I hope the estate didn't fall for this mess. Aaron Carter is not a victim...he concocted this PR stunt.
And MJ fans should never let him forget it.
Ivy, was the estate told that we've been literally harassing him for a denial since June 15th BEFORE the story hit the press?
@Ginvid,
Not true that the estate were contacted a month ago. The story first came out June 15th. To my knowledge that estate was contacted when "cocaine" appeared in the story from Australia on June 29th. The estate's response to those that contacted them was " we do not want to fuel this by releasing a statement".
They held that position (i didn't agree with it then ) from the very beginning a week an a half ago (don't know where that 1 month time frame came about).
This letter is NOT a response to Aaron Carter...but a response to fans asking them why they chose to rebuke Latoya but not Carter.
So on that point, they've been very consistent.
You might be not aware of this but MANY from the beginning were (and are still) against the executors. That is a fact. Before Cascio..before Aaron Carter....Branca had been receiving death threats.
So, again I am not sure where you got the impression that everybody was in their corner UNTIL Cascio...People were campaigning to boycott the CD even before the playlist was made public.
I was on another forum and I am certain they said they were going to ask the estate about the article in Ok when it first came out what was going to be said. It may not have been a large number as many fans were themselves doubting the story's validity given Carter's past history with MJ. Regardless, they were aware of the story very early on. Assuming they did contact the estate, that was on or around the 15th of June, it is now July 8th when this letter came out. Almost a month as I said before. Also the response given was not a general announcement to the fan base as this letter was, it was given to a few fans who contacted them who in turn had to let other fans know what they said. Yet, many fans were still questioning whether or not the estate knew what was going on, etc. People were constantly asking this even after the we got their response via you. Their lack of concern oover the fans' concerns is what upsets me. They couldn't release anything similar to what they did here about why they didn't answer Carter they way they were willing to address the fanbase to protect their??? If releasing this statement to the fans did not feed the fire, communication to the fans then would not have fed the fire. I am not talking about a formal letter to the media, I am talking about a letter to the fans.
I already know what this letter is about. See my post above. I totally agree with you in this regard. As I said, if their answering LaToya and not Aaron had not been questioned, we still would not have it from their lips in a letter like this why they did not answer Aaron. So that is why it befuddles me why the fans are thanking them for sending this letter out as if they cared so much about the concerns of fans.
This is also correct. Yes there have been unhappiness after Cascio songs and people became critical of the Estate after that but those were normal and rational fans showing their legit unhappiness. However the campaigns against executors were happening long before that. People has protested Branca from the time that the will became public. There have been campaigns to get the will contested, Branca investigated etc. Just the other day I have seen people quoting Latoya's book and her claims and promising to get Branca removed. There's a group of people that suggests complete boycott of any releases / projects by the Estate as they are the "murderers of Michael" as they say.
You might be not aware of this but MANY from the beginning were (and are still) against the executors. That is a fact. Before Cascio..before Aaron Carter....Branca had been receiving death threats.
So, again I am not sure where you got the impression that everybody was in their corner UNTIL Cascio...People were campaigning to boycott the CD even before the playlist was made public.
I am not giving the impression that
everyone was in their corner. If you look at the posts here for instance
most fans were rooting for them. The fanbase was not united in the estate's corner but the fan base was overwhelmingly moreso in support of them than not. And as I said, they at least thought them a huge step up over the family. Most fans still think of them as a huge step up from the family, but events such as these is what is making their light dim in people's eyes moreso than what LaToya is saying.
The amount of people planning to boycott the album before Cascio-gate was not prominent. Most, not all, but most were excited about the new album and were looking forward to new songs by Michael Jackson. When the Cascio songs hit, it was like Thor's hammer hit right in the middle of MJ's fanbase. Any split between fans was magnified 10 fold because of the Cascio debate. Just look at what happened to many forums after that. It caused irrevocable damage. The fan base may have been split since June 25th, but many fans opted not to believe what was termed conspiracy theories.
In MJ's fanbase you always had extremes. Those threatening Branca and against him. You had those who from the start hated the executors, which was a
minority. Then you had those who from the start loved them to death and thought they could do no wrong, this was a
minority. The majority of the fans were the middle of the road fans who didn't have anything bad to say about the executors, who were cautious, but were generally in favor of them despite what TINI was saying. Despite what Karen was saying. And, despite what the family was saying. LaToya's interviews didn't change that. The Cascio and Carter events, for many did.
That was my point.
