January 11, 2011
Steve Koonin – President, Turner Entertainment Networks
Marc Juris – Executive Vice President & General Manager
Darren Campo – Senior Vice President of Programming, Production & Development
truTV
600 Third Avenue, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10016
Dear Sirs,
It has come to my attention that investigative journalist Diane Dimond has been assigned by truTV (formerly Court TV) to act as a commentator on the preliminary trial hearings in the case of The People vs. Dr. Conrad Murray. As you are likely aware, Dr. Murray has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the 2009 death of Michael Jackson.
From 2003 until 2005, Court TV employed Dimond as an anchor and correspondent assigned to cover Jackson’s trial in which he faced molestation charges. Her coverage was widely criticized at the time for being heavily biased, pro-prosecution, and entirely nonobjective. Dimond’s history covering Jackson dates back to her days with the tabloid show Hard Copy in the early ’90s when unsubstantiated claims were made against Jackson—coverage for which she similarly criticized to the point of being accused of interfering with the investigation. She has also written a book about Michael Jackson consisting in large part of speculation, rumor, hearsay, and outright lies about the trial in 2005 that culminated in his acquittal on all charges against him.
Diane Dimond has made a lot of money off of the trials, tribulations, and, ultimately, the death of Michael Jackson. She has a vested interested in sensationalized coverage, and cannot be trusted as an unbiased source for fair, accurate journalism in any matter associated with the man. Her interest is in promoting herself as a “Jackson expert” at any cost, whether that means reporting fact, speculation, or total fabrications.
In fact, in August 2005—following the reading of a “not guilty” verdict on all ten charges levied against Jackson—Dimond’s entire investigative unit at Court TV was dismantled, and her contract was terminated. This was a wise decision on the part of Court TV, who had invested enormous sums of money in exhaustive coverage of Jackson’s trial, much of it spent perpetuating the “guilty before proven innocent”-style reporting that Dimond brought to the network.
Now, under its new name, truTV has brought Dimond back to once again as a commentator on a court case involving Michael Jackson. This action is a slap in the face to your viewers, who have come to expect coverage of current events that is as your name implies: True.
Please remove Diane Dimond as a commentator on any Jackson-related matters. There are a lot of eyes on this trial, and your audience deserves better.
Sincerely,
Filthy Tabloid Trash
7 Comments
Comment by eva maria uhl — 01/11/2011 @ 1:31 pm
dear diane,
thank you most for this true post.
i have to promise myself:i will never read,never trust any tabloid
trash.also,i have no tv in my home.i dont want that anybody manipu-
lates me anymore.
we see,whats happened with michael jackson.
we will never,never forget this ashaming disaster in history.
thats makes me really angry and upset.
michael jackson was one of the finest,honest,friendly,carest and
beloved human in the world,and i must believe,that all this guilty,
ugly and badest devils will pay much harder prize in the world…
with love,eva maria.
Comment by FTT — 01/11/2011 @ 1:33 pm
Eva Maria: Diane Dimond is the name of the investigative reporter that we are seeking to have removed from all coverage of Michael Jackson-related issues. She is not the author of this letter.
Comment by Amber — 01/11/2011 @ 2:06 pm
YES! Excellent. This woman needs to be dismissed from any kind of reporting period. Waste of skin.
Comment by MaryRM — 01/11/2011 @ 11:46 pm
letters to them that you will cancel your subscription to TruTV and also sending letters to the advertisers of the program are what will catch their attention. They think she will attract ratings, their only reason for hiring her is business. They need to be sent a clear message that hiring her will adversely affect business. It is the only thing they care about.
Comment by susanb — 01/12/2011 @ 1:24 pm
This woman worked hand in hand with Sneddon to help destroy Michael and then had the audacity to Publish a book which had her own twisted bias on every page. She, like so many others, seems to have an insatiable thirst for ANYTHING pertaining to Michael.
Comment by Queeny — 01/15/2011 @ 2:59 pm
Diane Dimond trashes and shames the Journalism profession. She is a resented, evil, liar, slanderous woman. She is a slap in the face to objectivity and truth, she has betrayed her responsability and duties of having an open microphone which reaches the masses. USA can’t have this kind of people on the media, lying to the people.
Comment by meigadas — 01/15/2011 @ 3:36 pm
this woman is an example of pathological obsessive attitude and a wonderful puppet in the hands of those who make the misrepresentation, manipulation and contempt a livelihood
at first it disgusted me, now it makes me sad, because it is a clear example of how words can become the most lethal weapon
but we also know to speak and we have something that this woman does not have: collective intelligence and collective memory. In one year we`ve proved that the word, our word is strong: uncovering MJ `s name, stopping Discovery Channel … We Can Do More, We Have to continue.
Thank you for making possible
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