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Post by coolclearwaters on Oct 13, 2017 23:48:12 GMT
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Post by ellie on Oct 13, 2017 23:52:11 GMT
Ellie said: And I think it is also important to remember that the bottom line depends on the appetite of their customers - the audience that they are catering to. If there are lots of scandal stories it’s because that is what they think their customers are interested in. Whenever you are talking about “the media” it means the readers and watchers of that media. They are the ones who drive the content. So the public is a key element in all of this. This doesn’t happen in a vacuum. It is the public that also thrives on scandal. Well yes exactly. Unfortunately there is a huge appetite for scandal. In general bad news sells more newspapers and gets more clicks than good news., Dissapointing but true 😕
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Post by ellie on Oct 13, 2017 23:55:48 GMT
Which is why they will go after him big time now. Aside from the seriousness of the allegations theres a lot of scores to settle on the part of the journos.
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Post by sgev1977 on Oct 13, 2017 23:56:27 GMT
The ironic part is that his studio wasn't the most powerful in Hollywood or the richest. It was a semi-indie. The thing is he diversified and I guess he controlled a lot of people in different areas. He was a bully. Also from the Biskind book, apparently indies studios were much worst environments than big Hollywwod studios. They were almost like gangsters.
I also imagine that big studios are more professional and can actually survive if they lose their head. See Sony. I'm not sure about Weinstein Co.
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Post by coolclearwaters on Oct 14, 2017 0:01:42 GMT
Well, they need to engage in some self-examination. They also need to adopt policies about their journalists working as consultants and scriptwriters for the people they’re supposed to be covering. NBC is getting a lot of criticism for refusing to work with Ronan Farrow. That’s why he had to go to the New Yorker.
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Post by ellie on Oct 14, 2017 0:06:41 GMT
The media business is one big corrupt mess.
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Post by coolclearwaters on Oct 14, 2017 0:09:16 GMT
I also don’t think this story is about pandering to the public’s love of scandal. I thought reporting on actual crimes is the job of the press, This story also involves corruption and financial malfeasance in a large, influential industry - exactly the kind of thing the press should investigate.
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Post by ellie on Oct 14, 2017 0:18:23 GMT
Yes it does. But the media also loves to spread the dirt as wide as possible and drag as many famous people in as possible no matter how tenuous the link to increase interest. It’s not just about profiting from the public,s love of scandal but that does play a part.,
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Post by MagdaFR on Oct 14, 2017 0:51:12 GMT
The film blogs are posting and reposting the same stories for clicks. The Hollywood Reporter tweeted a past interview with HW that had nothing to do with the recent news.
Some news about TWC. They totally knew about Harvey.
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Post by coolclearwaters on Oct 14, 2017 1:02:37 GMT
Believe it or not, I had a friend who worked for a photographer in New York. They hired an ice sculptor for one shoot. She was going over his contract and noticed some odd charges. She asked him about them and he said “Oh, that’s the ‘got yelled at’ charge”. I’ve always liked the idea of a ‘got yelled at charge’.
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