Chapter 1280 1280 Scapegoat

Who is it that makes today's news environment so murky? It is the eyeball effect brought by the gossip news, and the commercial benefits brought by the hot spotlight.

In the end who made the media lose the most basic professional ethics and professional ethics? It's the attention and concern that comes with the endless news hype, the endless voyeurism. want. Looking forward to the national carnival.

Who made the uncrowned king lose his crown and become a minion of commercial interests? It's...yes...it's the whimsical, over-the-top, and omnipotent supermarket tabloids.

Everyone is condemning journalists, everyone is condemning the news industry, but it is impossible to involve the entire industry, it is a huge group, it is part of society, and it is a social phenomenon in the final analysis - can also be explained The inevitable result of the entertainment to death for the market economy. This statement is difficult to satisfy the general audience, so they need a scapegoat.

The National Enquirer became the target, or to be more precise, the supermarket tabloids represented by the National Enquirer became the point of concentrated fire, and Anthony Bond Stewart became the point of no escape. of prey.

Almost all the media have aimed their guns at the supermarket tabloids. They believed that it was the supermarket tabloids that ignored the facts in the reporting process, and even did not hesitate to fabricate news and fake news in order to attract attention. The purpose of breaking point.

This was the case at the time of the Michael Jackson incident. The National Enquirer even paid bribes to the staff of Neverland and the Los Angeles Police Department in order to obtain scattered clues and then fabricate and associate them according to the facts they hoped.

It is precisely because of the malicious speculation, profit-seeking, and distortion of facts by supermarket tabloids that the audience's appetite has become more and more cunning, which in turn affects the audience's market and misleads the market orientation. The supermarket tabloids' spying on privacy, ignoring the truth, and creating explosive points are also stimulating the changes in the news market step by step.

Not only entertainers or other public figures, supermarket tabloids often like to exaggerate and add drama to their reports on many ordinary news events. They even report the content of ordinary citizens’ daydreams or fantasies as facts, so that serious News has also become a means of entertainment.

In other words, the supermarket tabloids are to blame.

The major news media joined forces and spared no effort to attack the "National Enquirer", trying to divert the attention of all audiences, and even more than 89 media reported relevant content as their front page headlines, similar to "Who The horror titles of "I'm a Murderer" all point to the "National Enquirer", and the overwhelming news has focused almost all the firepower on the "National Enquirer"...

It's as if these media have never been on the side of the National Enquirer to attack Hugo before, as if the entire news industry's fault has nothing to do with them, as if the media industry is just because of a trivial supermarket. The tabloids were destroyed, as if the media were vindicators on the moral high ground from beginning to end.

The media, in the past, now, and in the future, are what they do best.

Less than four months ago, the New York Post and the National Enquirer had been scapegoated by Michael Jackson's grievances from the aftermath of the witch trials; The New York Post," this troubled brother, the "National Enquirer" alone is facing the pain of thousands of arrows piercing the heart.

Under the guidance of mainstream public opinion, the headquarters of the National Enquirer in New Jersey and its main branches in New York and Los Angeles have all become the target of the protesters to vent their anger. The New York office poured feces, and the scene fell into chaos, maintaining the defense of the scene. violent. police. The police had to be dispatched collectively, and it took nearly 30 minutes to bring the scene under control.

Now the National Enquirer is truly precarious, as if in a state of impending collapse at any moment.

Among them, a single target like Anthony danced wildly on the death line. Before things became more serious, he was stopped by a parade in the streets of New York, and he was beaten violently. Suddenly, he couldn't even remember how many people beat him, and a blank space appeared in his head. When he woke up on the street with blood on his face, the pain all over his body suddenly drowned him, and he could only scream by himself. A taxi to the hospital. At that time, after those people beat him, a swarm of bees and beasts scattered, and after arriving at the hospital, the police came to ask about the situation. Cha also seemed uninterested, as if he didn't want to ask questions at all.

This reminds Anthony of what happened to Michael Jackson. Although the Constitution stipulates that everyone is equal before the law, even a convicted prisoner has the right to enjoy basic human rights, not to mention that he is a victim of a beating. But the reality is that many times, a little prejudice, a little preconceived, a little self-righteous, a little condescending, can change too many problems.

