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  -MSNBC, Matthews slandering Michael Jackson LittleBlue  Jun-26-09 06:23 PM   #0 
  - I got the impression that Tweety was in awe of MJ.  tridim   Jun-26-09 06:25 PM   #1 
  - Is he really doing his whole show on this?  rcrush   Jun-26-09 06:26 PM   #2 
  - He was an alleged child molester.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:26 PM   #3 
  - MJ has done more for children than MSNBC ever had  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:33 PM   #6 
  - That doesn't mean he didn't molest some.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:35 PM   #9 
  - Prove it  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:42 PM   #20 
     - Prove he wasn't. He was found 'Not Guilty'. He was not found 'Innocent'.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:43 PM   #22 
     - That's a logical fallacy, and not the way it works  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:45 PM   #28 
     - It is not impossible to prove innocence, and that IS the way it works  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:47 PM   #33 
     - How the heck do you prove the absence of an act?  aint_no_life_nowhere   Jun-26-09 06:57 PM   #48 
     - No, it's not  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:57 PM   #49 
     - The plaintiff has the burden of proof in a civil case  aint_no_life_nowhere   Jun-26-09 07:04 PM   #58 
     - You are totally off base. The jury has an option of "guilty" or  LisaL   Jun-26-09 07:00 PM   #53 
        - Thanks. Noted.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 07:06 PM   #63 
     - If you didn't molest children why would you settle a case that implied you did?  Mike Daniels   Jun-26-09 10:45 PM   #94 
        - one possible reason  Bodhi BloodWave   Jun-27-09 01:15 AM   #98 
     - No one can be found innocent in a trial.  LisaL   Jun-26-09 07:00 PM   #52 
     - For fuck's sake...there is no finding of "innocent" in the justice system.  muffin1   Jun-26-09 07:15 PM   #72 
     - I noted that.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 07:22 PM   #77 
        - Yea! The movies I mentioned really are terrific.  muffin1   Jun-26-09 08:06 PM   #85 
     - Indeed 2 of the jurors came out after  chatnoir   Jun-26-09 07:29 PM   #78 
     - Ugh, what a sad response  Seen the light   Jun-26-09 10:34 PM   #92 
     - Prove to me that you aren't an alien disguised as a human being...  armyowalgreens   Jun-27-09 02:55 AM   #101 
     - High priced defense lawyers can win against mountains of proof, i.e. OJ  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 06:43 PM   #24 
        - but what "mountains of proof" do we know of when it comes to Michael?  blonndee   Jun-26-09 06:46 PM   #30 
        - Correct. We have no proof at all, just the testimony of extortionate parents  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:47 PM   #34 
        - Enough proof that he settled out of court. Why do that when you're innocent?  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 06:52 PM   #42 
           - Kobe did  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:56 PM   #47 
           - So if Michael offered to let your kids have a sleepover at Neverland you would say yes?  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 07:02 PM   #54 
           - If I had kids, they wouldn't sleep over anywhere  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 07:05 PM   #61 
              - What's more trustworthy than an alleged pedophile who was found not guilty in our fine court system?  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 07:07 PM   #66 
           - I don't know what details were there that were not made public.  LisaL   Jun-26-09 07:04 PM   #59 
              - And?  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 07:06 PM   #64 
           - What evidence do you know of, specifically?  blonndee   Jun-26-09 07:13 PM   #71 
           - The mere fact of settlement means nothing  aint_no_life_nowhere   Jun-26-09 07:42 PM   #80 
        - So can poorly paid County employee Public Defenders.  Hepburn   Jun-26-09 09:47 PM   #89 
  - Or more TOO children...  leeroysphitz   Jun-26-09 06:57 PM   #50 
     - TO children?  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 07:07 PM   #65 
  - I believe there was at least one case that was settled out of court.  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 06:39 PM   #13 
  - He went bankrupt paying families of kids he was improper(at least)  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:40 PM   #15 
     - I want a link for this  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:54 PM   #45 
        - Michael Jackson's Big Payoff  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-09 07:35 PM   #79 
           - You know this man's lifetime earnings and assets probably reached in the billions  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 07:49 PM   #82 
              - Prosecutors: Michael Jackson on the brink of bankruptcy  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-09 08:01 PM   #84 
                 - You don't have any concept of this, do you?  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 09:42 PM   #88 
                    - I have a concept of what a pedophile defender is...  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-26-09 10:27 PM   #90 
                       - If you have $16 million left, and it takes 35 million each year to  LittleBlue   Jun-27-09 02:19 AM   #99 
                          - Your first mistake is in thinking that MJ was ever a Billionaire...  Ghost in the Machine   Jun-27-09 03:14 AM   #103 
  - Doesn't mean he's guilty, either. nt  muffin1   Jun-26-09 07:00 PM   #51 
  - He was found NOT guilty  Raine   Jun-26-09 07:45 PM   #81 
  - He is just trying to create more controversy.  zeemike   Jun-26-09 06:30 PM   #4 
