I just watched some more of it, and once again, in retrospect, I am more surprised at how sensational Bashir tried to make everything. Michael almost going on stage too early because the show was in German was something that could happen to anyone and could have easily been laughed off, but apparently not to Bashir who, looking very grave, says "The confusion was excruciating for all of us." I'm sure.
It makes me so angry to see the parts with Michael and children that are so innocent and light-hearted turned into something sinister. I am not as mad at Bashir as you all are, though. I am more mad at the public who watched it and made an assumption of criminality. Yes Bashir suggested a strong tone of negativity, but any person with a brain could have looked beyond that to see that nothing was as sinister as it was made to sound. I am mad because these people were willing to go along with it. They seemed to want to believe the worst about Michael. Bashir only got away with his negative commentary because the audience was complicit in trying to depict Michael as a monster.