Did Man in the Mirror feel politically powerful when first released?

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Watching the Man in the Mirror, Michael Jackson music video. I’ve see it before but in the current culture of war and the man made famine in Gaza it feels like nothing has changed from 1988.

I wonder what impact that video had at the time, before 24/7 news coverage and social media.

I think it was all over the news anyway. I remember having seen a lot of the footage before the video was made.

Don't forget most people read newspapers back then, online news and social media has basically replaced them. Just because we got our news a day or two later, rather than immediately, doesn't mean the impact wasn't as great.

MJ was great for bringing humanitarian (and other global) issues to the forefront.

He was a hero of mine. It disturbs me greatly when Millenials and Gen Z dismiss him out of hand because of unproven accusations.

He brought a lot of good to millions.

You're right though, very little has changed. The 80s were fucked up in many ways but things feel worse now.