Certain personalities have questioned the extensive media coverage given to Jackson's death. American conservative commentator Rush Limbaugh criticized the media coverage as "a horrible disgrace" and lent his support to Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson as they fought to stem the tide of lies. "We don't know anything yet. We don't know diddlysquat yet," Limbaugh told listeners on June 29. Later in the show he rebuked a caller who said he thought Jackson was a child molester:
"You're no different than the media! He was acquitted. I'm going to tell you something about Michael Jackson. We haven't talked about this. But he was acquitted of that charge... So if you're out there saying, "I'm still convinced he's a child molester," you're no different than the media lying about what was in the autopsy report, lying about all the drugs he was supposedly taking, lying about this and that. We don't know diddly-squat yet... This guy's talent was incomparable! We build 'em up and we tear 'em down in this culture, and it's wrong. I'll tell you, it's the first time in my life... The media in this situation has been so bad they're making Al Sharpton look credible. They're making the Justice Brothers look like they have a reasonable reason to intervene here. That's how bad it's gotten."
