Jackson’s Career is Over: NOT!

News pundits are saying that Michael Jackson’s singing career is over and that he will never recover from the accusations and trial that led to yesterday’s verdict.

The news pundits are wrong.

They seem to forget that while Jackson’s last album, “HIStory”, tanked in the United States due to all the negative publicity, the album was a runaway hit overseas. So was “Invincible”, his 2001 release. For every album sold in the U.S., five were sold overseas.

The accuser in the recent scandal and trial (and his idiot mother) with the inept prosecution failed to convince a jury that he did what they said he did to this kid. Their case was so full of holes that it didn’t have much of an effect on what the public thinks of Jackson compared to what it thought of him before the accusation and trial. Jackson still remains very popular in Europe and overseas.

IF Jackson stays out of the press and focuses on his singing like he used to when he was the most popular singer on the planet, the die-hard fans will support him and he could slowly recover part of the ground he lost in the United States. And if his music is good enough, as it has been in the past, some will choose to be sympathetic or even chalk up this trial as a case of an overzealous mom and DA going after Jackson for money and revenge.

Here’s what people are saying that he HAS to do to rehabilitate himself in the eyes of the general public: he’s gotta stop sleeping with the little boys. There must be no more interviews with Dianne Sawyer or Geraldo Riviera. His speaking voice is a major turn-off to the general public. He must never show public displays of affection toward boys in front of the press. He must not participate in any documentaries EVER again. The only time his voice should be heard on the air is when he’s singing. People don’t want to see Jackson grabbing his crotch while he’s dancing. They don’t want to hear him crying about how mean the police and the DA were to him either. No sleep-overs. EVER again. No hanging his kids over guard rails for the entire world to see. If he has something to say he tells his publicist what to say on his behalf.

The sad part is that he can’t keep his mouth shut and would rather commit suicide than be separated from children. He will tolerate no restrictions or give up his access to children. This is deeply troubling. The jury said afterwards that they felt he was guilty of something, but didn’t have enough evidence to find him guilty due to the ineptitude of the prosecution.

But Jackson is far from being finished with his musical career. So for people to say it’s done, that’s not quite correct. If Jackson doesn’t change his ways IMMEDIATELY, it definitely will be, but for now there is still hope for him to turn things around slowly. But it’s up to him.