Chapter 462: Truth and Lies (I)
"Hahaha - you're so humorous! Really, let me laugh a little longer—" At the scene full of laughter, Conan. O'Brien laughed a few more times, and then his expression straightened, "So, Chris! I'm probably going to ask you a very sensitive question -- we all know that you and I care a lot about a friend Jennifer. Jefferson had an unfortunate accident. ”
"Yes—" Chris, who was still smiling next to Conan, said in a low voice. "And bringing it up on such a merry show is really- you have to let me deal with my emotions, Conan."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I need to provide you with tissues, Chris, are you going to cry?" The audience first let out a sympathetic 'woo', but then chuckled as Conan took care of it, "If you're going to cry, it's cruel, but—"
Conan snapped his fingers and gave a gesture to the camera to pull Chris closer, and in the midst of chuckles and uncontrollable sighs, Chris shook his head, and he said with some anger, "No, I don't want to cry, of course it was a very unfortunate accident, but Jennifer is a very strong girl, she'll get through it, I believe that, and the doctor is optimistic about the condition - it's just this, well, the ubiquitous thing is very angry, I mean, While Jennifer was lying there fighting that stalker, the TV media was flooding the air with news that questioned everything about her, as if he wasn't dead -- you know what I mean, whether the email was true or not, the spirit that the stalker represented wasn't dead, the malevolent, consumer-famous spirit wasn't dead because they were talented and famous—"
"Oh, it hurts," Conan said as he looked like he had been hit hard, rubbing his face and grinning, "but the Conan Show never talked about the news - of course we did, but it's worth mentioning that I used a mocking attitude, and Jon. Stewart – We're pretty persistent on this matter. ”
He echoed Chris's practice of dividing camps, and occupying the moral high ground made the audience chuckle again, and Chris also laughed angrily, "Okay, so should we blame the news program?" I think what should really be crusaded against is the psychology of the masses to watch the excitement - what are you kidding, no one is out of danger, but what you care about is those nonsense rumors and scandals, just because they cater to your voyeuristic desires? bullsh*t! Just because of the existence of you people, the paparazzi will go too far again and again, rummaging through trash cans, tracking, hacking, completely illegal hotbeds, including watching this show now just to hear me talk about it, because you guys have become suspicious of j.j, bullsh*t, ok? f**kyou! You don't have the right to care about this at all, it's your right to care about whether O.J killed his wife, but it's not your right to care about his private life, ok? All the paparazzi who want to talk to me about this get out of the way of me, you don't deserve to stand with me as people at all! ”
When he became more and more angry, and even obviously out of control, when he stood up and compared his middle finger to the screen, Conan also applauded vigorously, and even compared his middle finger with some exaggeration, which also made the audience sigh and laugh a little, however, there is no real rough scene on the NBC screen, Chris's swear words and middle finger are processed, leaving only mosaics and 'beep' sounds.
"Totally understood! Dude, you know exactly what you mean! Conan also unbuttoned his two buttons and made a look of righteous indignation, "It's like one time Andy had a car accident in front of his house and the airbag popped out - didn't it, Andy?" You're leaning on your airbag, thinking about how to hit 911, and a paparazzi approaches you—"
His good friend, who is also the sidekick of the show, Andy. Richard made a demented look, as if he had just been hit, and was a little frightened, while Conan imitated the paparazzi's high-pitched voice and asked, "Mr. Richard, that magazine under your ass - is that Playboy?" ”
Chris laughed as the audience laughed, he sat back on the couch, took a sip of water, and crawled through the bangs that had just slipped from being too excited, and his handsome posture caused a burst of screams, and Conan continued, "But then again, I think I have to say something for CNN and NBC News, in fact, if you haven't noticed, this whole thing should have started with the first public report by WS, and before that, it was just another very common rumor-letter incident, We can receive more than 80 leaking emails a day in our mailbox without credentials-"
Chris interrupted in surprise, "Really? ”
His demeanor provoked a burst of laughter, and Conan nodded exaggeratedly, "Sometimes even hundreds, Chris, I won't say how many of them are about you - most of the time, of course, these emails don't have a chance to be on the show, so they can't get the public's attention, and it's precisely because Fox News was the first to report on this letter that it became a hot news, including the content of the follow-up letter, in fact, because it was on TV after all-"
"And you mean, it's because Fox News isn't doing their job, right?" Chris frowned and asked, "They're the paparazzi who caused trouble?" ”
"Well—" Conan spread his hands, "at least they did make a news out of the news that shouldn't have been on the TV news because of their attention." ”
"I see what you mean......" Chris looked pensive, and after a moment he dramatically slammed the armrest of the couch and led the audience into a rhythmic shout, "WS! ws! ws――”
In the midst of the audience's laughter, Conan showed a somewhat sly smile, as if he should have felt regret, but for some reason he was happy to see it, and after a moment of reserve, he also shouted with Chris and the audience, "WS, WS-"
