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Jackson Denies B.E.T. Snub

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Saturday, 07 July 2007
Jackson Denies B.E.T. Snub Michael Jackson has blasted claims he was too busy to appear at the Black Entertainment Television awards, branding the allegations "false and defamatory." The singer was asked to appear at the B.E.T. ceremony in Los Angeles on June 26 to perform a special "Thriller" album tribute and to present his mentor Diana Ross with a Lifetime Achievement Award -- but news agencies claimed Jackson was "too incapacitated to appear." Jackson's spokeswoman Raymone K. Bain says the information "being disseminated in the media with regards to Mr. Jackson's invitation is false. We cannot understand why anyone affiliated with the program would deliberately misrepresent the facts or attempt to defame Mr. Jackson. "Mr. Jackson spoke personally to B.E.T. CEO Debra Lee regarding his invitation to attend the ceremony. Mr. Jackson respects B.E.T. and was one of the first recording artists to demand that his record company cooperate with, at the time, a newly established network." Source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=7&entry_id=18316 Set as favorite Bookmark Email This Hits: 416 Comments (0) Subscribe to this comment's feed Write comment Name Email Website Title Comment smaller \| bigger Subscribe via email (Registered users only) I have read and agree to the Terms of Usage. Write the displayed characters