Journos Want More Michael Access

News organizations covering Michael Jackson's child-molestation trial are ready for the secrecy around the case to beat it.

On Wednesday, media attorney Theodore Boutrous, who represents a wide range of news outlets, was due to ask a three-judge panel of California's 2nd District Court of Appeal to lift the gag order barring attorneys in the case from speaking publicly about it.

Also on Boutrous' agenda: to do away with the practice of holding hearings in secret and to obtain the release of several documents that have not been released to the public at all or only in heavily redacted form.

The documents in question include the grand jury indictment and numerous motions and search warrants, including the warrant that touched off the initial infamous search of Jackson's Neverland Ranch in November 2003.

Boutrous said that an unprecedented shroud of secrecy has loomed over the case, making it difficult for the public to observe whether justice is being served.

"We think these are very important issues for the public and its right of access to the criminal justice system," Boutrous said.

Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Rodney Melville has said that he wants the documents to remain sealed to prevent polluting the jury pool. He's afraid the info would allow potential jurors to form biases about the case before the trial begins--even though he has barred the 230 prospective panelists from reading news accounts of the Jackson case.

Attorneys were scheduled to begin screening potential jurors on Monday, but the Q&A sessions were pushed back a week following the death of lead Jackson attorney Thomas Mesereau's sister. The trial is set to continue next Monday.

In other Jackson news, the embattled entertainer's least favorite journalist, Martin Bashir, is on the job again, working to dig up the dirt on the man he once referred to as "disturbing."

In a segment due to air on ABC's 20/20on Friday, Bashir interviewed former Jackson crony Corey Feldman, who has stood by the Moonwalker--up until now.

The former child star, who has said in the past that nothing untoward ever occurred during the times he spent in Jackson's company at Neverland, is now singing a different tune.

"I started looking at each piece of information?and with that came this sickening realization that there have been many occurrences in my life and in my relationship to Michael that have created a question of doubt," Feldman said.

Meanwhile, Celebrity Justice recently obtained a 1993 police interview with Feldman, conducted at the time of the first investigation into child-molestation allegations against Jackson.

Over the course of the two-hour interview, Feldman, then 22, reportedly discusses things he's seen at Neverland and his relationship to Jackson, as well as the popster's friendships with other child stars, including Emmanuel Lewis and Macaulay Culkin.

The Goonies star denies that he was ever molested by Jackson in the recording, but allows that indeed he was molested as a teen. However, per Celebrity Justice, the police on the tape are so focused on grilling Feldman on things pertaining to Jackson that they all but ignore his admission.

No word on whether Feldman will be asked to take the stand at Jackson's trial, but published reports have indicated that Culkin and Lewis may be called upon to recount their childhood memories of the Gloved One.

Jackson faces charges on 10 felony counts ranging from child molestation to conspiracy. In a recent interview with Geraldo Rivera, the popster expressed his belief that he would be "acquitted and vindicated when the truth is told."