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"In last night's Conan. O'Brien Show", in less than 24 hours, #ws#已经成为了推特上的热门标签, if we exaggerate enough, it is not too much to say that this is an all-star retweet conference, almost as long as there are movie stars who have tweeted, and many celebrities in the TV industry have retweeted this tweet, this time Fox News's behavior seems to have indeed aroused public outrage, but perhaps the most weighty protester is the state congressman George . Andro -- he talked about this in a recent television interview, so let's look at the specifics -- "
"Yes, about the service by Chris. The Hanks-led protests, which I was on the side of the stars, have been uncomfortable with the recent public opinion orientation, and I believe that this is also the feeling of all American citizens with conscience and common sense, as they explored in "The Conan Show," a humorous, in-depth talk show, when we are faced with more serious issues to discuss: Jennifer's health, Stalker's crimes, and what we can do to prevent similar accidents from happening again. The media misguided a piece of news that shouldn't have been in the news, distorting all these healthy, helpful concerns into a voyeuristic show, a boring, unsubstantiated suspicion of low tastes, and obscuring the real focus. What's even more frightening is that the Fox Show conveys a subtle logic that cares less about the background of the prisoner and more about the stain of the victim, as if to imply to everyone, 'Jennifer is suffering this way because she did these things, and Stalker herself is understandable'. This kind of thinking is very dangerous and very evil, and I think Fox News is to blame for it. ”
"Do you think that this fertile ground for 'victim guilt' is the audience's insecurity, I mean, this can be compared to a shooting, it's so common and random, it makes the audience feel a deep panic after receiving the news, and they are afraid that they will also be victims, so they are more inclined to ingest this kind of 'victim guilty' message, which will make them feel safe, because the victim is paying for their misdeeds, and the audience who doesn't have the same characteristics as them can get a sense of security."
"It's a very apt analogy, it's like a school shooting, and every parent wants it to not happen on their own school, so if we make up some justifications for what happened, it might give parents some false sense of security, but it doesn't solve the problem, does it? The premise of solving the problem is that all of us have no choice but to face this head-on; This can only be avoided through a long and painful revision of the gun policy, when everyone is in potential danger. ”
"And one thing that you think Fox News, and all the news programs that follow the trend, is to imply that there is a backstory to the school shooting."
"Yes, you can argue that you're just reporting the news, and you're emphasizing that it's just a breaking letter, not public, but the implication itself is a betrayal of ethics, and you're abandoning your ethics as a news program in order to appeal to the audience, and what's more terrifying, it's implicitly contemptuous of celebrities -- in the case of a shooting, a news program would never do that kind of reporting without hard evidence."
"Yes, but celebrities are different."
"Yes, celebrities are different, it seems that everyone acquiesces that after becoming a star, you have lost the most basic human right, that is, the right to be respected in this time of crisis, this is not a simple scandal of who dates whom, this is a serious criminal case, what would Jennifer think if she is not unconscious now, but sober? So I don't think there's really enough public attention on this right now -- it's a serious malfeasance and an unethical broadcast accident where all the news programs are involved, it's an abuse of power, it's a journalistic violence, and the saddest thing is that we have to be aware of it through Jennifer's friends on a talk show, which is the ill of this society, and I hope through my revival policy."
'snapped' turned off the TV, Amanda stared at the TV screen for a while, several times wanted to get the phone, but her hand was put down halfway: these TV shows made her watch it happily, and she had a feeling of speaking her heart and needle the times, but unfortunately, the news did not answer whether the letter was true or false, of course, this is also reasonable, after all, Chris has nothing to do with these rumors, and he can't always endorse 'Jonifer', but ...... This still made her feel a little haze in her heart, they all kept saying that it was wrong to guess whether it was true or false, and it was the person who sent the letter (I don't know if Stalker himself) was leading the way, but Amanda still couldn't help but think about it, if ...... Even if it's only a chance that what the letter says is true......
Shaking her head with a heavy heart, she stood up and came to the study, turned on the computer, and skillfully boarded Jennifer's fan forum: Although it is also very chaotic here, there are new messages and new people arriving every day, and the administrator is not as diligent as before, which makes the order not very good, but there is no doubt that it is still the best choice to get Jennifer-related news, and there is a pinned post that updates the comments of all parties every day, which is very useful for Amanda, after all, for this variety of social media, Amanda, who is already middle-aged, is somewhat at a loss, Twitter, k, instgram...... She can barely keep up with the first two software, but by the third one, what tumblr, snapchat, has been completely beyond her ability, and she can't find the celebrity accounts in these sites, fortunately, this post can let her keep up with the progress, Amanda now looks at it several times almost every day, looking forward to Oscar or Josh, Cesare and others.
