Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
This is why they hated Michael Jackson
1985 — Buys Beatles catalog
1993 — Palestine song
1993 — Allegations follow
1994–95 — Helps Macaulay Culkin avoid being sent to the island
1995 — Antisemitism backlash
2001 — Calls out Sony Music Entertainment
2006–09 — Financial trap
2009 — Dies before comeback
2016 — Sony gains full control of catalog
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This is why they hated Michael Jackson
1985 — Buys Beatles catalog
1993 — Palestine song
1993 — Allegations follow
1994–95 — Helps Macaulay Culkin avoid being sent to the island
1995 — Antisemitism backlash
2001 — Calls out Sony Music Entertainment
2006–09 — Financial trap
2009 — Dies before comeback
2016 — Sony gains full control of catalog
A thread 🧵
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
1994–95 — Macaulay Culkin
During his parents’ custody battle, there were plans to send him to a "behavioral program"
which he later described as being on an island.
On an ISLAND….
Michael Jackson protected him by allowing him to stay at Neverland Ranch instead.
MJ knew things they were not aware of.
Culkin has said this helped him avoid being sent away.
1994–95 — Macaulay Culkin
During his parents’ custody battle, there were plans to send him to a "behavioral program"
which he later described as being on an island.
On an ISLAND….
Michael Jackson protected him by allowing him to stay at Neverland Ranch instead.
MJ knew things they were not aware of.
Culkin has said this helped him avoid being sent away.
Ali Zaeteri / @alizaeteri:
Then they accused Michael Jackson of being a pedophile.
The media and powerful figures tried to destroy MJ’s reputation.
But it failed because deep down people knew MJ was innocent.
Many of the same elites were later exposed in abuse scandals. Look at Epstein Island… read the Epstein files.
In reality, Michael Jackson tried to protect kids from these demons.
Then they accused Michael Jackson of being a pedophile.
The media and powerful figures tried to destroy MJ’s reputation.
But it failed because deep down people knew MJ was innocent.
Many of the same elites were later exposed in abuse scandals. Look at Epstein Island… read the Epstein files.
In reality, Michael Jackson tried to protect kids from these demons.