Your right giddyup, in the end, the music and the performance ability of Michael Jackson will win out. Legend was wrong because he made the focul point of his article about the fact that Michael was accused of child molestation. He brought it up and made it a point to harp on about how its going to hinder his ability to come back. By doing so, he's as guilty as anyone of allowing those alligations to dictate Michael's chances. But Legend doesn't know anything, he's wrong, he's been in the industry for what, 3, 4 years, he's been through nothing. Michael's been through it all, through everything bad you can imagine, yet he still pulls in the ratings, he still pulls in the interest and the sales and the hystaria. He always will. The trial had no affect on that, it didn't, and you can see so by the publics reaction and the reaction of other artists to him. He's popular. If Michael's career was going to be destroyed, if his ability to make a successful project was going to be destroyed, believe you me, it would have happened long, long ago. It didn't, and it never will. His reputation has been slandard to as extreme an extent as ever its going to be, whatever damage they could have done has already been inflicted. Brining it up serves absolutely no purpose other then to bring it up, to keep the attention on it. Good job John. You defeated the supposed point of your own piece. However bad it got for Michael after 93, that was how bad it got publicity wise, that's the extent. Nobody believed him then, everyone thought he bought himself out of it, everyone was brainwashed because they had no other source other then the print news and media, and they LIED, they lied and lied and lied, and still, Michael came back with a number one record, hit singles, successful world tours and popularity unmatched by any other. That didn't destroy Michael or his career, and the trial certainly will not either. We all know its a reality that his image has been tarnished, but its when people like Legend bring it up again and again that it never is allowed to rest. He didn't help Michael, he simply hurt him some more. There was no point in that, he observed nothing of signifigance or revalation. He just dredged up more of the same ol' shit. In time, people won't care about the alligations anymore, because they'll realize more and more the unbelieveable talent they once had in their presence and still do, and if they're smart, they'll realize it completely while Michael is still around. I see it happening already. The media is the media, they'll always give Michael a hard time. They were calling him a freak in 1984, at the height of his popularity, they'll always do it, it doesn't matter, because those who are fans and even those who are not will always either buy his music or show interest in him, you'll even have potential furture fans because Michael's stuff constantly reaches people all over the world. Whose being negative, for real.[/b]