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This is a decades old story.
The show runners themselves pulled the episode because the thought of Jackson using The Simpsons to get to kids was "icky" to put it lightly.
Calling it corporate censorship, is just bullshit.
The news corporations had a major hand in framing Michael Jackson - who was literally innocent. So if the creators removed someone because corporate made money by pretending he is guilty, it is corporate censorship.
https://themichaeljacksonallegationsblog.wordpress.com/
Not even remotely true. Disney pulled the episode in March 2019 after the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland premiered.
Doesn't change the fact it was the production staff of the Simpsons that pulled the episode. Not Disney,
Correct. We don't need to make stuff up to hate Disney, there's plenty enough to hate already
Death of the author, Brooks. You don't get to tear a page out of an already published book.
That said, Disney's decision not to show that episode is a separate one. Both parties suck tbh