Posted in music | video on November 17, 2006

While Michael Jackson received two milestone honours at the World Music Awards in London, England on Wednesday night, his promised performance never came to be. The former 'king of pop' received a Diamond Award for selling more than 100 million albums, and Thriller was recognized as the best-selling album of all time. Jackson was expected to sing that album's title track, but he said that was a misunderstanding. Young American R&B artist Chris Brown performed 'Thriller' instead." [Chart Attack]

a BBC summary....

Chris Brown performing Thriller & other clips, etc...

We are the World from the crowd...

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Comments (18)

he should play a small club show in ny. because, you know, he could use the publicity.

Posted by bryan | November 17, 2006 9:47 AM

i heard jackson will play two shows at north six in january, debuting fresh new tracks produced by timbaland and pharrell. css will open. you heard it here first.

Posted by cranky | November 17, 2006 10:34 AM

For reals: Does he owe Sony any albums? I hope he does and they sue his sicko ass.

Posted by Sir Paul | November 17, 2006 2:20 PM

Reuters editorial policy says:
"Reuters news operations are based on the company's Trust Principles which stipulate that the integrity, independence and freedom from bias of Reuters must be upheld at all times."
http://about.reuters.com/aboutus/editorial/

The Reuters UK employee Mike Collett-White told the world his subjective opinion by

1. a predjudgment in the afternoon BEFORE the world music awards show took place

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=musicNews&storyID=2006-11-15T143156Z_01_L15595865_RTRIDST_0_MUSIC-JACKSON-COMEBACK-DC.XML

2. the world wide distribution of a headline which includes a subjective, biased judgement

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2006-11-16T014732Z_01_L15525553_RTRUKOC_0_UK-JACKSON.xml&type=topNews&WTmodLoc=Top+News-C3-More-4


3. selective choices of biased quotes

Mike Collett-Whites quoted Gareth Grundy, editor of Q music magazine, who called Michael Jackson "not an artist". (He called a person who sold more than 100 million records "not an artist"!).

4.
There is a 3rd article by Collett-White. The title is: "Michael Jackson comeback gig 'a flop', reviews say. The headline is a lie because he the FIRST who distributed it all over the world that it was "no thriller". Collett-White pretends to just quote others but actually HE's the responsible one.

You find on the Reuters website phone numbers and email addresses to complain about the Reuters UK employee Mike Collett-White who has to be neutral according to the editorial policy.
http://about.reuters.com/pressoffice/contacts.asp

What Reuters presented the world was the OPINION of ONE single person. Hundreds of sources sticked to the biased news and distributed it all over the world (= copy-and-paste-journalism).

No news about tabloid trash queen Paris, maximum 10% of the copied news about other artists, 90% about Michael Jackson. Why this? ... because - like the Mirror titled - "he's bad"?

WHO's BAD?

P.S. My native language is not English; if there are grammar mistakes please forgive...


Posted by againstReuters | November 18, 2006 3:00 AM

The mistakes in your English I forgive. Your continuing enthusiasm for Michael Jackson I do not.

Posted by against Michael Jackson | November 18, 2006 12:02 PM

STOP DISSIN MICHAEL HE IS DA BEST AND ALVAYS WILL BE THERE IS NO OTHER MICHAEL JACKSON IN THE WORLD AND NEVER WILL BE
MICHAEL'S DA BEST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!XXXXXXXOXOXOXOXOXO

Posted by LOUISE WHO LOVES MICHAEL | December 10, 2006 4:05 PM

michael jackson is so good to make music as good to rape children

Posted by jordan | December 12, 2006 7:46 PM

THANKS TO ALLAH!!!

Posted by sambe | January 5, 2007 3:30 PM

Aw, you guys really do believe everything the american media tells you. Even your own news media is trying to get a little of that exploitation cash. And, of course you love it.. perverts.

Those of you who have the guts to think for yourselves are part of the solution.

ottis retting
james brown
stevie wonder
little richard
jackie wilson
sam cook

These are artists and so is Michael Jackson.

Posted by whitney | January 24, 2007 1:06 PM

whoever likes michael jackson is a fag.he got plastic surgery so many times he mind as well have too bodies.hes saving up for a sex change to.he cant afford it yet coz he was fined to many times for raping children.i dont even know y i came on this god damn website.ur a fag if u came on for michael jackson.


Posted by Kassidy | February 24, 2007 7:50 PM

1 The guy is the biggest selling artist in history

2 The guy is arguably the best dancer the world's ever seen

3 The plastic surgery story is crap. Speaking academically, it is NOT POSSIBLE to have plastic surgery in the way the media claims it has been done

4 He has been ACQUITED of all charges of molestation. you dont believe it, take it on appeal. at the moment, he's innocent, until proven guilty.

5 Say or believe what you like, HIS MUSIC ROCKS!

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Posted by ernest asomani | May 3, 2007 4:17 PM

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Posted by ERNEST ASOMANI | May 4, 2007 5:30 AM

Hatas keep hatin considering thats all ur good for. Dont be jealous!!! Michael Jackson....ahh theres no words to express the amount of love i have for him. People need to look past his faults and look at the man behind the myth. He is an amazing artist whether u want to admit it or not! I LOVE MICHEAL JACKON and will pray for all those who talk shit, may God give u sight one day cuz obviously yall blind as hell!!!!!!!

Posted by MJ4LIFE | May 28, 2007 10:06 PM

Hatas keep hatin considering thats all ur good for. Dont be jealous!!! Michael Jackson....ahh theres no words to express the amount of love i have for him. People need to look past his faults and look at the man behind the myth. He is an amazing artist whether u want to admit it or not! I LOVE MICHEAL JACKON and will pray for all those who talk shit, may God give u sight one day cuz obviously yall blind as hell!!!!!!!

Posted by MJ4LIFE | May 28, 2007 10:06 PM

Hatas keep hatin considering thats all ur good for. Dont be jealous!!! Michael Jackson....ahh theres no words to express the amount of love i have for him. People need to look past his faults and look at the man behind the myth. He is an amazing artist whether u want to admit it or not! I LOVE MICHEAL JACKON and will pray for all those who talk shit, may God give u sight one day cuz obviously yall blind as hell!!!!!!!

Posted by MJ4LIFE | May 28, 2007 10:06 PM

You bastard! Kill yourself how dare you say that about michael jackson! he's the best that's ever done it!

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