This Thread is gonna be all about Martin Bashir’s ITV documentary “Living with Michael Jackson“ and why this series of interviews is nothing more than a perfect example for yellow journalism.
To begin with, Martin Bashir is a british journalist who gained prominence after his BBC interview with Princess Diana in 1995 talking about her private life. He was claiming to be “the man that turned Diana’s life around”
In 2002 Bashir put a proposal to Michael Jackson “to show him the real man and show him everything” to which Michael agreed, especially after seeing Princess Diana’s growing popularity when her interview aired on television.
Now this is where it gets real, it makes me mad seeing that again
Not only did Bashir put Michael in several uncomfortable situations, forcing him to sing & dance (“ok you‘re shy just get up & show me“ (1/2)) but also forcing him to basically relive and talk about his past. (1/2)
Bashir knew no limit when it came to asking the questions.(2/2)
This sadly is just the beginning. Bashir cut out important parts from his interviews & acted totally two faced
The footage i‘m about to post shows what he said in his special and what he said to Michael personally.
The footage i’m using to compare to Bashir’s official documentary was filmed by Michael’s personal cameraman. In response to Bashir, Michael decided to release the rebuttal interview showing footage that didn’t make it into the cut, including Bashir praising MJ behind the scenes.
We‘re starting with Bashir, Michael & his make-up artist talking about the press & how they twist everything & cut questions out to make Michael stand in a negative light (basically what Bashir did with this special)
Bashir‘s response: “That‘s disgusting we ain‘t doing that here“
Continuing with a question Bashir didn’t include in his special “do you think your success has actually made people turn against you?“
Bashir supports Michael‘s response saying he has not seen the secret chamber, automatically supporting the statement of the press starting rumors
Talking about Neverland, Bashir had two totally different descriptions for it, cutting out his admiration and Michael‘s response to what inspired him to build it, making it look like Michael is just one big kid who shouldn’t be taken seriously because he doesn’t want to grow up.
Adding to this Bashir’s documentary cuts off after Bashir’s sharp response saying “no you’re Michael Jackson“ meanwhile the rebuttal interview shows there was more to his explanation of why he loves children so much.
Here it’s getting worse.
About children visiting Neverland Bashir described it as a “dangerous place for a vulnerable child to be“ in his official documentary meanwhile his words directly to Michael were the COMPLETE opposite.
When showing Michael’s own children in the documentary Bashir starts talking about them being restricted and making it seem like he is too overprotective with the masks
He leaves out the explanation (+him admitting it makes sense) and fails to shed a light on this topic
Look at what Bashir said about his children on public television and what he said directly to Michael (praising him as father). All the footage where you can see what an amazing father figure Michael is and Bashir’s own praisings were NOT included into his documentary.
Keep in mind: what Bashir said directly to Michael was long after the “Baby dangling“ incident in Germany happened. Meanwhile In his documentary he cut out the explanation of why he showed Blanket like that & supported the outcry, saying he was questioning the children‘s safety.
When Michael visited the zoo with his kids only the chaos of the press and fans following them is shown and the question if it‘s smart to go out with them at all
What he doesn‘t show is Michael being completely unaware that the zoo wasn‘t closed for others as they said they would
It‘s obvious that Bashir cut many important questions and answers out and instead added voice-overs with completely different statements than those he was making when he was behind the scenes with Michael.
Another part Bashir cut out was Michael talking about his animals
Michael and Bashir had many honest & open conversations that Bashir at the end never included. Michael opened his heart and Bashir shows his understanding. Bashir fully betrayed him.
“They are so quick to call u strange & weird but it‘s almost as if you‘re forced to be different“
At the beginning of this thread i posted a clip of Michael talking about Joseph using abusive methods (beatings) to keep his children disciplined, which was used by Bashir in his documentary. What was cut out was this short comment of Michael about his father.
To add to this it is obvious Michael turned his abusive past into an endless love and caring for children.
Having to go through this, he could have never laid a hand on a child.
Obviously the previous video wasn‘t shown in Bashir‘s documentary either.
Now before going on, if you‘re uneducated about the allegations that were made against Michael i advise you to read this thread that includes all the evidence to prove his innocence. https://twitter.com/mjjlegion/status/874793293464432640?s=21">https://twitter.com/mjjlegion...
