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marc_vivien;4152861 said:MJEstate responds to Radar Online salacious false Neverland story
[FONT=&]"Michael Jackson was found innocent in a court of law.
That carries more weight than anything published by a sensationalist tabloid that regularly publishes untruths.
If the Estate were to publish a statement denouncing these tired articles every time they appear, it would not only generate MORE attention and news for the malicious information, but it would do nothing to stop future articles coming out whenever a publication like RadarOnline needs more traffic.
In fact, the outraged response that sites like RadarOnline elicits from publishing these articles is exactly why they post them; they are in the business of selling eyeballs to advertisers. The advertisers do not care if Michael’s fans are angry, as long as they are clicking on the articles.
Libel and slander laws do not extend to the deceased, so there is not actually an “appropriate” action that the Estate can encourage the fans to take except to ignore these articles and stop clicking on them. The only thing that will be effective is to deprive the publishers of their advertising dollars."
MJOnline Team [/FONT]
Not a very strong response. This time it is not enough to ignore. You have to at least point out that all the material was presented to court in 2005 in and the jury saw them. You have to point out nothing was illegal and there was no child porn found. You have to point out these are art books readily available in book stores, libraries and Amazon. You have to point out MJ was an avid collector of art photo books and these were found in that context. You have to point out that RadarOnline now sensationalizes their content with salacious and untrue claims that not even the prosecution claimed.