However, unlike Chris, who has already started the promotion period because a new film will be released on Valentine's Day next year, Josh is not filming now, nor is he in the promotion period, and his social media has been a zombie for a long time, and Cesare has no social media at all, and now it is said that he is also running around for Jennifer's condition, so Amanda also knows that her idea is a little unrealistic, but she still can't resist the urge to swipe the post, and she can't help but sit in front of the computer just after lunch.
"Ahh ”
Quickly clicked on the latest video - Amanda has never hated buffering so much - fortunately, the network is good today, just waiting for a few seconds, she saw Josh. Blanche's familiar, melancholy face — it's a selfie video in which Josh appears to be at home and not in a high mood. "Hey guys, I'm sorry for the frustration of updating the video after so long - but I really feel compelled to say a few words about the recent rumors...... It's really a very frustrating thing to have to refute this nonsense at a time like this, and I even feel that just talking about it is an insult to Jennifer and Jennifer, to our good past......"
Josh paused, a complicated expression flashing across his face, as if remembering Jennifer and his sweet past, and the bleak reality of the present, he sighed and continued, "But because this has affected many of our mutual friends, the people who work behind the scenes, including the makeup artist who has worked with Jennifer many times, Claudia, who is also known as my 'real girlfriend'. ”
He put a double quote in quotation marks and continued to say sincerely, "She has now become a sign of media siege, and she has been severely cyberbullied, as well as Jennifer's assistant Mary. Effie, a lot of the girls we have in common with because of their work have been discredited by this shameless letter of rumor, which has affected their families - yes, Claudia and Mary have families - so I implore you not to believe such a ridiculous rumor-"
"Whew......" exhaled a long breath, Amanda was relieved this time, she even had a kind of "saved" desperate survival feeling, and at the same time, she couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Josh: the handsome face with hidden melancholy had successfully conveyed her low and helpless mood to Amanda's heart, making her realize that maybe it was because there were too many people like her who were not determined that Josh had to post a video like this.
"It's all Fox News' fault...... Although before "The Conan Show", Amanda never knew that Fox News was the first to report the news, but that didn't stop her from blaming the other party for the whole thing, she muttered and opened her Twitter - after hesitation, she typed in the most popular hashtag #ws# recently - for her, even after being blocked, the word fuck was still not so easy to say.
'You are so depraved, so wicked, you deserve to be judged, Fox News' - this distinctly religious tweet was summed up in a frenzy of web data in a matter of seconds, becoming one of thousands of #ws# tweets, appearing in all kinds of news, and becoming the subject of many critics and anchors: "This massive news cleansing campaign has stirred up a huge wave on Twitter, Jennifer . Jefferson's fans seem to have completely vented their anger at the attack on their idols from this channel, and Fox News reported this baseless rumor letter before Jennifer woke up from her coma, which pierced people's bottom lines and aroused the feelings of celebrities who shared the hatred of their enemies, which can be said to be similar to the 99% movement on Wall Street, which is the voice of the oppressed 99% of the media industry.
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"I don't know what to say, because after all, as Josh said, J.J is really in a very difficult phase right now, and he needs everyone's support, and even talking about it is a failure. But I really want to say-" A plump young woman who was clearly pregnant laughed helplessly as she shook her head, "Everyone, look at me, look at Jennifer, look at Jennifer from Pirates of the Caribbean, say I'm a couple with Josh, seriously?" Are you serious? ”
She gestured to the paparazzi who were following the camera, which caused a burst of laughter, "So please, don't follow me - and make sure to mosaic off the children's faces-"
"Claudia was implicated in the rumor letter. Kim spoke out, denying his love affair with Josh, saying that the rumors were pure nonsense, Kim was a makeup artist for many movies, and his personal makeup career was in full swing-"
"Fox News has imprudently sent out an anonymous letter without substantiation, which has had an extremely bad impact on the public opinion environment." In the solemn press conference room, a middle-aged man in a black suit said carefully, "It has also brought a bad example to my colleagues, and it has affected the emotions of the victims and their families, and this incident is entirely due to my lack of professionalism, and I can only express my sincere apologies." ”
In a non-stop click, he paused for a moment before continuing, "I have decided to resign as a producer next month, as an apology, it turns out that I do not have the basic qualities to be a news producer. Smith apologized......"
Fox Channel recently reacted to the outside world and held a press conference to apologize. Dawson will take the blame and resign. ”
"The Secretary of State expressed concern about this, 'I believe what Jennifer needs most right now is a quiet resting environment, and I also think that the media needs to use their great power for the better, and that's what we mean by power, responsibility.'"
