Chapter 1280： Scapegoat

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

Who on earth caused the media to lose the most basic professional ethics and professional ethics? It is the attention and concern that accompany endless news hype, and those that accompany endless voyeurism. want. Looking forward to the whole people carnival.

Who on earth made the uncrowned king lose his crown and become the minion of commercial interests? Yes... Yes... It's the imagination of those supermarket gossip tabloids, transcending the bottom line, and doing everything.

Everyone is condemning the media reporters, everyone is condemning the news industry, but it is impossible for people to involve the entire industry. This is a huge group and part of society. In the final analysis, it is still a social phenomenon-which can also be explained. It is the inevitable result of the entertainment brought to death by the market economy. This statement is difficult to satisfy ordinary audiences, so they need a scapegoat.

The "National Inquirer" became the target, or more accurately, the supermarket tabloid represented by the "National Inquirer" became the point of concentrated fire, and Anthony Bond Stewart became nowhere to escape. Prey.

Almost all the media have aimed their guns at the supermarket tabloids. They believe that it is the supermarket tabloids that ignore the facts in the reporting process. In order to attract attention, they even fabricate and forge news in order to achieve production among readers. The purpose of the explosion point.

This was the case during the Michael Jackson incident. The National Enquirer even bribed Dream Manor staff and Los Angeles Police Department staff in order to obtain scattered clues, and then fabricate and make associations based on the facts they hoped.

It is precisely because of the malicious hype, profiteering, and distorted facts of the supermarket tabloids that the appetite of the audience becomes more and more disconcerting, which in turn affects the audience's market and misleads the market orientation. And supermarket tabloids’ privacy prying, ignorance of the truth, and the creation of hot spots are also stimulating changes in the news market step by step.

Not only entertainers or other public figures, but supermarket tabloids tend to over-exaggerate and add drama to the reports of many ordinary news events. They even report on ordinary citizens’ daydreams or fantasies as facts. News has also become a means of entertainment.

In other words, the supermarket tabloid is the culprit.

The major news media have joined forces and spared no effort to attack the "National Inquirer", trying to divert the attention of all audiences. There are even more than 89 media outlets with relevant content as front-page headlines, similar to "Who The terrifying headlines of "It's a murderer" all point to the "National Inquirer", and the overwhelming news has focused almost all the firepower on the "National Inquirer"...

It’s as if these media had never attacked Hugo on the side of the “National Inquirer” before, as if the entire news industry’s failure to do so had nothing to do with them, as if the media industry was just because of a trivial supermarket. The tabloids are ruined once, as if these media are defenders who stand on the highest point of morality from beginning to end.

The media has been so in the past, it is so now, and it will be so in the future. This is what they are best at.

Less than four months ago, when Michael Jackson cleared his grievances, the New York Post and the National Inquirer became a scapegoat. The aftermath of the witch trial made them miserable; and this time, there is no more. The “New York Post” is a difficult brother, and the “National Inquirer” alone faces the pain of piercing arrows.

Under the guidance of mainstream public opinion, the headquarters of the "National Inquirer" in New Jersey and its main branches in New York and Los Angeles have become targets for the protesters to vent their anger. One day, the scene went out of control and some people approached the "National Inquirer". The New York office spilled dung, and the scene fell into chaos, maintaining the on-site defense. Violent. police. Cha had to be dispatched collectively, and it took nearly thirty minutes to control the scene.

Now the "National Inquirer" is truly precarious, as if it is about to collapse at any time.

Among them, Anthony, a single target like this, danced wildly on the death line. Before the matter became more serious, he was intercepted by the parade on the streets of New York, and he was beaten severely. Suddenly, he didn't even remember how many people hit him. There was a blank space in his head. When he woke up on the street with a **** face, the pain in his whole body suddenly drowned him. He could only scream by himself. Take a taxi to the hospital. At that time, after those people had beaten him, they swarmed around, and arrived at the hospital to ask the police about the situation. Cha also appeared distracted, as if he didn't want to bother at all.

