Comments on: Michael Jackson’s Funeral has $25 Admission

By: Rain

Rain — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:30:23 +0000

Firecracker, you are way off. Bashir investigated AFTER the allegations became public. He would have no way of knowing unless they had.

It’s a journalist’s profession to investigate news. Even when the news is not pretty and, yes, even when that news is connected to people we admire.

To Bashir’s credit, he flatly denies that any of those allegations were true. His assessment after his investigation was that all of the molestation charges were baseless and were motivated by greed.

By: Deborah Brasic

Deborah Brasic — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:14:53 +0000

God Bless

By: Rain

Rain — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:59:32 +0000

Martin Bashir has been the host of ABC New’s Nightline here in the U.S. since the ouster of Bernie Koppel.

The guy’s been quite active here in the U.S. over the last few years.

By: AmyGrindhouse

AmyGrindhouse — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:05:32 +0000

Sheeeeeet. I knew there was something he did that meant essentially no UK news agency has wanted to touch him since. It was his documentary with that kid that made everyone go crazy. MJ soon after released a video of his own footage – taken at the same time… but the damage was done. 10 out of 10 for having a better memory than me FC.

By: AmyGrindhouse

AmyGrindhouse — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:03:54 +0000

Maybe it’s just to avoid going in the red. Like the bare minimum they can charge for x amount of people. Given Darren’s comment, yep, that seems the most likely reason.

By: Firecracker

Firecracker — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:45:57 +0000

OMG! I will NEVER read anything by Martin Bashir because he is THE REASON why Michael unjustly went through his molestation lawsuit in 2005.

I watched the entire documentary and the boy “victim” was utterly confused when he was asked about Michael touching him and etc. After the episode aired, conveniently the boy’s fraudulent mother sued Michael for molestation.

Also, as a journalist major, Bashir IS NOT a journalist. His “documentary” was biased propoganda and it contributed to the stress in MJ’s life which contributed to his untimely passing.

I can’t wait until Bashir dies. It couldn’t happen soon enough.

By: Firecracker

Firecracker — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:43:16 +0000

I think they should charge money for the memorial considering that it’s at the Staples Center.

It costs a ridiculous amount to rent that baby out and I wonder if the $25 cover will even cover the rental cost?

By: AmyGrindhouse

AmyGrindhouse — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:29:17 +0000

Hi Darren, welcome to the site and thanks for commenting. I’m not familiar with Staples whatsoever, so thanks for pointing that out. I mentioned that profit was probably not the main goal, so you may have hit the nail on the head.

By: Darren

Darren — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:24:17 +0000

Well I’m pretty sure Staples isn’t letting them hold the funeral there for free…maybe the $25 a ticket is just going to cover the costs because they could’ve easily charged much more, and people would’ve paid it…besides, parking’s going to probably cost about $30 anyway so it’s really going to be about $55 for one person to attend the viewing.

By: AmyGrindhouse

AmyGrindhouse — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:55:01 +0000

Thanks for the link and the compliment *blushes*…

I am well-aware of Bashir. Though at one point he was well-known for his MJ and Princess Diana Interviews, he has barely worked on years and in the UK is no longer really liked or respected. That said, while he was active, the man did good work and did get some things very, very right. We shall see. If MJ did have lovers, should not take TMZ et al long to find them.