decision agaisnt Guiterrez.. Guiterrez, the gutless wonder that he is left US to avoid paying. YOU continue to use Guiterrez as source of knowledge when he fabricates information.. Don’t think I ever heard you go on any media and explain yourself in this instance — so yes “slander” is the appropriate word.
Transcript of part of the case Michael Jackson vs Paramount .. this snippet shows they used her January 9, 1995, on the “The Ken and Barkley Show” broadcast by KABC-AM radio
-Q: “It’s what? Michael Jackson and little boy. Are you 100% sure that this tape exists?”
Dimond: “I am as sure as I can possibly be.”
Q: “You have not seen it?”
Dimond: “I have not seen it but one of my best sources on the Michael Jackson story has seen it.”
Q: “Who . . . you have no doubts about.”
Dimond: “I have never had a doubt about this person, ever. I know the District Attorneys’ Office is looking for it because they are calling up reporters saying ‘Have you seen it.’ . . Do you know where we can get it?”
Q: “Uh oh. Should Michael not know that one of his own security cameras was recording what he was doing?”
Dimond: “Oh no, he knew. He absolutely knew.”
Q: “He is asking for trouble.{Inaudible.”}
Dimond: “You know, I remember way back when, more than a year ago, we interviewed the head of the pedophile unit at the FBI in Quantico, Virginia and he said you know the down fall of pedo[ph]iles is that they love to keep a momento of their victims. Or, they love to take pictures or take videos. We don’t know why, but they do this. It is for their own self gratification later but it always comes back to bite them.”
This is just a little bit And DIMOND goes on and on .. making assertions with NO facts to back it up —
The media need to put a show together to EXPOSE all of these lies in a documentary. It bugs me when the media thinks you are guilty, they will discuss and keep on dwelling on that side BUT if something shows a person innocent and lied on, the media will drag its feet.
Diane Dimond uses “sources” to cover herself- Unnamed sources are always the least credible but that doesn’t stop her from using them to spread false narratives. In addition to the sex tape that DID NOT exist – let’s harken back the the ‘love letters’ that Dimond’s “best source” had also seen during the Arvizo’s false allegations. Love letters didn’t exist either, but that didn’t stop DD from making a report about them on Larry King as detailed by Charles Thomson in his Huffington Post article, “On of the Most Shameful Episodes in Jouranlistic History”, June 13, 2010 < AND (if you haven't read this article take the time to do so please. )
Excerpt- “For example, Diane Dimond appeared on Larry King Live days after Jackson’s arrest and spoke repeatedly about a ‘stack of love letters’ the star had supposedly written to Gavin Arvizo.
“Does anyone here… know of the existence of these letters?” asked King.
“Absolutely,” Dimond replied. “I do. I absolutely know of their existence!”
“Diane, have you read them?”
“No, I have not read them.”
Dimond admitted that she’d never even seen the letters, let alone read them, but said she knew about them from “high law enforcement sources”. But those love letters never materialized. When Dimond said she ‘absolutely knew’ of their existence she was basing her comments solely on the words of police sources. At best, the police sources were parroting the Arvizos’ allegations in good faith. At worst, they’d concocted the story themselves to sully Jackson’s name. Either way, the story went around the world with not a shred of evidence to support it.”
repeat Not a shred of evidence to support it —
— If it ain't true, then it's slander