[Cerek the Barbaric]

I didn't watch the interview and have no desire to see it. Nor do I have adequate time to fully explain my personal feelings about Michael Jackson - so I'll just hit the highlights.

I agree that Michael Jackson had a terribly traumatic childhood. He was mentally and physically abused and has been in the "public eye" since the age of 5. Does that explain or excuse his current actions? No, it does not. His brothers and sisters lived in the same abusive household, but none of them behave in the manner that Michael does - so the childhood trauma doesn't adequately explain his behavior. The others appear to have overcome thier upbringing, but Michael (who was by far more successful than all the others combined) has regressed to a "child-like" frame of mind.

He probably doesn't see anything wrong with his actions. But just because he can't see it doesn't mean his behavior isn't wrong.

The fact is that any "average" citizen that engaged in this same type of behavior would have been the subject of a police investigation and it makes the general public angry and jealous that Michael Jackson can "get away with his behavior". That is why the media focuses on the negative aspects of his actions - they are just giving the public what it wants to see.

In the mid-80's, when he was the self-declared "King of Pop" - you couldn't have gotten Barbara Walters to make a negative comment about him at gunpoint. In most cases, the media just "parrots" what they think the common man or woman wants to hear. There is no such thing as "objective reporting" anymore (but that's a whole different thread ).