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Journalist’s troubled tale of power and ethics is perfect for drama, says his friend and former colleague
It was amazing television: superstar Michael Jackson sharing his bed with children, blowing a million dollars in a Las Vegas shopping spree and showing us round his weird mancave, Neverland. And I remember exactly where I was when I saw it: in a screening for ITV’s Tonight team at a Covent Garden hotel with the man who made it, Martin Bashir.
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