For example, when there was no evidence, Michael received a humiliating physical examination; for example, when there was only news from the wind, everyone was investigating Hugo's psychiatrist's inquiries records; for example, Anthony became the scapegoat of the United States In Lamb's case, they were not very motivated to investigate the criminal process. Anthony guessed that maybe they were still muttering in their hearts, "play well, play well", but it was just because of judicial justice, so they came to investigate on a routine basis.

Figured this out, Anthony gave up the complaint and didn't let the police. The police continued to investigate. Because he knew very well that now he was also a prey. Like Michael and Hugo, he was the target of siege, and those pair of eyes were waiting to tear him to pieces.

Sure enough, in less than three days, Anthony's residences in New York and Los Angeles were revealed to be investigated, and there were even people guarding his door day and night, obviously with bad intentions, which made him scared at all. Dare to go home, can only nest in a remote and dirty motel in Pasadena, panic all day long.

Anthony has always been aware of the reality of this society, everyone is a tiny individual, today can be a hunter, but tomorrow may be a prey, so everyone is struggling, trying to keep climbing, the higher the climb, the better Have more control over their own destiny, but the real life is that the heights are too cold, even the top leader of a country, even the richest man in the world, even the top artist in the world, they have been affected by countless shackles, their shackles are more and heavier.

The Uncrowned King, this title is still fascinated by countless people, but hidden behind it is the danger of being betrayed at any time. Journalists can turn anything into a story, which is their ability and their obligation; if there is enough interest, they can betray their colleagues, the organization, and even their own souls.

Anthony once sold his soul. In order to get news, he did everything he could to get the news. He suddenly remembered his first confrontation with Hugo, the 1993 Ballon d'Or celebration banquet. Hugo was having a good time. How proud he was, how proud he was, he really felt like the uncrowned king.

Now, Anthony is suffering the consequences, he has become the object of betrayal, and this time, he seems to be facing the bottomless abyss.

Brandon Bryan comforted him to avoid the limelight recently and not come out for the time being, but Anthony knew that Brandon, who is now the editor-in-chief, could not protect himself. If using himself as a scapegoat could save Brandon himself, then Brandon would Den has no hesitation; the National Enquirer needs a scapegoat too, or they'll be overwhelmed with accusations from the news media, and Rupert Murdoch won't let his investment go to waste Yes, so he is a ready-made target, and all the relationship can be cleared up with just a slight push.

Similarly, the same is true of fellow reporters. They dare not have anything to do with him, lest they also become the target of media crusade. Not only that, but they also all stood opposite him and attacked him with their weapons. Not just for self-preservation, but also for profit.

this is the truth.

Anthony has not received any news for five days, no one contacted him, no one cared about him, no one cared about him; but when he opened the newspaper, his name was the most eye-catching headline in the major newspapers, "Mr. Bond, The Source of Evil", "Anthony Bond Stewart, the cancer of journalism", "The man behind Jackson, Lancaster: Anthony Stewart", "The vandal who threatens journalism, the gossip reporter from the supermarket tabloid" ", "The Dirt Erosion of the Crown of the Uncrowned King: The Rise of Mr. Bond", "Expel Mr. Bond from the Press! The Source of All Evil in Society!"...

Look, almost everyone remembers his presence; it's ironic that his phone hasn't had a single call for five days.

Anthony suddenly remembered a very small incident, when Michael Jackson was raped. child. When the case was troubled, he bribed the doorman of Neverland. He originally wanted to take some exclusive photos, but he was found by Michael standing on the balcony. At that time, he was shocked and thought that Michael would violently let go The guards kicked him out, which sent him on the run.

He glanced back at Michael when he was running away, and found that Michael was standing there motionless, but the face hidden behind the sunglasses was full of loneliness and confusion. In the end, he managed to escape without the guards chasing him.

At this moment, Anthony seemed to suddenly understand what that expression represented, Michael's, Hugo's... The bitterness that danced on the tip of his tongue, let him taste it slowly and carefully.

On Monday, Aug. 21, the front-page headline of the latest issue of the National Enquirer read, "The Sinner of History: Anthony Bond Stewart."

No one informed Anthony. Later, Anthony himself saw this issue of the newspaper and knew everything. After all, he became an abandoned son, and he was the last one to know.