I found this at lipstick alley, apparently came from Oprah's website- posted by resaformj & thought it was a great post:
http://www.lipstickalley.com/f227/o...25-ppb-katherine-interview-279444/index8.html
This insightful comment was left on Oprah's website.
The business of O is to get the BIG interview and to get the interviewee(s) into territory where the BIG and ratings-rich questions will be explored. Oprah was once seen as America's trustworthy, compassionate, forthright, supportive best friend. Now she is O, fountainhead of OWN, engaged with other 5-star generals in ratings warfare with one objective -- to WIN.
The key factor in The Jackson Family interview is, oddly enough, NOT the family at all but Michael Jackson. Mother Katherine, Father Joe and Jackson's young children are interesting only as they relate to and claim intimacy in the life of Michael Jackson, deceased. And they are useful to O only as a portal through which Michael Jackson can once again be invasively probed.
I was struck by the O-team's focus on "Will the molestation charges be explored and will Jackson's children appear and speak with Oprah?" To her staff, Oprah spoke dismissively and rather contemptuously of Joe Jackson's presence, yet she masterfully seized the moment to question Joe about the physical abuse of his children "which your own son, Michael, openly discussed." So, I guess Joe's unwelcome presence wasn't a total loss.
It should be remembered that the Jackson Family interview and Lisa Marie Presley (Jackson's first wife) interview were scheduled closely following or in the midst of other Oprah shows about child molestation. Yes, I've heard "coincidence" as an explanation for the scheduling. A more accurate word is "strategic." Ms. Winfrey's scheduling places Michael Jackson's name squarely where she feels it belongs -- in a child predator environment where her audience will forever link it and remember it. The move was calculated and very effective.
It is painful to watch the Jacksons unwittingly fall into every trap set for them by media moguls like Winfrey and others. The Jacksons are nice people, by and large, but lack the savvy required to maneuver the media killing fields or to counter the tactics used by interviewers in pursuit of a desired result. After being thoroughly oiled, reassured and soothed with flattery, they are skillfully guided into perilous territory by those who want to cast Michael Jackson forever in the ***** Jackson-Drug Addict-Pedophile mode invented and marketed so profitably for so long. I hope this will change as the family realizes it must take wise counsel, draw together as one, and seize this irresponsible media gabfest that's run amock for far too long.
Even now, you won't find any Big Guns in the business pursuing a thorough re-examination of the accusations, the accusers, the trial and aftermath -- despite the wealth of information available. Instead, we hear a titillating comment here or reference there -- enough to keep the issue murky and marketable.
Oprah Winfrey, a big and trusted voice among her millions of supporters, believes that Michael Jackson was a child molester. She is unlikely to change her view, carefully avoiding all evidence to the contrary, including an 18-month trial that produced 14 Not Guilty verdicts by a conservative jury.
Michael Jackson's mortal voice is now silent for all time, and the construct of his remembrance and legacy is left in the hands of others. In one corner, family, longtime friends and colleagues, fans and admirers, thoughtful authors and journalists and others who seek to know and present the whole man. In the other corner, the media warlords who labeled and stalked him and their legions of foot soldiers comprised of hangers-on, tabloid proctologists, snake oil salesmen, opportunists and assorted parasites who suck on show business and provide the Media Beast's daily diet of gossip, lies, rumors, and half-truths.
I see a ferocious battle worthy of Michael Jackson's life that his children will join as they mature and shoulder his honor with strength and pride, and that Truth will win in the end.
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