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Angelus on 29 May 2018
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irstupid said:
DarthMetalliCube said:

People laugh at conspiracy theorists who talk of these corporate and media agendas, then you find out about stuff like this with everyone mysteriously coming out with articles around the same time that all sound roughly the same, and people still wonder where the theories come from lol.. Media is becoming far too obvious these days, they're totally showing their hand.

I love how defensive and damage control-esque these all sound, doesn't bode well for your product. Like, if the product is strong enough, it'll speak for itself, doesn't need media drones to come rushing to their defense to explain their case and try to convince fans.

It just feels like the Harvey Weinstein situation in regards to Disney and journalists. Like even us everyday Joe's knew that Hollywood was this big sexists, rapey environment. Weinstein and the many others after him are not shocks to us. The actual names we may not have known in some cases, but none of it shocks us.

Same with this. If in like 10 years some SHOCKING, in air quotes, article comes out showing how Disney bought off, threatened, had back door deals, ect with all these people in order to get good word out, would anyone actually be shocked?

I really don't think they have to bother with most of those things. It's really all pretty plainly out in the open for anyone paying attention. These huge companies - and Disney happens to be one of the biggest - simply make it clear to the media that hey....if you help us out, writing favorable articles, reviews, etc, then we'll help you out. We'll bring you out to big fancy events, maybe wine and dine you a little, feed you stories ahead of time, and so on. It's not particularly nefarious, it just means that a lot of the media is way more co-dependent on these big companies than we'd like. Which you know...ok, it's technically all above board (for the most part), but you still gotta be careful not to irreparably damage your credibility, and that's sort of where we are these days with most media outlets.