About The Michael Jackson Case for Innocence Podcast
After the 2019 allegations of sex abuse against Michael Jackson, a mother's concern over her daughter's love of the pop star leads to her own investigation. The findings overturn her initial assumption of guilt, and she shares the evidence that convinced her of his innocence. This is a detailed accounting of the evidence, told by the mother-daughter team and assisted by 3 voice actors. All of the source material for the evidence you'll hear in each episode is provided on their podcast website: www.michaeljacksoncaseforinnocence.com
In this final episode of our rebuttal, we circle back to Part 1 in our series, focusing on how Think Twice doesn't follow journalism fairness standards and rigorously challenge their presumption of guilt.
You'll hear examples of applying a "consider the opposite" approach to the Michael Jackson allegations, by asking what else has to be true if he were innocent. We invite hosts Leon Neyfakh and Jay Smooth to engage with innocence advocates. We also put forward an alternative response to the driving question behind Think Twice: Why are we still listening to Michael Jackson?
Website: www.michaeljacksoncaseforinnocence.com
Twitter: @Case4Innocence
For all our source material, please visit our website. You can reach out to us with any questions or comments through our website or on Twitter.
30 Jan 2024
Bonus: Rebuttal to Think Twice, Part 3
In this episode, we present a few more examples of how the narrative in Think Twice is one-sided and slanted. There's a wider context and missing information in their stories that's important to consider, which calls into question their own theories and conclusions.
We take a look at how Think Twice presents Michael Jackson’s relationship with his father and what they’ve left out of the background regarding Jackson’s Oxford speech. And because Think Twice uses Jackson’s words and actions in two short films to support their guilty narrative, you'll hear alternative interpretations based on information from his own background. And finally, we examine how Think Twice does or doesn’t reconcile the many other relationships Jackson had with kids who’ve consistently maintained his innocence.
Website: www.michaeljacksoncaseforinnocence.com
Twitter: @Case4Innocence
For all our source material, please visit our website. You can reach out to us with any questions or comments through our website or on Twitter.
23 Jan 2024
Bonus: Rebuttal to Think Twice, Part 1
Think Twice is an Audible podcast released in April 2023 about the legacy of Michael Jackson. Over its 10-episode series, Think Twice focuses on the theme of why we the public are still listening to Michael Jackson, despite the allegations against him.
The Think Twice narrative is that there must be something unique about Jackson in his ability to defy cancellation, and the podcast aims to help us understand why he’s different from other celebrities who have been cancelled after being accused of sex abuse.
In our own 4-part rebuttal, we focus on how Think Twice doesn’t measure up to journalistic standards in its presumption of guilt, without fairly presenting the evidence.
In this first part of our rebuttal, we make the argument that Think Twice is a case study in confirmation bias. In parts 2 and 3, we'll cover specific examples of bias and misinformation in the podcast, and the final episode looks at alternative narratives and wraps up why you should be cautious before accepting the arguments of Think Twice.
Website: www.michaeljacksoncaseforinnocence.com
Twitter: @Case4Innocence
For all our source material, please visit our website. You can reach out to us with any questions or comments through our website or on Twitter.
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