'Leaving Neverland' and what to do with Michael Jackson's music
Disclaimer: I know this subject might be a bite controversial at the moment, but I am just giving out the opinions of the two "victims" that have claimed to have been sexually assaulted by Michael Jackson. I have nothing against Michael, I love his music and what he has done for the music world in general.
In the wake of "Leaving Neverland," the HBO documentary exploring two men's detailed claims that Michael Jackson molested them as children, at least one question remains. What are the obligations of Jackson fans who, unlike Jackson, have lived long enough to absorb at least some of the lessons of the #MeToo era? Jackson, a public figure regarded as both immensely talented and extraordinarily strange before his death in 2009, is also now a man accused multiple times of sexual abuse involving children.
Joyner is the middle-aged black male voice at the helm of the Tom Joyner Morning Show, the nation's leading syndicated "urban" morning radio program. However, less than twelve hours after the final episode of "leaving Neverland" aired, Joyner led a discussion about Jackson, and made it clear he did not accept the damning narrative put forward in the documentary. "If someone accuses you of something," Joyner said on the air Tuesday, "they had better have some facts to back it up. They didn't have any facts."
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Emma Burkey: I applaud you for writing about a controversial subject; it's the way for people to discuss it. This man definitely needs to speak to the victims before saying that they have no facts.
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