Martin Bashir
Martin Bashir
Martin Bashiris a British journalist who was a political commentator for MSNBC, hosting Martin Bashir, and a correspondent for NBC's Dateline NBC. He was previously an anchor for ABC's Nightline after initially gaining prominence on British television with his BBC interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, and then his controversial fly on the wall documentary with pop singer Michael Jackson on ITV. On 4 December 2013, Bashir resigned from his position at MSNBC after he made "ill-judged comments" about the...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth19 January 1963
The film was fair to his musical achievement and gave him every opportunity to explain himself.
I have an inate curiosity about people.
I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity.
He was very concerned about his children potentially being kidnapped or attached, and that's why they were covered up. When he went to Berlin zoo, there were 200 photographers.
It was a challenging experience. I'm looking forward to a break.
We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.
This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason.
The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.
I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts.
The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He denied it all. I was asking him to compare his face with what it looked like years ago.
The children don't wear their masks at home and in controlled surroundings.
Press coverage has been difficult for him. I did not set out to ensnare him with a child.
It's terrible. How can we tell the world who the real Michael Jackson is?
Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.