
"He was a pervert, a child molester; he was a pedophile. And to be giving this much coverage to him, day in and day out, what does it say about us as a country? I just think we're too politically correct."
New York congressman Peter King (no relation to the king of pop) blasted society's glorification of the late Michael Jackson [1]. King conceded that Michael Jackson "may have been a good singer" and "did some dancing" — but he maintained that in the end, there's nothing good to say about the controversial entertainer.