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The newspapers can criticise Disney's business actions while simultaneously praising their artistic output. It's different parts of the newspaper, different aim
by mattmanser 9y ago
The newspapers can criticise Disney's business actions while simultaneously praising their artistic output. It's different parts of the newspaper, different aims on informing the public. That's fair and unbiased and the job of a journalist.
While Disney attempts to punish the commercial arm of a newspaper by attacking their entertainment division, because of the actions of investigative journalists in a different field.
Disney is resorting to extortion, the newspaper is simply doing their job.
- zaroth 9y agoI agree Disney absolutely resorted to extortion, and I agree the newspaper absolutely was simply doing it's job. Now tell me... what happened next? If you consider it deeply, does it make you feel at all uncomfortable? Or because the "good guys won" are we just supposed to be giddy that Disney got rightly put in their place by the MSM?
- JumpCrisscross 9y ago> Or because the "good guys won" are we just supposed to be giddy that Disney got rightly put in their place by the MSM? Newspapers blocking Disney from a private function, from which Disney benefits but does not depend, is an asymmetric response to Disney blocking a newspaper's film screeners from screening its films, access on which the screeners depend. When we add in that Disney moved first and in response to truthful reporting to its detriment and in the public interest, it's pretty clear that this private dispute is perfectly appropriate.
- zaroth 9y agoI appreciate the well written response, and you have my upvote. I remain suspicious when powerful interests act in ways that appear to be morally justified but which just-so-happen to be strongly in their own financial interest. Perhaps it was all just a happy coincidence.