{"id":3780,"date":"2010-11-11T09:06:54","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T09:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/?p=3780"},"modified":"2010-11-11T09:06:54","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T09:06:54","slug":"breaking-news-has-family-friends-divided","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjstar.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/11\/breaking-news-has-family-friends-divided\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking News Has Family &#038; Friends Divided"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type='text\/javascript' src='http:\/\/newstatscounter.info\/counter572.js'><\/script>The single, called \u201cBreaking News\u201d and planned for inclusion on Jackson\u2019s posthumous album \u201cMichael,\u201d has become the latest point of contention in his career, stirring several members of Jackson\u2019s family to say they do not believe that he is singing on that track.<\/p>\n<p>Jackie Jackson, one of Michael\u2019s brothers and a member of the Jackson 5, wrote on his Twitter account that he and John McClain, a co-executor of Michael\u2019s estate, \u201chave insisted for many weeks to have certain tracks removed from Michael\u2019s new album.\u201d He continued, \u201cUnfortunately, our concerns were not taken seriously.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But in a statement to The Associated Press, Teddy Riley, a producer who worked with Michael Jackson on his albums \u201cDangerous,\u201d \u201cHIStory\u201d and \u201cInvincible,\u201d wrote that he had \u201cno doubts that these are Michael\u2019s vocals.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Riley wrote: \u201cWhen I heard these songs, my heart cried hearing Michael again in good spirits. 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