637 Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other
Among the many branches of news, entertainment news has always been a very special category, because since the birth of entertainment news, its target is gossip to satisfy people's desires/desires to peep into the private lives of public figures, so entertainment to death is its essence of the core. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info This has also led to a lot of entertainment gossip is chasing after the wind, and the "truth" as the core of the news has taken a back seat, thriller, excitement, accident, and drama, which is what this kind of news is pursuing.
As a result, in the thirties and forties of the last century, people called this kind of news "/sex/news" - because such news was published in yellow/color newsprint, especially those extremely exaggerated and fabricated plot techniques to exaggerate news events, especially about sex/sex, violence, and crime.
People read/sex/news, obviously not because it's true.
In the recent period, the news surrounding Lance is a very typical yellow/color/news, but in the absence of direct evidence to substantiate, it has become more and more intense because of the hot topicality of the central figure, and many media have also put the truth aside for the time being, fanning the flames and fueling the flames.
Generally speaking, even if the content of the report is false, the media will not feel guilty at all, and the purpose of entertaining the public has been achieved, and the sales of the newspaper have successfully rushed to a new high, which is enough, as for the later "clearing the innocence" and "clarifying the facts", they can continue to report without guilt, and turning their faces faster than turning the book, which is the basic skill of the entertainment industry media. Of course, there are many more media outlets that simply don't clarify and let it go.
This is how the so-called "negative image" comes about.
This time, though, things are slightly different. Since Helen Carey's debut, the media has hardly questioned the authenticity of the matter, and Lance, as the person concerned, has ignored it, not angry, not aggrieved, not embarrassed, but has no intention of responding at all. In the eyes of others, it can be understood as disdain, or it can be understood as self-purification, and it can also be understood as a rejection of hype, but the media chooses to understand it as a weak acquiescence, or even indifference. As a result, under the deliberate promotion of the media, things are getting more and more out of control.
When Helen was a guest on the "Oprah talk show", this "fake show" really reached a climax, vividly interpreting the spirit of entertainment to death in modern society - just a rhyme/event that has not yet been proven to be true, but it has successfully appeared on the top talk show broadcast in the United States. Strictly speaking, even if all the testimony of the waitress is confirmed, this is only a personal private life incident, and there is no need to appear on the show at all, and the "Oprah talk show" invited Helen to the show, which undoubtedly made their critical position clear, and wanted to follow Helen's time to stand on the moral high ground to attack Lance and the male group represented by Lance, so as to achieve a deeper purpose. The thing itself has changed its tone.
But now, it has been proven that it is just a lie, an oolong. In an instant, all the participants were disgraced and embarrassed.
In other words, it's like a cheap circus show, where the news media is originally an audience seated in a VIP box, cheering and cheering, guiding the atmosphere to a high or high tide. But when they came to their senses, they realized that they were not the audience, they were also part of the performers, they were just members of the monkey show, cheap performers. To make matters worse, they don't know it.
This humiliation simply made it impossible for them to get off the stage.
If Lance justifies the clarification, if Lance criticizes with indignation, if Lance justifies the justification...... Then the news media can completely uncover Helen's true face and reveal the truth of the matter by publishing Lance's response. But on the contrary, Lance has a bright and upright image that is not afraid of shadows, does not lose control of his emotions, does not make harsh accusations, just responds lightly, and then leaves a mess and allows the news media to discover the truth on their own - slap in the face.
This kind of taste is really good/soul.
Obviously, Lance didn't slap him, but the media reporter's cheeks were so hot that he couldn't raise his head.
However, the media couldn't say that it was to teach Lance a lesson, and things gradually began to get out of control; They cannot say that this was an accident in the struggle for collective interests, for in the final analysis both Lance and Helen were merely intermediaries competing for interests; They can't say that this is a trap from the previous scandal with Jessica, but they didn't expect that Lance was not fooled, but they dug a pit and buried themselves...... In such a situation, the media vented all their anger at Helen.
Helen, who left Los Angeles, was soon rediscovered in Austin, and with the paparazzi working together to search for her, Helen was nowhere to be found.
In the face of the media's fierce pursuit, Helen still gritted her teeth and was unwilling to admit it, she straightened her back and expressed her willingness to accept the paternity test, and condemned Lance with tears in her eyes, and even criticized the news media, "If you want to fabricate a fact, it can't be easier, I'm just a waitress in a coffee house, and I don't have any ability to resist." "The bloody accusations of the weak prevent the journalists from trying out all the weapons they have, because they know that the public will be on Helen's side - and this situation is precisely what they have created.
