Composite image showing a screenshot of a Times article criticizing a Michael Jackson biopic alongside a photo of Jaafar Jackson, dressed in a red jacket portraying Michael Jackson, with headline text accusing writer Richard Morrison of reviving racist tropes.

How Richard Morrison of ‘The Times’ Revives Racist Tropes to Attack Michael Jackson

07/162026 Richard Morrison, once a name that carried some weight in cultural commentary, now reduced to recycling tabloid smears dressed up as moral outrage. His recent screed against the Michael biopic is not criticism; it is a hit job wrapped in the stained robes of false virtue. Morrison whines that the film “whitewashes” Jackson and turns him into a “saint.” He sneers at the $1 … Continue reading How Richard Morrison of ‘The Times’ Revives Racist Tropes to Attack Michael Jackson