The Job of a Publicist
So, I posted a comment on the FanForum board about the probability of a breakup between SB and HA.
It was not recieved well.
Comments were issued saying that they were fine, according to Teen People and SB's publicist said that the rumors were untrue, and that they were all hunky dory.
Far be it for me to belittle such a fine journalistic achievment like Teen People, but when there are typos on nearly every page, I have to question whether the magazine spends as much money on fact checkers as they do on spellcheck.
As for publicists, isn't their job to spin things the way that their clients want it to? Such as, if SB said that she didn't want the fans to know quite yet, and to say that everything was super duper fabulous even when it was sucking hairy balls? (hehe... it's been too long! I wish HB would do something supersucky to make me write another one of those rants!)
For example, Britney and Justin. Now, I usually don't even like to think about her, but she's serving a purpose here.
Once upon a time, before Britney found Kevin and felt the need to procreate, and Justin didn't have the Belching Beauty, there were all these 'rumors' and photos of them 'making out'. Now, their publicists insisted for about two years that there was nothing going on and they were 'just friends'.
And what happened?
We all got slapped in the face, that's what happened.
Remember when they came out and said, "oh, yeah, we've been dating for like two years."
So really, can you truly believe what a publicist says, since they are basically paid money to lie to the people?
Katherine
It was not recieved well.
Comments were issued saying that they were fine, according to Teen People and SB's publicist said that the rumors were untrue, and that they were all hunky dory.
Far be it for me to belittle such a fine journalistic achievment like Teen People, but when there are typos on nearly every page, I have to question whether the magazine spends as much money on fact checkers as they do on spellcheck.
As for publicists, isn't their job to spin things the way that their clients want it to? Such as, if SB said that she didn't want the fans to know quite yet, and to say that everything was super duper fabulous even when it was sucking hairy balls? (hehe... it's been too long! I wish HB would do something supersucky to make me write another one of those rants!)
For example, Britney and Justin. Now, I usually don't even like to think about her, but she's serving a purpose here.
Once upon a time, before Britney found Kevin and felt the need to procreate, and Justin didn't have the Belching Beauty, there were all these 'rumors' and photos of them 'making out'. Now, their publicists insisted for about two years that there was nothing going on and they were 'just friends'.
And what happened?
We all got slapped in the face, that's what happened.
Remember when they came out and said, "oh, yeah, we've been dating for like two years."
So really, can you truly believe what a publicist says, since they are basically paid money to lie to the people?
Katherine
posted by rosie4299 at 8:05 PM
8 Comments:
hey i just wanted to tell you that i think you are an awesome writer and i can't wait for the next chapter of Things Change...it's a great story!
K,
I'd say you should photocopy the $200 you get when you win the pool and tell them to get more reliable source than Teen People. I mean I read gossip mags but still, take it with a grain of salt, peeps!
~M
You mean Teen People isn't known for its award-winning journalistic integrity?
Oh, wait.
Hehe. Amen sister! I mean, Kristen from E! says so, and she knows everything. Even how Lickable MC is.
And publicists are paid, well-paid, to keep things in and only let them out on the time schedule that the public figure thinks is best for their career.
I say you get your shoes all picked out. 'Cause that 200 bucks is yours.
ames
It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who doesn't value the opinion of a mag that puts Jesse McCartney on the front cover.
Katherine
ew. Jesse McCartney.
Do they not know that what really gets me excited is Cillian Murphy?
Two weeks baby!
ames
I'm so going to see that.
I know. What happened to journalistic merit and integrity?
K
it retired with good old Walter Chronkite.
ames
Lol!
K
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