London's The Independent reports on the Michael Jackson trial:
A little over two weeks ago, Michael Jackson looked as if he was sailing towards an acquittal in his trial on child-molestation charges. The family accusing him of sexually abusing their 13-year-old son was vague on the details, contradictory, unsupported by much in the way of corroborating evidence and happy to admit a history of lying, even under oath.
Now, however, things look considerably dicier for the 46-year-old star in the wake of a single ruling from the trial judge, which allowed the prosecution to present evidence of prior allegations of child molestation even though they do not pertain directly to the charges he is now facing.
The headline for the article? America faces the unthinkable as tide turns against Jackson.
'Unthinkable?'
What. The. Hell?
Jackson's a freak, has been for years, and everybody knows it. What, exactly, is 'unthinkable' about the possibility of him being a child molester? Creepy, yeah; disgusting, definitely. But unthinkable? Not likely.
Although I suppose it shouldn't be unexpected; after all, they're the rag that inflicted Robert Fisk on the world.
I'll be honest-- I didn't think of it.