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Michael Jackson’s Music Will No Longer Be Played On Canadian & New Zealand Radio Stations

<div>TSR STAFF&colon; Megan E&excl; &commat;meganryan&lowbar;e<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;&lowbar;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>It seems as though the late &num;MichaelJackson can not catch a break from the recent alleged sexual abuse cases&period; After the new documentary &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Leaving Neverland” made its debut on HBO&comma; a few radio stations decided to drop Michael’s music&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>His music was dropped by the radio stations in New Zealand and Canada&period; According to &commat;cnn &num;WadeRobson and &num;JamesSafechuck accused Michael Jackson of allegedly sexually abusing them for several years starting from when they were only seven and ten years old&period; Some fans do believe Michael Jackson is innocent&comma; while others believe the victims are telling the truth&comma; sparking a huge debate over his legacy&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>In New Zealand&comma; several radio stations pulled Michael’s music from their playlists&comma; this also includes the commercial broadcaster MediaWorks&period; The director for MediaWorks Radio station&comma; Leon Wratt said Michael is not on their playlist anymore&comma; and that the station is for their audience preference&period; Furthermore&comma; they must play what their audience prefers&comma; and if the audience feels uncomfortable listening to Michael’s music then it’s best for them to take it down&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The rival broadcaster of MediaWorks radio&comma; NZME&comma; also said they will not be playing Michael’s music&period; Their director&comma; Dean Buchanan told the New Zealand Herald&comma; they do not have Michael Jackson on their playlist at the moment&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>For Canada&comma; there are three major Montreal-based radio stations that are not playing Michael’s music&comma; and as far as other radio stations they are keeping a close eye on the situation to decide if they will continue to play his music or not&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>When Michael Jackson’s estate found out about what they claimed to be false accusations&comma; they pushed back and called it &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;public lynching&period;” They are now suing HBO&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Michael Jackson’s nephew&comma; Taj Jackson also spoke to &commat;gmb about the alleged accusations&comma; he said that he &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;was angry&comma; hurt&comma; and felt betrayed by Wade as a friend&period;” He claimed in 2005 Wade testified in court that Michael Jackson did not sexually abuse him&comma; now he has since changed his mind claiming he loved Michael but he in fact was sexually abused by him&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Source&colon; 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