Who believed Joe Jackson. MJ's father?

I just don't.Joe continues to say that he " did not beat them". I believed Michael. He was on the Larry King show which I did not see. The View was talking about it, and Barbara read transcripts from the ABC special that Mike said he "whooped us when we didn't get it right". meaning the moves and songs.Barbara, Joy, and even Elizabeth believed MJ too. Whoopi didn't say which way she felt about it. Sherry acted like the beatings were no big deal, and that it was just the way it was back then.