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Michael Jackson Hoax: Video was an "Experiment" of Germany's RTL

by Scott Wu | August 31, 2009 at 02:14 pm

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Michael Jackson is still dead as far as we know. The Youtube video of Michael Jackson getting out of a coroner's van that spread like wildfire over the week was actually a footage produced by a German TV station as an "experiment".

Heike Schultz from RTL said, "We sent out a press release before we did the video to alert everyone that it was fake, but once posted it spread really fast." The video got 900,000 views, posted under the user name "michaeljacksonhoax".

RTL produced the video for its daily magazine "Explosive" to tell people not to take information at face value, the station's representative said.

"This was so obviously fake, in the case of Michael Jackson, it just was not possible," Schultz said.

According to Schultz, some viewers have been happy that the magazine showed them how easy it was to fake information online. Others who were Michael Jackson fans have told RTL that this was the wrong topic to do this kind of experiment on.

The good thing about spreading a hoax is that you will be the first to break the story, and the first to debunk your own story. RTL did prove that the die-hard fans will believe in anything, but don't we all know that already? In my opinion: shameless pandering disguised as sociological experiment.

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grace smith (not verified)

at 21:17 on August 31st, 2009

i think a lot of people will believe that michael jackson is alive,but thats is a pretty good hoax,it played in people mind,you get people confuse.I loved it

Keny Luger (not verified)

at 14:40 on September 1st, 2009

I think they did it to get attention and they came up with an excuse because they knew they were walking a very thin line. Why play with someone's death?

Pipi (not verified)

at 23:13 on September 5th, 2009

Though I am not a fan of MJ or any of this world's so called "stars" "celebrities", I find this sort of hoax (or any hoax for that matter) as a sick joke. When Bruce Lee died, many of his fans did not believe it, same goes for Elvis Presley & currently, many of MJ's fans are still in denial; a group has posted that they will look for him (!)..........somehow all these fans have placed these famous persons above the human race (as if death can elude them). I feel sorry for them. Then......along comes this video that shows MJ is still alive. After that, boooom........no... sorry it is a hoax, we were just experimenting. Can you stop one minute & ponder what this does to these people's fragile emotions & minds ? Do be kind, deal with others as you would want in return..........we all have only one life to live, make it count positively.......