This reminded 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, let alone a victim of assault. But the reality is that many times, a little bit of prejudice, a little bit of preconceivedness, a little bit of self-righteousness, and a little condescending can change too many problems.

For example, in the absence of any evidence, Michael received a humiliating physical examination; for example, when there was only catching news, everyone was exploring Hugo’s psychiatrist interview records; for example, Anthony became a scapegoat in the United States. In the case of Lamb, they did not have much enthusiasm for investigating the criminal process. Anthony guessed that maybe they were still muttering "good fight, good fight" deep in their hearts. It was just because of judicial justice, so they came to investigate routinely.

After figuring this out, Anthony gave up the complaint and did not let the police. The investigation continues. Because he knows very well that now he is also a prey. Like Michael and Hugo, they are all targets of siege. Those eye-catching eyes are waiting to tear him to pieces.

Sure enough, in less than three days, Anthony’s residences in New York and Los Angeles were reportedly investigated. Some people even guarded his door day and night. It was obviously unkind, which made him scared. Dare to go home, but stay in a remote and dirty motel in Pasadena, panicking all day long.

Anthony has always been aware of the reality of this society. Everyone is a small individual. Today can be a hunter, but tomorrow it may be a prey. So everyone is struggling, trying to keep climbing up, the higher you can climb. Have more control over their own destiny, but the real life is that they are not overcome by the heights, even the highest leader of a country, even the world’s richest man, even the world’s top artists, they have received countless They are more and heavier.

The uncrowned king, this is still a name that has attracted countless people, but hidden behind it is the danger of being betrayed at any time. Reporters can turn anything into a report subject. This is their ability and obligation; if they have enough benefits, they can betray their colleagues, organizations, and even their souls.

Anthony once sold his soul. In order to get news, he suddenly remembered the first confrontation with Hugo, the 1993 Golden Globes celebration. That time he easily won the victory. Hugo played round and round. How proud and proud he was at the time, he really felt that he was the uncrowned king.

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

Brandon-Bryan comforted him to avoid the limelight recently and don’t come out for the time being, but Anthony knew that Brandon, as the editor-in-chief, was already hard to protect himself. If he was used as a scapegoat to protect Brandon himself, then Brandon Den will never hesitate; the "National Inquirer" also needs a scapegoat, otherwise they will be overwhelmed by the accusations of the news media. Rupert Murdoch will not let his investment be ruined in this way. Yes, so he is a ready-made target, and all the relationships can be cleared away with just a light push.

The same is true of fellow journalists. They dare not get involved with him, lest they become the target of media crusade. Not only that, they all stood opposite him and attacked him with weapons in their hands. Not only for self-protection, but also for profit.

this is the truth.

Anthony has not received any news for five days. No one has contacted him, no one cares about him, no one cares about him; but when the newspaper is opened, his name is the most eye-catching headline of the major newspapers, "Mr. Bond," "The Source of Sin", "Anthony Bond Stewart, the cancer of the news industry", "Jackson and Lancaster behind the scenes: Anthony Stewart", "the saboteur that threatens journalism, and the gossip reporter from the supermarket tabloid" ", "The dirt that erodes the crown of the uncrowned king: the history of the rise of Mr. Bond", "Expulsion of Mr. Bond from the press! The source of all evil in society!"...

Look at Almost everyone remembers his existence; but his phone hasn't had any calls for five days, which is ironic.

Anthony suddenly remembered a very small thing, when Michael Jackson was slapped. child. When the case was troubled, he bought the doorman of Dream Manor. He wanted to take some exclusive photos, but he was discovered by Michael standing on the balcony. The guards drove him out, which caused him to escape.

He looked back at Michael when he was escaping, and found that Michael was standing still, but the face hidden behind the sunglasses was full of loneliness and confusion. Finally, he escaped smoothly, and there was no guard chasing him behind.

At this moment, Anthony seemed to suddenly understand what the expression meant, Michael's, Hugo's... the bitterness of dancing on the tip of his tongue, let him slowly and carefully savor it.

On Monday, August 21st, the headline of the latest issue of the National Enquirer was, "The Sinner of History: Anthony Bond Stewart."

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