Be Careful Who You Love: Inside the Michael Jackson Case

I have read this book five times -- every sentence, every word. I have also read everything else written about Michael Jackson. I can tell you with 100% certainty that this book is filled with incorrect facts, innuendoes, distortions and total lies. Diane Dimond has made an entire career (and tons of money) out of basically trashing Michael Jackson. I don't know why she hates him so much but she does and her book reflects that. I have done all the research especially about the "allegations". All you really have to do is research the two families who accused Michael -- Chandler in 1993 and Arvizo in 2003. In both families you have a mentally ill parent, greed and moral corruption. And BOTH allegations were made AFTER Michael began distancing himself from the family. Extortion, my friends. If you want to know the REAL truth about Michael Jackson please read Jermaine Jackson's book and Frank Cascio's book. Both are excellent, well-written and they actually KNEW MJ. After you read these books you will absolutely know that Michael Jackson never hurt any child and in fact devoted his life to helping to "Heal the World" -- just like he sang it.

No. This is not the definitive account. This book was so obviously negative towards Michael Jackson, there is way too much villification to have any value to the reader. Because of that, the entire writing is suspect. There are many missing and differing accountings of the facts from the case, especially evident after reading the transcript of the court testimony. For that reason alone you can not believe in this accounting. The subject was not a perfect person, however this lopsided view is another fine example of American media, and to blindly believe this rubbish is forfeiting our children's future into the hands of bullies.

Example: On page 29-30, the writer describes Neverland ranch as (quote) "a twenty-seven-thousand acre ranch." 27,000 acres? 27 THOUSAND? Wrong. Neverland is 2,676 acres. The writer is only off by 24 THOUSAND acres. Does anyone fact check anymore? Apparently not Simon and Schuster. This is just ONE example of how horrid the facts are in this book. The number of inaccuracies are too numerous to mention. Do you want to read a book that screws up on something as simple (and important) as the size of Michael Jackson's previous residence? Don't waste your time on this piece of garbage.