MRC’s Brian Boyd, our CBS expert, noted I must have faltered in my CBS memory after a chaser of too much “Fairly Oddparents” on Nickelodeon. Co-host Rene Syler, NOT co-host Harry Smith, promised this morning: “Michael Jackson’s child molestation case is back in court today as the singer fights new rumors about his personal life. We’ll have details.”
Having baited viewers into the program with the promise of “details,” CBS reporter Hattie Kauffman only relayed that Jackson’s camp “may also ask the judge to lift the gag order so they can address stories and rumors about the singer.” Attorney Trent Copeland added: “They’ll want to respond to some of the salacious and inflammatory articles that have come out recently that have been largely against Michael Jackson’s interest.”