City Brights: Zennie Abraham : Is Michael Jackson still alive? Take my pollOn YouTube.com
UPDATE: Internet chatter points to German TV's RTL as maker of "fake" video. No statement from RTL as of this writing.
This has been a hard day to say the least with the passing of Senator Ted Kennedy, but harder still is the idea that the King of Pop, Michael Jackson may still be alive.
You read that correctly.
There's a video flying around the Internet that strongly claims to show Michael Jackson being assisted from the back of what looks like and apparently is a Los Angeles County Coroner's Office ambulance. The vehicle is captures on camera driving in a dark tunnel of sorts. A chain fence door closes as the camera approaches, keeping it from getting any closer to the ambulance.
The camera person has the presence of mind to zoom in and as the person did, a person walked around from the right and opened the door, assisting a small person dressed in a white shirt and black pants and what appears to be a kind of black shall covering their head. If it wasn't Jackson, the person was built like Jackson looks.
The person who put up the video at the YouTube channel LosAngelesCot24 wrote:
This video shows that Michael was still alive after his dead body was transported to the Los Angeles Dept. of Coroner I checked the license plate number and it looks like the King of Pop is jumping out of the same van, his dead body has been in. I got the original video tape from a trustworthy source. I know him for years. And I am sure it´s real and Michael is alive.
It's also the only video on that person's YouTube channel, below are other videos that report to show the bodybag Jackson was in moving. Frankly, it's hard to tell anything from those videos, but the LA Coroner video's another story.
Look at this photo:
Photo courtesy of IrishTimes.com This is a real picture of the LA County Coronor's staffers placing what's supposed to be the body of Jackon in the van. Look closely at the van itself. Notice the doors and how the blue stripe comes to a pointed end at the nearside door on the car's left. Also, take note of the top light over the doors. And the same license plate on that side.
Now, look at this still from the video claiming to show Jackson's alive:
It has the same license plate in the same area, same painting scheme. Basically it looks like the same vehicle. I can't read the numbers on the license plate, so it's hard to tell if it really is the car, but someone should have these videos and photos analyzed. Also, the L.A. County Coroner's Office should issue some kind of statement.
I really don't know what all of this means except that this is something that should be looked into if only to debunk it. It's all over the news, from the Chicago Tribune to the website Associated Content and TMZ.com. Those outlets are trusted sources such that they do appears to believe this should be looked into.
In the end, for some reason the words "Maybe now they will leave you alone" keep ringing in my head.
What do you think?
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August 28, 2009
Is Michael Jackson still alive? Take my poll
City Brights: Zennie Abraham : Did RTL make fake "Michael Jackson alive video" as ad sales fell?
City Brights: Zennie Abraham : Did RTL make fake "Michael Jackson alive video" as ad sales fell?Did RTL make fake "Michael Jackson alive video" as ad sales fell?
Two days ago a video surfaced that claimed to show Michael Jackson being escorted out of an LA County Coroner's ambulance in a dark tunnel. Given that few had the actual footage of the vehicle entering the hospital, and the design of the one in the video, it was hard to tell if it was real or fake.
The video made the rounds to many outlets around the World, and was the basis for my blog poll and video here.
I was waiting for a statement by the LA County Coroner's Office to officially debunk the matter, but now we have the forum-based news being propagated that German TV organization RTL created the fake video. I note it in this way because RTL has not as of this writing issued an official statement or press release; it's internet chatter. But given RTL's economic woes, it's logical they would do this.
UPDATE: Press release by RTL (in German)
What's RTL?
RTL Group is Europe's largest broadcast company, and RTL Television is a division in it. I discovered that Berlin-based RTL's facing a massive ad sales crisis, which undoubtedly led to the creation of this elaborate hoax. Over the last six months, RTL has lost $150 million. Gaining eyeballs around the World is RTL's desire and this "fake" project would be the perfect way to do it. But now RTL needs to make an official statement and post it under the keywords "rtl michael jackson" before this gets even more out of hand.
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Michael Jackson impersonator Joby Rogers jumps off the stage as he performs before the unveiling of the wax figure of late pop star Michael Jackson at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood, California August 27, 2009. REUTERS
