WHEN American pop superstar Michael Jackson walked out of the courthouse in Santa Maria, California, a free man on June 13 (June 14, Malaysian time), what was happening on radio (and television) at that moment? 

I was flipping through TV channels when I stumbled on the news-breaking story on CNN, and seconds later on BBC World, that the jury had reached a verdict after a week-long deliberation in MJ’s high-profile child molestation trial. News of the 1980s King of Pop’s acquittal following the four-month hearing was announced to the world at about 5.20am (Malaysian time).