OPRAH is at it again. Need your help MJ fan-mily!

Who:

The contemptibly exploitative Oprah Winfrey

What:

A heartfelt appeal to Diana Ross, through her agent, to NOT discuss Michael Jackson, his children, or anything about him, for ratings.

Where:

Jared, Assistant to Robert Norman, agent for Diana Ross
Creative Artists Agency
rnormanasst@caa.com

When:

Immediately. Time is of the essence. Diana Ross is scheduled to appear on The Oprah Winfrey Show on Friday, February 25, 2011.

IMPORTANT! Please send your email to Jared after business hours so that your email, along with many others, queue up in Jared’s email box as a large clump of messages.

Subject line: Appeal to Diana Ross

Why:

As we previously reported, ratings for Winfrey’s new endeavor, the Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN), are taking a nosedive. As we all know too well, Winfrey predictably exploits Michael Jackson when her ratings are flagging. The closing season of her ABC talk show is no exception.

Diana Ross is scheduled to appear on Winfrey’s show, but Jared doesn’t know if the show has been taped yet.

In speaking with him, he suggested that any messages to Diana Ross can go through him. Please take a moment to send a message to Diana Ross to ask her, if it can be avoided, not to succumb to Winfrey’s quest for ratings by discussing Michael.

Diana Ross may think Michael’s fans want her to discuss him.

Given full reign, Winfrey will be sure to ask, with her usual lack of compassion, any number of highly invasive and insensitive questions.


Have you seen the children?


Are they better off now that they’re unveiled?


Did you know that Michael appointed you successor guardian of his children?


What do you make of that?


When did you last see Michael?


Did you know he was a drug addict?


Were you alarmed by all his plastic surgery?


Do you think he wanted to look like you?


Do you think he was a child molester? , Etc.

Please address your emails to rnormanasst@caa.com

Try not to be too wordy, but stress that, if at all possible, please, Ms. Ross, continue to honor Michael’s privacy.

Talking points:


Winfrey since 1993 has consistently been disrespectful to Michael.

Winfrey consistently asks invasive, exploitative and intensely private questions about Michael, his children and his family.

Winfrey has exercised her power irresponsibly to shape public opinion.

Celebrity gossip is the cash cow for tabloid empires. Winfrey has gone to the well too many times at Michael’s expense.

Winfrey’s “voice of doubt and reserve” clearly influenced her audience in the Jackson matter and further emboldened the self-righteous pack of hounds hunting Mr. Jackson, alleged child molester.

Winfrey’s posthumous Jackson-related interviews with Lisa Marie Presley and Michael’s parents and children were scheduled near or among other programs on child molestation. Such juxtaposition placed Michael Jackson’s name, in the public mind and memory, exactly where Winfrey has decided it should remain.

We don’t know if we can head Ms. Ross off at the pass, but we want to try.

Thanks, as always, for your continuing dedication to Michael Jackson’s personal legacy.

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