A friend started THE MICHAEL JACKSON FAN CLUB in Ontario.
When Jackson went on trial he ordered transcripts from the court.
After reading the first Day’s transcript he said, “Michael’s innocent.”
Many, a very great many, were outraged when he said that.
My friend said, “Put your money where your mouth is.”
Again, that was from reading the first day’s transcript.
My friend’s trust in his own intelligence was rewarded.
Had the verdict gone the other way he would have been ruined financially. He never gave that thought. He just did what perhaps only those on Jackson’s legal team did. He read the Court transcripts. After reading the very first one he took his stand. He maintained that stand.
Watching the many documentaries on this I think of my friend.
I don’t trust the documentaries.
I trust my friend.
He displayed extreme courage in the face of adversity.
He is one of the most inspiring people I know.
My point is Andrew Cecil made that decision after doing what no one else did. He did not rely on mass media reports. He ordered directly from the court the transcripts. On Day One after reading them he took his stand. He never wavered. Nothing presented after Day One caused him to doubt that decision. He stood by it.
In the end Mass Media is backyard gossip.
William Randolph Hearst saif of Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, “Roscoe was a friend. I knew he was innocent. However we sold more papers over that than anything else.”
Arbuckle may have been a friend to Hearst. Hearst was not a friend to him.
Anderson Cooper called Jackson a fizzled pop star. That is yellow journalism.
A detective asked a yes or no question did not answer yes or no. He waved copies of PENTHOUSE magazine at the camera. He said, “Look at what we found.”
He had found nothing.
Jackson’s in his grave.
His music lives.
The fizzle remains.
Andrew Cecil is the only person I know of who took his stand for Jackson from Day One.
When people grew outraged with him he said quierly, “Put your money where your mouth is.”
In the end he was richly rewarded for using his intelligence.
Use yours.
So far asI have seen not one of the journalists reporting on Jackson used theirs.
Noneheless, the Jury did. In the end that alone matters.
They pronounced Jackson not guilty.
It was not the verdict the mob wanted.
The mob wanted Jackson lynched, Still does.–Reg Hartt
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