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BY EVAN WEINER
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
THE BUSINESS AND POLITICS OF SPORTS
The Super Bowl is more than just a mere football game. It is a corporate bazaar that kicks off the annual television commercial and ad campaigns for many companies who buy into the TV show called the Super Bowl.
It is also the spot for "heritage" entertainers with "questionable" moral backgrounds, like Madonna, to strut their stuff.The NFL is a much better stage for reputation rehab than Disney's ABC-TV program "Dancing With The Stars."
The Super Bowl also defined which member of the Jackson singing family had the most impact on American values and morals and it wasn't Michael Jackson.
When all is said and done about Michael Jackson, it will be clear that he was a talented musician and dancer who sold a lot of records and made some interesting music videos, but it is unlikely that Michael's legacy will have more of a lasting impact than his sister Janet.
This is not meant as a slight but the reality is that Janet Jackson has left more of an impression on American society than her brother because without Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" during Super Bowl XXXVIII in Houston, Texas back on February 1, 2004, American's would be getting "live" over-the-air radio and TV, warts and all, since over-the-air radio and TV station owners would not have to worry about being fined for indecent programming whether it is a visual or something said.
American politicians and political appointees or at least those politicians who were pandering for a certain block of voters became prudes and put more teeth into public airwaves indecency laws because of Janet Jackson. Those politicians wanted to protect viewers and listeners who tune into over-the-air radio or TV shows and might be offended by language or nudity. Cable TV, broadband and satellite radio do not have the same restrictions for whatever reason.
That performance changed how Americans receive over-the-air TV and radio offerings and gave conservatives a new rallying point. Eventually they would introduce a new censorship or morality through the threat of hefty fines against media companies who might be found in violation of "indecency."
Of course "indecency" is in the eye of the beholder and for some members of Congress, it took about 15 hours for them to start screaming about Janet Jackson's exposed breast on the steps of the Capitol in Washington.
And she is still popular, Janet lost appeal years ago and Michael if he had not died no one would give a damn about him either.
Tell that to the editors of Time Magazine who published the first Special Edition in nearly a decade when they commemorated MJ's death in 2009.
TOP 10 MOST FAMOUS PEOPLE OF ALL TIME
1. Michael Jackson
2. John F. Kennedy
3. Princess Diana
4. Abraham Lincoln
5. Leonardo Da Vinci
6. George Washington
7. Elvis Presley
8. Walt Disney
9. Christopher Columbus
10.Gandhi
Michael Jackson still gets 16,600,000 global monthly searches on Google (and that's just for ONE keyword 'michael jackson' not the 100's of related keywords like 'michael jackson songs' or michael jackson videos').
Google Michael Jackson and you get 82,300,000 results
Google Janet Jackson and you get 12,100,000 results
So you still think MJ's legacy will be outshone by his little sister's?
We get the point of your article, but to throw in that sentence makes you look like a stupendously ignorant dumbass. Next time, get your supervisor to edit your articles before pressing the ''publish'' key, then you won't look like such a wiener, Mr Weiner.
compare herself with j's legendary SB performance. and michael is dead. so whatever legacy was it is over. janet is only superstar talent alive in the family. so instead wasting ur time and money on some shit like shitonna u should enjoy janet's music. it is seriously great and she is best performer when it comes to go live.
- Michael Jackson is one of the most famous names in human history and in one poll came 2nd to Jesus Christ (for this reason alone his impact on public opinion far outweighs Janets)
- Before the child abuse allegations, Michael Jackson was quoted in several articles and polls as being the most popular person on earth. Its is for this reason the child abuse allegations were made up to diminish public opinion of him as he became so popular, his potential impact on public opinion was considered a threat to the elites. As crazy as this sounds, its actually common behavior in the US
- He is widely renowed for his humanitarian efforts aswell as dontating 100's of millions of dollars to charity.
- He once quite famously donated his entire earnings from a world tour (circa 600 million dollars)
- Some of Michaels biggest hits include Heal The World, We Are The World, Earth Song, Man In The Mirror and They Dont Care About Us all of which adress in one way or another moral values, peace, politics, poverty, racism and corruption
This article seems ridiculous to me and I hope whoever wrote it wasn't being serious
Of course anyone with a brain knows that Michael's 1993 performance was the greatest ever. Janet's contribution was merely an unwitting aftermath of the actions of Timberlake and herself in 2004.
that were slaughtered and built on the backs of slave. " biblical views are love your fellow americans" "do unto others what you would have done to you" "thou shalt not kill" "`When an alien lives with you in your land, do not mistreat him. The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love him as yourself."
WOW just stupidity attention seeking at it's best. NO one performed better than Michael and Janet will never have a Cirque Show in tribute to her and neither will Madonna they have no impact on people in the way MJ did. He's the best of all time. period.
I believe it's racists trying to make us forget how incredible Michael was and brainwash the younger generation with this crap too bad no one is listening to you, we are too busy buying Crique Du Soleil tickets amd making his estate 1 million a night per show. WHO"S BAD??? The day Madonna sells out 50 shows at the O2 Arena in a couple of days will be the day hell freezes over (which means never) what kind of legacy is that?? The one no can can even come close to and you can continue to eat S**t because the truth is the truth. I guess you wanna be starting something.
There is no hate towards either Jackson, just stating that Janet is more synonymous with the biggest television even in the world.
The author of this article wrote: "it is unlikely that Michael's legacy will have more of a lasting impact than his sister Janet"
OMG that's NOT true, and It's even worse if the author of this article meant to say that Janet's exposure of her boobs even created a legacy and even more lasting than Michael Jackson's legacy! It's ridiculous absolutely.
I couldn't agree more!
Yeah lets forget that Michael has the biggest selling album, won the most awards, and had tge highest viewing superbowl show..
I'd like to see Janet sell out 50 concerts in 1 city..
Dumbest article of 2012 (it's only feb)