This pit is dug a little deep.
If it were placed at any other time, the media would have left the burden alone, let Helen have a baby, and then go for a paternity test, waiting for the truth to come out; But now the media urgently needs to divert their attention and get back the lost face, so they can't sit idly by.
As a result, the paparazzi began to launch a meticulous investigation in Austin, and the momentum was more serious than the official agency's investigation of the crime, and soon the matter came to light.
Helen has a stable relationship with her boyfriend, Taylor. Taylor said that since last year's Oscars, Helen has been in love with Lance, and with the advancement of time, there are gradually signs of magic, often Helen begins to fantasize about Lance becoming her boyfriend, even when the two of them are having sex, Helen will call Lance's name, which makes Taylor and Helen have a fierce quarrel, at the end of last year, Helen chose to break up with Taylor, Taylor tried his best to redeem it, but to no avail.
Helen's parents also corroborated Taylor's claim that their neighborhood was a small place, and the neighborhood knew that Helen and Taylor had been dating since high school.
The matter is still not over here, Helen vehemently denies Taylor and her parents' claims that it is a "conspiracy", and Lance refuses to admit her children, bribing all the media to create this illusion. Helen, who was on the verge of a mental breakdown, kept gritting her teeth, believing that the child in her womb was Lance's.
Later, accompanied by Helen's parents, Taylor and Helen went to the hospital for a puncture paternity test, which confirmed that the child's father was Taylor. Even so, Helen still believes that it is a lie, and everyone has joined forces to deceive her, and the doctor says that Helen has a mental illness and needs treatment.
At this point, the media reporters have gradually retreated, and the truth has been revealed, and it turns out that everything is just the delusion of an ordinary fan. But the problem is that they have turned this delusion into a national event, which is really a farce. In a fit of rage, the media collectively turned their guns on the initiator "America Weekly", and everyone condemned "America Weekly" for its irresponsible news, which is a large magazine with a nationwide distribution, not a gossip tabloid in a supermarket, and respect for the basis of facts is the basis of news reporting...... Etcetera.
All the news media stood on the moral high ground and condemned it with professional ethics. For a time, "America Weekly" was in turmoil, as if it had been seriously impacted, and in desperation, the latest issue of "America Weekly" made a formal apology to Lance and clarified all misunderstandings, which can be regarded as calming down the turmoil.
It is worth noting that the apology of "USA Weekly" was addressed to Lance, not Helen, and did not mention the ugliness of other news outlets. In this way, the media industry has quietly ignored the fact that they have been complicit in the abuse, and whitewashed the peace. What is even more interesting is that, on the surface, "American Weekly" seems to have become a rat crossing the street, but later official sales statistics show that "American Weekly" topped sales throughout August, 20 percentage points higher than July, which ranked second, and 7 percentage points higher than its direct competitor, "Entertainment Weekly". In other words, "America Weekly" not only did not take a hit, but on the contrary, it gained the upper hand and made a lot of money, and even the "apology" became a means of hype, and it really made a lot of money.
This is the media. In other words, this is business.
"Oprah talk show" also officially apologized in the latest episode of the program, expressing sincere apologies for the collateral damage caused by the previous fake news, Oprah even sent a very friendly invitation to Lance, "Mr. Strello is welcome to the show at any time, I hope we can sincerely apologize and have a friendly conversation." ”
Oprah's trick is really clever, won the public's forgiveness, lightly exposed all the topics, and at the same time hyped up the topic for the second time, won the ratings, and paved the way for Lance to appear on the show in the future, killing three birds with one stone, well done!
When all the media looked back on the noise of the whole summer, they suddenly found that they tried their best to suppress Lance, teach Lance a lesson, and besiege Lance, but after all the negative news, the name of "Inglourious Basterds" was called, and it spread to almost every corner of the North American continent, but it didn't seem to really shake the image of Lance, but instead became a kind of nickname, which made people full of curiosity about various anecdotes about Lance, and Lance's recognition rose sharply, and it really came from behind the scenes to the front of the scenes. It gave the North American audience a comprehensive introduction to this new director who has been in the industry in the past two years.
Seem...... Not only was Lance not suppressed, but even hotter.
Therefore, who is the winner and who is the loser, and what has been brought after spending such a toss-up and twists and turns, the media seems to be a little confused, and they can't say why, so they can only wait for time to give an answer. However, it is certain that for Hollywood, people's impression of Lance has not changed - he is still the most sought-after director at the moment! (To be continued.) )