  - His ADMITTED behavior is pretty questionable. Having kids sleep in his bedroom when he has a  lindisfarne   Jun-26-09 06:33 PM   #5 
  - Are you saying that MJ wasn't a pedophile? Are you saying that  stopbush   Jun-26-09 06:33 PM   #7 
  - Oh, pedophilia. It's just an eccentric habit, don't ya know.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:38 PM   #12 
  - Read up on the people making those allegations  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:39 PM   #14 
     - Do you know of a single other celebrity who was accused of pedophilia as a means of extortion?  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 06:41 PM   #19 
     - Jackson was the only celeb who wanted to spend time with kids  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:43 PM   #23 
     - Eccentric is the new pedophilia.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:44 PM   #27 
     - Kids? Or just little boys of a certain age?  kskiska   Jun-26-09 07:03 PM   #55 
     - He wasn't eccentric, he was disturbed  Believing Is Art   Jun-26-09 07:17 PM   #73 
     - Well, that's not fair, other celebrities wouldn't get kids drunk and  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:43 PM   #25 
     - Nothing absolves one of molesting a child. NOTHING.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:42 PM   #21 
     - Nothing absolves one of the allegation of child molestation?  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:43 PM   #26 
        - Fawn over the pedophile. I could care less.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:45 PM   #29 
        - Let me guess, this is personal for you.  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:49 PM   #37 
           - That is the most pathetic fucking thing I have ever read.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 06:50 PM   #38 
           - I definitely don't worship him,  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 07:08 PM   #67 
              - You are wrong. More than one kid accused him of molestation.  tekisui   Jun-26-09 07:11 PM   #70 
           - Child molestation should be personal to all of us who care about children.  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 06:50 PM   #40 
        - So you think injustice can't be bought?  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 06:47 PM   #31 
     - You write:  stopbush   Jun-26-09 06:47 PM   #32 
     - Are you going to equate "weirdness" with criminal behavior?  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:50 PM   #39 
        - Look, you raised the specter of criminal behavior on the part of the people  stopbush   Jun-26-09 10:32 PM   #91 
     - You are pathetic. It's okay to molest children as long as you donate money to charity?  dorkulon   Jun-27-09 03:01 AM   #102 
  - matthews acts like he just discovered jackson yesterday  spanone   Jun-26-09 06:34 PM   #8 
  - Or, he didn't find MJ an important issue yesterday but is doing a  stopbush   Jun-26-09 06:37 PM   #11 
  - He sort of did,  Tangerine LaBamba   Jun-26-09 06:48 PM   #36 
  - Hasn't the SCOTUS ruled the dead can't be slandered?  WeDidIt   Jun-26-09 06:36 PM   #10 
  - Word.  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 06:40 PM   #16 
  - OJ was acquitted, but Ron Brown was not trying to extort money out of OJ  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:40 PM   #17 
     - So a Civil suit for child molestation is "extortion" and a civil suit for wrongful death isn't.  WeDidIt   Jun-26-09 06:48 PM   #35 
        - Kobe Bryant settled a civil suit  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 06:52 PM   #41 
           - IMO, Bryant IS a criminal. n/t  WeDidIt   Jun-26-09 07:04 PM   #56 
              - Hahaha, your true colors show  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 07:08 PM   #68 
  - The extent of the DUcoverage - bad &good - is ridiculous.Not unexpected, but ridiculous. But then, I  lindisfarne   Jun-26-09 06:40 PM   #18 
  - Being found "not guilty" is not the same as being declared innocent.  4lbs   Jun-26-09 06:54 PM   #43 
  - Slander means it wasn't true. Jackson was an alleged child molester, so it's not slander  cagesoulman   Jun-26-09 06:54 PM   #44 
  - Those things are all true.  SoCalDem   Jun-26-09 06:54 PM   #46 
  - Pedophilia was never proven, but let's assume you're right  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 07:04 PM   #57 
  - Child molestation IS taking life. You really don't seem to think it's much of a big deal though.  Happyhippychick   Jun-26-09 07:06 PM   #62 
     - It's a big deal, but not as big as killing dozens of people  LittleBlue   Jun-26-09 07:10 PM   #69 
        - Frankly, I don't see the point of debating whether molesting a child is worse than killing.  lindisfarne   Jun-26-09 07:20 PM   #75 
        - Deleted message  Name removed   Jun-26-09 07:21 PM   #76 
  - make that child's "alleged" misfortune.  lindisfarne   Jun-26-09 07:04 PM   #60 
  - Not as bad as some of the posters here  hlthe2b   Jun-26-09 07:19 PM   #74 
  - Well said hlthe2b.  Owl   Jun-26-09 08:18 PM   #86 
  - your right damit!!  crazyjoe   Jun-26-09 07:51 PM   #83 
  - You mean TV war and torture enablers are lying about a pop star?  mullard12ax7   Jun-26-09 08:43 PM   #87 
  - Yes, it was alleged time after time over a period of decades and by sheer  Greyhound   Jun-26-09 10:41 PM   #93 
  - If he wasn't a molester, then why did he install motion detectors and silent alarms  jazzjunkysue   Jun-26-09 10:58 PM   #95 
  - Legally, he was found not guilty. But many of us who followed the trial have concluded  pnwmom   Jun-27-09 12:39 AM   #96 
  - Your mean you wanted nancy grace  madmusic   Jun-27-09 02:54 AM   #100 
     - No, I didn't. But he didn't need two solid days of coverage -- and it's not over yet.  pnwmom   Jun-27-09 03:39 AM   #104 
  - and rightly so...  leeroysphitz   Jun-27-09 12:40 AM   #97 
 

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