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Morning Wire

How Should We Think About Michael Jackson?

Morning Wire

The Daily Wire

News, Daily News

4.926.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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The new blockbuster biopic “Michael” presents a glamorous and triumphant portrait of the world’s biggest pop star, which critics say whitewashes his legacy. Filmmaker Dan Reed joins the show to discuss his award-winning documentary “Leaving Neverland,” which chronicles some of the sexual abuse allegations that plagued Jackson during the final decades of his life. Get the facts first with Morning Wire.- - -Ep. 2766- - -Wake up with new Morning Wire merch: https://bit.ly/4lIubt3- - -Today's Sponsors:Fast Growing Trees - Visit https://fastgrowingtrees.com to get 20% off your first purchase when using the code WIRE at checkout.Alliance Defending Freedom - Visit https://JoinADF.com/WIRE or text 'WIRE' to 83848 to learn more.- - -Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacymorning wire,morning wire podcast,the morning wire podcast,Georgia Howe,John Bickley,daily wire podcast,podcast,news podcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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The new blockbuster

0:07.0

The new blockbuster biopic Michael presents a glamorous and triumphant portrait of the world's biggest pop star.

0:17.0

The crowd pleaser has brought in massive box office revenues despite mixed reviews from critics

0:22.0

who've called out its whitewashing of Michael's legacy, particularly claims of child sexual abuse

0:27.7

that plagued the final decades of his life.

0:30.2

He told me if they ever found out what we were doing, he and I would go to jail for the rest

0:36.4

of our lives.

0:37.5

In this episode, we sit down with the director of the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland,

0:42.8

which chronicles sexual abuse allegations against Jackson and was controversially pulled

0:47.9

from the platform after a legal battle.

0:50.6

I'm Daily Wire Executive Editor John Bickley with Georgia Howe.

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