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saveyourselves2014-08-09 10:42 pm
theearth) wrote in saveyourselves2014-08-09 10:42 pm
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[media digest] Everyone wonders what the fox says, but how does the fox feel?
With the media starting to play a larger role, the purpose of this post is to be a digest and master post for everything that the media (newspapers, radio, TV, internet, etc) have said and will say. This post covers what gets aired/published about the numbered up until the 25th of August. This includes content created by both players and mods, regardless of if it stems from numbered and their allies, their opponents, or neutral third sources.
GUIDELINES
- You may either link to a post that you made which contained a media voice (like this) or or create small articles/opinion pieces/internet discussions/interviews/statements/etc and put them into the body of the comment, (like this).
- Please use this form:
- Please use the appropriate one of these threads (5-11, 12-18,19-25) to link/post your media voices.
- If your media voice talks about a small group of reincarnates or one reincarnate in specific, please make sure that you have their players' permission to have the media talk about them in this way.
THE GENERAL CURRENT STATE OF THE MEDIA
- Both negative and positive voices regarding the numbered can be heard. There has been a massive surge in negative opinions after the theft of Project Jump, and they now outnumber the positive/neutral voices. The talk about them having a startling amount of power that they are hiding and about reincarnate influence behind the scenes, and the questioning if they have hidden plans and motifs that are sinister in nature, have now partly turned into claims that they have sinister plans, are common criminals with superpowers, are a threat to public safety, and so on. There are also voices who talk about how Thunder Corp is acting oddly when it comes to the machine itself, but those are more on alternative channels.
- A local Locke newspaper runs a series on the reincarnates that is mostly critical opinion pieces about the numbered as a group. A local Locke radio station, Energy Up, fills its free broadcasting time with more or less fact-based pieces about the reincarnates, laced with gossip and speculations about their mental state and how dangerous they really are to the city. Fox News has run a 3-part reportage about the numbered in both cities in much the same spirit. A couple of other media outlets from both areas generally cover reincarnates and their actions or powers in a negative, sensationalistic, distrustful light, though they don't go out of their way to talk about them. But there still is an equal amount of news outlets that show them in a positive or neutral light.
- Currently, only the Energy Up radio station in Locke and no news outlet in Vegas runs pieces about specific numbered, and only about those that are high-profile in some shape or form - especially flashy, especially odd or powerful, or rich/celebrities/relatives of important people/etc. THE EXCEPTION is in both cities that there are now pieces everywhere about the numbered that were involved in the theft and in Petunia's rescue - or rather, whatever is known about them to the public. The former are overwhelmingly negative, the latter overwhelmingly positive.
- The internet is a vast place as well, and seedlings, conspiracy theorists and many others discuss the reincarnates - they might have fans or vicious haters here, self-proclaimed specialists on the numbered and so on. In general, the attitudes are fairly similar to those in the official media outlets.
Former Media Posts: #1
GUIDELINES
- You may either link to a post that you made which contained a media voice (like this) or or create small articles/opinion pieces/internet discussions/interviews/statements/etc and put them into the body of the comment, (like this).
- Please use this form:
- Please use the appropriate one of these threads (5-11, 12-18,19-25) to link/post your media voices.
- If your media voice talks about a small group of reincarnates or one reincarnate in specific, please make sure that you have their players' permission to have the media talk about them in this way.
THE GENERAL CURRENT STATE OF THE MEDIA
- Both negative and positive voices regarding the numbered can be heard. There has been a massive surge in negative opinions after the theft of Project Jump, and they now outnumber the positive/neutral voices. The talk about them having a startling amount of power that they are hiding and about reincarnate influence behind the scenes, and the questioning if they have hidden plans and motifs that are sinister in nature, have now partly turned into claims that they have sinister plans, are common criminals with superpowers, are a threat to public safety, and so on. There are also voices who talk about how Thunder Corp is acting oddly when it comes to the machine itself, but those are more on alternative channels.
- A local Locke newspaper runs a series on the reincarnates that is mostly critical opinion pieces about the numbered as a group. A local Locke radio station, Energy Up, fills its free broadcasting time with more or less fact-based pieces about the reincarnates, laced with gossip and speculations about their mental state and how dangerous they really are to the city. Fox News has run a 3-part reportage about the numbered in both cities in much the same spirit. A couple of other media outlets from both areas generally cover reincarnates and their actions or powers in a negative, sensationalistic, distrustful light, though they don't go out of their way to talk about them. But there still is an equal amount of news outlets that show them in a positive or neutral light.
- Currently, only the Energy Up radio station in Locke and no news outlet in Vegas runs pieces about specific numbered, and only about those that are high-profile in some shape or form - especially flashy, especially odd or powerful, or rich/celebrities/relatives of important people/etc. THE EXCEPTION is in both cities that there are now pieces everywhere about the numbered that were involved in the theft and in Petunia's rescue - or rather, whatever is known about them to the public. The former are overwhelmingly negative, the latter overwhelmingly positive.
- The internet is a vast place as well, and seedlings, conspiracy theorists and many others discuss the reincarnates - they might have fans or vicious haters here, self-proclaimed specialists on the numbered and so on. In general, the attitudes are fairly similar to those in the official media outlets.
Former Media Posts: #1
Aug 11-15
Type of media/location if applicable: radio, Internet articles, local TV news...both in Locke City and in Vegas.
Link/Content: ((While the exact delivery of the content may differ from outlet to outlet, all the news delivers roughly the same information.))
In Vegas:
Discovered early on the morning of August 11th in the pool of the [whatever hotel it happened in, just roll with it], it seems the string of mysterious murders plaguing Las Vegas is continuing with the death of Richard Jovan Burzek. At first glance, the death seems to be an unrelated drowning, but initial investigations show signs of struggle. Prior to his death, the last time Burzek was seen in public was at the Marriott hotel on August 6th. He also appears to have been one of the superpowered individuals involved in the rescuing of Petunia Bonbright several weeks ago. Whether the rescue and his death are connected is currently unknown.
Very little is known about Burzek, a 21 year old student. He was a Locke City native who was spending the summer between classes in Las Vegas. Further information as news about his death is discovered is yet to come.
In Locke:
The body of Richard Jovan Burzek has been recovered from a hotel pool in Las Vegas late last night. Vegas police believe that the death was actually a murder, the latest in a string of deaths that also include Angeline Strauss, another Locke City native.
Richard was a public policy major in Locke City University's honors program. His involvement with the superpowered individuals in Locke and Vegas has yet to be understood--friends state that he never exhibited any unusual abilities, but has encountered related oddities before. Those who knew him described him as a quiet, studious, and polite young man, and that his sudden decision to take a road trip to Las Vegas came as a shock to all who knew him.
Richard's father, Dobromil Burzek, was unavailable for comment.