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The tabloid Star<\/em> magazine has challenged<\/a> musician Michael Jackson to a lie detector “test.” Excerpt: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

IS he or isn’t he?<\/strong><\/p>

The one question millions of Americans want to ask is whether Michael Jackson is a sexual predator of children. Or is he merely an eccentric 44-year-old entertainer with a fondness for kids bordering on the bizarre?<\/p>

He has admitted to sleeping in the same bed with young boys but denies any sexual contact with them, despite having settled a multimillion-dollar lawsuit involving a 13-year-old kid. So who is the real Michael Jackson and what is the real story?<\/p>

Star magazine is now giving Jackson the chance to settle this disturbing national debate. We are offering Jackson $1 million to take a lie detector test. If he truthfully answers the “10 Questions America Wants to Ask” in a simple “yes or no” format, he would prove whether he has been unfairly branded a monster.<\/p>

The questions range from the depth of his involvement with young boys to whether or not he really had sex with Lisa Marie Presley. “This is a bona-fide offer to Michael Jackson,” says Star Editorial Director Tony Frost, who fired off to Jackson a registered letter about the offer. “Once and for all, Michael could put all the rumors and innuendoes to rest.”<\/p>

…<\/p>

Star has chosen one of the country’s foremost specialists, retired Miami Police Homicide Detective Nelson Andreu. He owns the highly respected Deception Check Polygraph and Investigative Services<\/a> in Miami. In addition to an impressive list of credentials, Andreu is certified by the Florida court system as a polygrapher of sexual offenders. He has tested hundreds of suspects.<\/p>

“A polygraph measures the involuntary physiological changes in a person being interviewed,” Andreu explains. “No one can beat it. I’ll be happy to work with Mr. Jackson.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Passing or failing a lie detector “test” puts nothing to rest: polygraphy is a pseudoscientific fraud that has no diagnostic value. It may, however, have some value as a promotional stunt for sensationalistic publications like Star<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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