Could behavioral profiling be a tool to prevent indictment in the press?

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Carol Forsloff - Rod Blagojevich  pleaded innocent to charges he tried to sell Obama's former
Senate seat, and a jury found it difficult to
establish his guilt.  Could a behavioral profiler have helped journalists ask the right questions with him and  Michael Jackson?


Journalists covered the story of the former Governor in great detail in a barrage of stories before and
after President Obama was elected.  Blagojevich again is in the news.  The jury was undecided on 23 of 24 charges against him and found him guilty of one, lying to federal investigators.

The personal details of Blagojevich's life, his unique statements and pronouncements surrounding
the issue of selling the Senate seat, about which he had been accused,
became recited in the press many times.



Could behavioral profiling been helpful as background for asking right questions and perhaps making some hypothesis
about the direction a story might take?  Having an example of how this is done shows the unique possibilities this skill provides those who have to make determinations on how to write a story about the personality of an individual, when sometimes an interview is not possible or one only has snippets of that.  Might it add to those "bag of tricks" people need to do investigative work in the field of journalism?

Whether it is the President of the United States Barack Obama or an entertainer in the news, personalities
can be misinterpreted enough to cause heartache for years.  That was true in the case of Michael Jackson.

Michael Jackson was said to have been disappointed and often depressed, suffering intense stress at times
from being accused of having sex with boys, without specific evidence
or with evidence from families with serious dysfunctional ways.  



Behavioral profilers, used most often in criminal cases, can give insights to media people and others
that might prevent certain injustices, as occurred with Michael Jackson,
tried and convicted in the press, then found not guilty in court and
vindicated after his death.



Kim Iannetta is a world-renown
behavioral profiler who has what people in Hawaii declare is an uncanny
way of uncovering details about individuals that people who have known
them for years are in awe at her skill.



Some time ago, this writer asked Iannetta to assess the personality of Michael Jackson, something that
deserves repeating as reflecting on how knowing the impression of highly
skilled behavioral profiling experts might be helpful to journalists
before they write about personalities and indict before guilt is
established.  It can also help in asking the right questions.

Iannetta is a behavioral profiler using handwriting, one of the world’s foremost
experts in her field. She has this to say about Michael Jackson:

From my point of view Michael could not let go of his family and memories
associated with it. Signature is an M, and bound to his family name
which is spelled out. Although he has unique writing, the lead-in
strokes on his words also drag along the memories from the past, as well
as his letter L which dips into his memories. His emotions were
expressed through his music and lifestyle, always looking for the little
boy lost. His very carefully retraced d strokes show his ability to
mostly keep contained as he looked for approval from his family and the
difficult world he entered into. His sensitivity was so strong that life
was a difficult burden. INFP? (in the extreme) His brilliance is seen
in his ability to see into people, see into the world of dreams, and his
ability to strategize. His trust was damaged though he still maintained
the dream of wonderment. The pain of his life put out his fire, and he
left for Neverland where he could fly free once more.

Handwriting analysis is both science and art, according to its proponents. Ms. Iannetta
has been recognized in Hawaii by the Honolulu Police Department, the
Prosecuting Attorney’s Office, Jan Weinburg, one of the top 100
attorneys in America, and numerous legal and security authorities as
having uncanny abilities in determining personality characteristics in
handwriting. She is one of the few handwriting experts who have
participated in controlled research.
Her evaluations of patients at Hawaii State Hospital, a facility for
psychiatric patients, were considered by professional staff and
researchers to be as accurate as trained psychologists and
psychiatrists.

trialrun This is a piece of Michael Jackson's writing with key elements that have been highlighted by Kimon Iannetta, handwriting behavioral profiler

Having
this unique glimpse into the personality of a well-known personality
like Michael Jackson indicates an individual who truly was that lover of
the magic, the wonder of being a child.  He was, according to this
analysis, a child-man who truly loved children and who had strong family
attachments and sensitive personal bonds.



Those bonds are not depicted as
sexual, so intimated in media accounts where accusations became explored
in great detail from individuals who were later found not to be
credible sources.



How much better would have been the
foundation for writing the stories of Jackson and other personalities
if journalists had consultation with behavioral profiling experts and
resources that could help folks understand personality as a foundation
for asking right questions.



In the case of Michael Jackson,
those questions, the analysis comes now too late; but not, as experts
like Iannetta have demonstrated, for the possibility to be explored with
other media folk in that rush to get the right story.