Monday at home

I’ve worked at home today. I received my new password and can now ‘log on’ to my Open University account. Funny, you know last night after playing around a bit, my husband figured out the reason why I couldn’t log onto the network. Anyway, all is well. I watched the news this morning—ITV and BBC.
Interestingly, the ‘Michael Jackson’ case has been profiled in the media. As the media perceives it (or at least as it been termed) ,"it’s the case of the century". Why? I found that 'strange'. It appears that no one from the media is talking about his accusers’ family—except as victims. As an objective observer, I have to wonder about some things—why all of the ‘media hype’? —I assumed that they want a ‘repeat episode’ like America had before when O.J. Simpson was painted as a monster and then later found not guilty. There are two sides of every story. If I were a reporter, I would question the motive(s) of the accuser's mother.
First, why would any mother allow their son to stay over in a grown man’s house—regardless of his status or standing in the community/world? Why would any mother allow their child to sleep in a bed with a grown man? Would this have been appropriate/acceptable action of a mother that cares about the welfare of her child? Why would any mother trust a superstar who has a past history that perhaps, suggest that he may have harm children before or been falsely accused of doing so?
Why? Why? Why?
As for Michael Jackson, I would think that past history would have prevented him from having another ‘drama’ of being accused of doing inappropriate things with children or a child. If it was me, and I love children and have children of my own and of course was accused in the past [I assume this created a downfall of his career], I wouldn’t place myself in a similar situation again—even if their parents brought their children/child to my home. Why do it? Is it worth it?
Here we go again, with another televised story about a famous person [about what he may have done or not done]. The media should be ashame. Please don't start this 'myth' of the bad black man by showcasing his life and demonising him--creating "fear of the black man". We all know those buzz words that the media used to describe him 'weird', 'strange', 'confused about his racial identity', and I like this one, 'he doesn't look black'.

I don’t know whether he has done it or not. I will say this ‘leave the man alone’ and let him have his day in court and give his family their privacy. There are more serious ‘dramas’ in the world—the state of Africa [I love you Bono and Bill Gates] and Iraq. How could we make the media more objective? We should start reading books and throw the televisions in the ocean. Oh, no that wouldn't work—could cause an environmental issue (damn, I'm running out of ideas). Moving on…

I have a load of books to read and I will tell you about them later as my husband and stepson, Reece both are waiting to go shopping!