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i'm so unbelievably angry about this. :evil: And i'm ESPECIALLY angry that other so-called "news" services have picked the sun's article up and ran with it, like you say souza " snowball journalism".This is just like how the story of MJ's "death" was spread. Also, the same way Jeff Goldblum was reported "to have died" on the news the same day before FACTS had been checked.Really, we shouldn't expect anything less from them, which is really SAD.I don't want to stick up for the "journalist" from the sun, but what if she really submitted one story and it got edited as something else?
I need to say that I work as a freelance writer and all the information that I collect does not end up in an article. The writer has a specific topic that he or she writes about and they collect as much information as they can. Even within one topic, everything cannot be covered. Often, edits are made at the last minute to keep an article at a certain word count. It may not even be done by the author, but the editor.They also have to decide what is going to sell-remember it's a business. The story about Dave Dave moves people and it does show MJ in a very wonderful light. He was touched by this horrific story and befriended this boy who was betrayed by his father.I don't read The Sun or any other tabloids so I don't know much about them specifically, but I am just giving you a writer's perspective.Peace/Love/Hoax/MichaelLovetheGlove
guys, just to let you know i have emailed ninemsn which is a "news" site in Australia to complain about their posting and version of this story."Please feel free to check into stories before posting on your website as "fact" instead of ripping headlines from untrustworthy sources.Although your track record isn't exactly great, is it?Remember Richard Wilkin's announcement on the morning of MJ's "death" that actor Jeff Goldblum had tragically been killed in NZ???Hmmmmmm......If you would care to check this story further, please visit the website You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and see the original article as it was emailed to the "journalist" at The Sun and compare to the article that actually transpired.This kind of snowball journalism has gone on for long enough and will no longer be tolerated by the general public."Hopefully i wont be the only one, maybe the message will get through to someone.......
I can understand your point but the truth can't be ignored that this writer totally distorted the information that was given to her. She was even given the word count that was needed so it shouldn't have had to be reduced much, if any. Yes, there was a smidgen of positive but it will be overshadowed by the joke that the Sun made this story out to be. It reminds me of Kurt Warner, retired NFL quarterback. He is very religious and makes sure in every interview to thank God in a place in the interview where it cannot be edited out because he knows they will do it if given the opportunity. He doesn't give them that opportunity. Neither should these writers. They can create stories in such a way that even when edited it will be portrayed in the proper light. I appreciate that there are writers like yourself that understand what Michael is all about. L.O.V.E.