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Lemons(?) of Lemmy, what is something that feels so obvious to you that you just get lowkey pissed at the world for not knowing? (lemmy.one)

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[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 57 points 4 months ago

How corporations use advertisements to influence how the media reports on their activities. Prime example is how BP ran all those "We're Sorry" ads when they poisoned the Gulf of Mexico. They weren't apologizing to the public. They were using the ads to pass bribes to the news agencies to make sure to give them soft coverage when they should have been ranking them over the coals.

[-] Ifera@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Fuck me, I had not thought of that. Wow.

[-] beejboytyson@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Fuck, ofc it was all a bribe.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago

How is an ad saying “we’re sorry” a bribe to the news agencies? Do you means the purchase of the ad space is for that?

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yes. That's how you bribe news agencies with plausible deniability. It's so well understood within the industry, that you wont find explicit instructions on any of the contracts.

That's of course when the corporations don't just outright own the media.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Incredible theory. Did you come up with it on your own? Search engines are blank on this. Want to read more!

Thanks

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

You're being facetious, but anyone else that really wants more, search "Manufacturing Consent".

The advertisement angle is just one way to influence how media reports. You could also just start buying stations whole sale, like Sinclair did.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Sorry for my difficult to discern tone. Oops! Receipt talk-

My tabs from last night:

My comment two weeks ago:

The BP bribe theory is terribly cunning and nobody else talking about it came up in the first few DuckDuckGo/Google results. Never heard anybody mention it in 2010 either.

Edit: I guess the point would be discussions on the topic may not mention each individual case of bribery because the practice is pervasive.

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