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Another interpretation is, now she looks extremely good. Not in some cynical sense. If you are making an effort to seem smart, not merely generous, then donatin
by an_opabinia 6y ago
Another interpretation is, now she looks extremely good. Not in some cynical sense. If you are making an effort to seem smart, not merely generous, then donating money to a research lab - much like making angel investments - is going to work pretty well.
- reaperducer 6y agoDolly Parton is beyond posturing and trying to look good like some social media wannabe. Do even the most superficial research into her past and you see she is immensely generous and doesn't give fuck one what people think of her.
- clairity 6y agodolly has a big heart and shouldn't be cynically denigrated for her contribution, but this story has been making the media rounds to parlay her fame into promoting a podcast about her by abumrad, who's part of that same media circle.
- reaperducer 6y agoto parlay her fame into promoting a podcast about her by abumrad Citation needed. It's not "making the rounds," which suggests that it is a planned media campaign. He was interviewed on one show and other media companies are relating what happened on that show. Her donation was back in the spring, unrelated to the attention she is now drawing. According to the New York Times, the recent notoriety was fueled by her fans, and started when the results of the vaccine testing were revealed.
- clairity 6y agoseems you answered your own question. that's exactly how you'd do a pr campaign (here, involving npr, nyt, wapo, etc.).