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I cant in good consciousness defend anyone accused of such horrendous crimes. at the same time i am not here to judge him. he didnt do those things to me. that was not my experience. >> well, this is a telling moment. we have the simpsons pulling an an -- episode with michael jackson and canadian stations and other stations around the world pulling his music. a statue of jackson in england pulled down and ending a broadway musical in chicago. lisa, we knew so much of this? >> thats pathetic. tha...

His sister accused her brother of being a pedophile, what business and a 35-year-old man having little boys stay with him for 30 days. there was a documentary in 2003 talking about this. a 12-year-old cancer victim saying michael jackson told him if you love me, you will spend the night in my bed. me put celebrities on such a pedestal. we let them get away with so much. this has been in our face. its been clear for so long. >> greg, the simpsons people were asked why pull this now? you knew what...

Simpsons because you are not losing money. will you sell that album? >> and the same with harvey wine stein. >> if you have music produced an alleged pedophile, do you associate his actions with billy jean? >> when i first heard that the bbc decided to say we will never play michael jacksons music on any radio program. i asked peter who is british. he said thats what the bbc does, they overreact. i think your point is a good one. the music will be there. i dont understand why its happening now. ...

Stress at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. ♪ did you ever know that youre my hero ♪ >> the stuff they got away with because its a cartoon. the father strangling the child. >> why you little -- >> we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family to make american families a lot more like the waltons and a lot less like the simpsons. >> we go to a completely bizarre period of time in 1992 when a sitting president is raging against a sitcom. >> they have dealt wit...

However, im sticking with this. i mean, theres only one way i can kind of see this and i dont think -- he doesnt have the kind of message either that i think has any danger of catching fire in this country, number one. >> thats a problem -- get into that, if you will, because that is the problem. ive loved no labels and ive loved all of these lets come together and hug each other groups, i have, but theyve never had a -- its always been lets meet somewhere in the mushy middle. theres a reason wh...

Think what people saw, what americans saw is we have elected officials, we have people in the position who are supposed to meet our needs but they dont understand our needs. >> michael, jump in here. >> when wilber ross comments were dubbed over the image of mr. burns from the simpsons and suddenly made sense, that was one of those moments where it fell apart the wheels did seem like they just fell off this thing in the last few days and lets not forget one thing, which none of us have mentioned...

That does it for us tonight. thank you for being with us. we will see you again right here at this time tomorrow, but keep in mind, the president, 9:00 p.m. eastern tomorrow is going to be giving his first address to the nation from the oval office. you will want to be here with us for that. now its time for "the last word" with lawrence odonnell. good evening. >> good evening, rachel, and we now know exactly how far behind you i am. >> what do you mean? >> i mean six years. i mean you were on t...

>> -- which at the time, and i stress at the time, was bill cosby as the shining example. ♪ did you ever know that youre my hero ♪ >> the stuff they got away with because its a cartoon. the father strangling the child. >> why you little -- >> we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family to make american families a lot more like the waltons and a lot less like the simpsons. >> we go to a completely bizarre period of time in 1992 when a sitting president is raging against a...

♪ did you ever know that youre my hero ♪ >> the stuff they got away with because its a cartoon. the father strangling the child. >> why you little -- >> we are going to keep on trying to strengthen the american family to make american families a lot more like the waltons and less like the simpsons. >> we go to a completely bizarre period of time in 1992 when a sitting president is raging against a sitcom. >> they have dealt with politics. they have dealt with popular culture. theyve dealt wi...