Again cut out footage: When Michael and Bashir talked about the lies Bashir‘s exact words were, “why do people do that when all you have done is (you) brought some of the most beautiful music?(…) why do people want to judge you when all you have done is being an artist?“
In his docu Bashir claimed that Michael‘s behavior was “beginning to alarm him“, that he felt “uneasy“ after the interview with Gavin and said he thought Michael had an “obsession with children“.
Complete bullshit! Bashir completely contradicted himself.
What would become the most “controversial“scene of the entire docu was Michael&Gavin holding hands
This was an INTENTIONAL SET UP by Bashir who suggested for Gavin to lay his head on MJ‘s shoulder who (MJ) then responded he ‘hardly knew this kid since he hadn‘t seen him in years‘
This video shows this “controversial“ scene, following Aphrodite Jones, an american author, reporter and television producer talking about Bashir‘s set up and intentions with his documentary.
Her sources are the two attorneys Thomas Mesereau and Brian Oxman.
Bashir wanted it to look bad in his special.
Gavin and his family who would later accuse Michael of child molestation talked about and DEFENDED Michael, in response to Bashir‘s documentary. This is the family that would send Michael through living hell; their claims were bull.
To bring a kid on the docu was Bashir‘s idea, as well as choosing Gavin (MJ would also have Dave Dave in mind, a kid who was burned alive by his own father)
Now to add to the tweet before, this shows Gavin‘s family would actually go against Bashir!
No accusations against MJ here
Again if you haven‘t yet, read the thread about the false accusations made my Gavin and his family i attached to this thread a few tweets before.
It‘s unbelievable how they used their chance to twist everything around.
Switching to a completely different topic.
A highly discussed one that many tabloids & people talk about to this day is his plastic surgeries.
Now in Bashir‘s documentary he only mentioned how he was doubtful and thought MJ lied about them and had way more done than he said (1/2)
(2/2) The way Bashir worded his sentences in the video before is manipulative, he tries hard to show fake empathy in order to get MJ to “admit“ he did more than what he said, which he didn’t.
Bashir also cut out other questions to it that shows why MJ is so upset about the media
Another perfect and invisible cut is after MJ mentioned he had two surgeries. The second one was referred to the surgery he had because of the pepsi commercial accident in the mid 80s where his hair caught on fire and his scalp got burned. Bashir leaves all that completely out.
Bashir also only made a passing reference to one of the most noticable differences in MJ‘s appearance: his skin color.
He only disrespectfully mentioned how “he was a black kid“ and now “he‘s a white man“ and humiliated him w/o explaining MJ‘s skin disorder that caused the change
To that, Michael‘s skin disease vitiligo was confirmed in his autopsy as you can see below and on various pictures.
He was NOT trying to become white, neither was he bleaching his skin.
To that, Michael‘s skin disease vitiligo was confirmed in his autopsy as you can see below and on various pictures.He was NOT trying to become white, neither was he bleaching his skin.
To that, Michael‘s skin disease vitiligo was confirmed in his autopsy as you can see below and on various pictures.He was NOT trying to become white, neither was he bleaching his skin.
To that, Michael‘s skin disease vitiligo was confirmed in his autopsy as you can see below and on various pictures.He was NOT trying to become white, neither was he bleaching his skin.
To that, Michael‘s skin disease vitiligo was confirmed in his autopsy as you can see below and on various pictures.He was NOT trying to become white, neither was he bleaching his skin.
To sum everything up, Martin Bashir‘s documentary was NOT a representation of who Michael is & how he lived. Due to his lack of objectivity this documentary was a complete waste of 8 months filming
It only shows a two faced betrayer who tried to frame the best artist of all times
Now how could Michael even trust a man he didn‘t personally know?
Look at the way Bashir treated Michael off camera.
I don‘t and will never get how someone could be this fake and that good of an actor. Truly disgusting.
“there‘s always somebody that will say sth about it, they‘re opinionated you know, no matter what you do.
No matter how good your intentions are there‘s always some jerk, some mean spirited person that tries to bring me down & all you wanted to do is bring some love & some joy“
Michael Jackson is NOT a child molester.
He was a humanitarian and amazing father.
He did NOT want to be white, he had a skin disease and he was proud to be black.
He did NOT have hundreds of surgeries.
He was highly misunderstood and thousands of people tried to tear him apart.
Later, Bashir got what he deserved.
Thanks for listening and stay educated!
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Should have added this earlier but listen to Bashir‘s words after Michael passed, admitting he lied.
Clearing all up and praising Michael.
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