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What part of the article is giving Mattel undo credit? It seems mainly to be a reporting of facts.
by minitoar 5y ago
What part of the article is giving Mattel undo credit? It seems mainly to be a reporting of facts.
- lordnacho 5y agoThis is an obvious submarine article. http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- majewsky 5y agoI have seen this story make the rounds in my local (non-English) reporting as well. Did Mattel really pay each any every one of these media? The much easier theory is that news outlets crave feel-good stories that no one will object to, like this one, to balance out all the grim world events.
- lordnacho 5y agoIt's not that they get paid explicitly. Their PR knows journalists and just casually suggest that if they have some space, how about this {article}? We'll even do most of the writing for you. That frees up your time to investigate real things.
- minitoar 5y agoIs it wrong for Mattel to do this? Wouldn’t most companies do a press push when they release a new product? I don’t see how this is any different than an article about the latest Apple product.