Horrorlover656
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Do you think he's reliable?
I found his book in the 1990's before the internet and before I was park of the fan communities. Back then when I had no other resources I thought the book was amazing. Yes he was around Michael which gives those early years parts credibility, but its the later years, when he wasnt there and didnt have contact and he fills out the events with stories and conversations he doesnt have first have experience of that I dont like.
It bugs me that he is seen as an official source.
Yes!It was the same for me. The book ("The Magic and the Madness") was like a treasure box to me back then
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True ... I loved the many pictures in the book. Not only about Michael but also about his family. They were the first pictures, aside from some magazine pictures (and those in MOONWALK), that I saw about his life.Exactly. But then as I got older and then had the internet and could find other resources, things in the book just didnt add up. As a gateway to Michael, for a new young casual fan, its fine.
This. don't like himMet Michael a few times in his youth and has made a career out of being his "friend" and writing books on him.
Credibility? 0%
Keep in mind that unnamed sources are not necessarily unreliable sources.Depends on his source really. The stories he heard directly from the family back when he interviewed them are reliable. The ones he heard from unnamed sources are not always reliable. He also often makes up dialogues (he obviously was not in the room, so he could not possibly know what was said in such details).
yepIs he the dude that wrote that book about MJ?
oh.. well thb I didn't read the book. (Met Michael a few times in his youth and has made a career out of being his "friend" and writing books on him.
Credibility? 0%
yeah I think so. he met Mike so that kinda reassures reliability. I think he cool imo
Yeah, one of many who used knowing MJ for a period of time to act like they were close to him all his life.Met Michael a few times in his youth and has made a career out of being his "friend" and writing books on him.
Credibility? 0%
oh.. well thb I didn't read the book. () my friend just got it so I got as well
don't listen to this girl she don't read anything lol
For instance, the things that these unnamed sources told John Randy Taraborrelli regarding Michael Jackson's publicity stunts in the '80s turned out to be all of them true.
Keep in mind that Michael Jackson had a history of faking injuries publicly in order to gain attention and sympathy.Turned out to be true? To this day, there's still no evidence that any of those stories are true.
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Bob Jones also said under oath that his book was full of made-up lies, so...Keep in mind that Michael Jackson had a history of faking injuries publicly in order to gain attention and sympathy.
Bob Jones (Michael Jackson's chief of Public Relations) also wrote in his book that the singer faked that injury at the 1993 Soul Train Awards.
Like, when he arrived to court late and dressed in his pyjamas (on March 10th, 2005).Bob Jones also said under oath that his book was full of made-up lies, so...
I don't know what "history of faking injuries" you are talking about, only tabloids and unreliable sources ever claimed he faked his injuries and illnesses. The same sources who claimed he didn't have vitiligo. Not only did the autopsy report confirmed he had vitiligo, it also listed several scars which proved injuries that the tabloids claimed were faked.
Yes but I believe he said something like 'It hurted but I still wanted to wave at my fans' himself in the Ed Bradley 60 Minutes show..?Outside the court (on March 10th, 2005), he made swift turns to wave to his fans (which indicated that he had no injury at all).
Like, when he arrived to court late and dressed in his pyjamas (on March 10th, 2005).
The singer claimed that he fell while he was coming out of the shower and he injured his body.
It was the day when the boy Gavin Arvizo was due to testify against him.
Or, like when he did not show up to court (in 2002) and he claimed that a spider had bitten him severely.
It appears that Michael Jackson actually faked these injuries because for example:
Outside the court (on March 10th, 2005), he made swift turns to wave to his fans (which indicated that he had no injury at all).
In 2002, he found the photos of him unflattering that were taken the previous day (from inside the court room), and thus he simply decided to not show up to court the following day.
This Ed Bradley 2003 Interview is an interview where Michael Jackson's words should be taken with a pinch of salt.Yes but I believe he said something like 'It hurted but I still wanted to wave at my fans' himself in the Ed Bradley 60 Minutes show..?
That is a good point.I don't believe he was hurt during remember the time. The fact that he didn't include it in the tour & probably still no time to rehearse it... he faked it. I just don't believe he had hurt himself dancing. That was the same excuse for his 1st nose job when we all know that was not true.
@etoile 37, entomologist and researcher Rick Vetter (of University of California, Riverside) was familiar with the area around the singer's estate.
Rick Vetter examined carefully the photos of that alleged spider bite, and he concluded that Michael Jackson's claims are a bunch of crap:
"The fact that Michael Jackson says he has a spider bite is a bunch of crap ... The only poisonous spider crawling around [Michael] Jackson's neighborhood would be a black widow, whose bite does not cause swelling ... [Michael] Jackson has no idea what he's talking about" (Rick Vetter, New York Post Interview)