"The blog was hacked more than forty times in three days, and thousands of bashing comments, Perez. Hilton apologized prudently for his actions, 'I didn't know this could lead to such a serious outcome, and I apologize to Jennifer. Jefferson and the rest of the people mentioned in the letter apologized and would be more cautious in disclosing information in the future.'"
"P.S. photos are rampant in the mailbox? From the beginning of the 'rumor letter', the mailboxes of the major news columns were crowded, claiming to be killing Shef. Cole's murderer's letters have become a major mainstream, all kinds of realistic PS photos make mailbox managers fall into psychological shadows, virus packages are also very common, in such an anonymous email wave, major columns have to temporarily close mailboxes, only accept whitelist emails. ”
"Oscar speaks? Hawke, president of the Academy of Film and Arts Sciences. When asked if Jennifer's entry 'Journey of Life' would be treated with suspicion this year, Hawke said, 'This year's entries will be treated fairly, and the Oscars will not be affected by rumors'. But according to expert analysis, after the rumors, Jennifer. Jefferson's prospects for this year's Olympic race will still be relatively bleak......"
From' Jennifer's question of whether she is a saint or a demon to today's reflection and apology, all of this took only three days, this time, the rapid linkage of media and Internet public opinion even surprised many netizens, countless news showed a bombardment posture, almost within a few days, the tide of public opinion completed a complete reversal, and this also made the Internet or by their favorite celebrities, or feel righteous indignation at what happened to Jennifer, or the protesters who were originally Jennifer fans felt a heartfelt joy and sense of accomplishment, this incident is also nicknamed'Snow White and the Seventy Million Dwarfs' - many people have changed their avatars and replaced them with cute pictures of dwarves, "We are all dwarfs who protect the princess", "This is the victory of the dwarves"!
However, although the public has turned to the side of justice in the anonymous letter, there are still some discordant voices on the Internet - or these discordant voices are fed back to the Internet from reality, after all, not everyone will search the Internet for relevant news, and the information they have been exposed to in real life does not explain the whole story.
"Seriously, I was about to get into an argument with them, but they still insisted on believing the contents of the letter, and everything after that was called crisis PR - as if they hadn't just learned the word, but it did frustrate me, and honestly, I didn't know how to convince these stubborn small town moms that they wanted to help me, and I showed them a lot of video evidence, but they still refused to believe it, and they preferred to believe the rumors that were circulating- It is said that during the time Jennifer was locked up by Stalker, they were making a confession tape, Jennifer had confessed to all the crimes, and that Stalker was not a victim paranoia, he was the judge who was angered by Jennifer......"
After reading the post, Judy raised her eyebrows and let go of the mouse. "Are there many more posts like this?"
"That's the most concentrated negative feedback so far -- of course, the wording is varied, but this is the most typical post, you know, all influenced by People, they mentioned this rumor last week, and then! All those small-town moms are starting to believe in the existence of the confession tape," Jim posted a document onto Judy's screen, "Look at this report, and the negative feedback will take time to resolve - they are still inclined to believe that this breaking letter is not hype, and that subsequent letters will contain real evidence, so it's still waiting for now." Considering the mentality during the waiting period, only a few of them will speak out, so it can be believed that although there is almost no voice in the mainstream public opinion now, the number of this part of the population will not be too small. ”
"These are the two most concentrated types of negative feedback, oh, and the third category, which thinks that hospitals rarely disclose Jennifer's situation......" Judy flipped through the report, ignoring the obviously ridiculous and small number of items, and she thought for a moment, "Actually, whether it is the first category or the second category, this reflects a pain point of the masses - people are curious about what happened in the half hour when Jennifer was kidnapped, and if this need is not officially met, they will definitely believe the rumors, No matter how ridiculous it is, as long as there is the most basic logic, there will be people who will listen and absorb it with hunger—"
"So what are we going to do about that?" Jim asked, looking at Judy, "It looks like you think this can still be reversed - God knows, I've already classified it as irreparable." I mean, unless you can get the official to tell the truth -- and which, unfortunately, is very much in line with this rumor, and in that sense, "People" is not actually telling a lie-"
"If you want to do it, of course you have to do it perfectly." Judy said, snapping her iPad shut in front of her. "Robert has paid for this, he needs a Jennifer who has no loss of commercial value, and even a rising one, so - stand up, Jim boy, we're still a little bit alive."
She walked with Jim to the door of the makeshift office, and Jim followed Judy all the way, asking questions constantly, "What are you going to let me do?" What are you going to do? ”
"You're in charge of that computer," Judy said, turning on her phone and looking at the time, "and I—I'm in charge of that blank time......