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[Media digest and Publicity status] If we only talk about the fox, won't the badger feel neglected?
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 15th of September. 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 (26/8-1/9, 2-8,9-15) 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
- The trend towards the numbered being treated negatively in the media is continuing, though it is also a case of opinions becoming more extreme - the neutral/disinterested middle ground is vanishing. Talk of them having hidden motifs and pulling secret strings is turning into a mix of conspiracy theories and them being uncontrollable and dangerous. It is pointed out that they clearly possess criminal energy as individuals and as a group, based on past actions. At the same time there are fans and supporters who make them more and more ideal in their views or even consider them the future of humanity, the next step of evolution.
- The attempts of reincarnated persons to enter the discussion on their own terms is treated differently. Some welcome it, others not, but whenever it happens it is discussed thoroughly in the media afterwards.
- The appearance of Oublie in Locke City and the appearance of the mountain and flooding in Las Vegas scare the general public, and receive almost entirely negative coverage. In Locke, it is more the point of panic that "our issue might be small, but look to Vegas, what if ours grows like that?". Characters that have been noticed to be in contact with the Cathedral/it's undergrounds might be hounded about it by reporters. In Las Vegas, it is more direct and openly hostile, accusing the numbered of having caused the devastation.
- All local Locke newspapers and radio programs are filled with pieces on one numbered or some/all of them as a group almost daily, most in neutral to negative terms, though the reader's comments section might contain highly positive pieces. 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 started a morning magazine programme about the numbered in both cities in much the same spirit, though they also start to accuse the numbered of everything that they figure to be wrong with the nation at this point.
- All news outlets in Vegas and a number in Locke now run pieces about specific numbered, and not only about those that are high-profile in some shape or form, but about everyone. Especially in Vegas, this might get to the point where they're dipping into witch hunt territory as the changes to the city continue.
- 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.
- Last post's digest: # The appearance of Oublie Cathedral (1 & 2) # Well-researched reporting on the Lord of the Bugmen (1) # The murder of reincarnate Jovan (1) # The ridiculous thieves strike again (1) # Some reincarnates go public on the evening news (1)
Former Media Posts: #1 #2
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 (26/8-1/9, 2-8,9-15) 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
- The trend towards the numbered being treated negatively in the media is continuing, though it is also a case of opinions becoming more extreme - the neutral/disinterested middle ground is vanishing. Talk of them having hidden motifs and pulling secret strings is turning into a mix of conspiracy theories and them being uncontrollable and dangerous. It is pointed out that they clearly possess criminal energy as individuals and as a group, based on past actions. At the same time there are fans and supporters who make them more and more ideal in their views or even consider them the future of humanity, the next step of evolution.
- The attempts of reincarnated persons to enter the discussion on their own terms is treated differently. Some welcome it, others not, but whenever it happens it is discussed thoroughly in the media afterwards.
- The appearance of Oublie in Locke City and the appearance of the mountain and flooding in Las Vegas scare the general public, and receive almost entirely negative coverage. In Locke, it is more the point of panic that "our issue might be small, but look to Vegas, what if ours grows like that?". Characters that have been noticed to be in contact with the Cathedral/it's undergrounds might be hounded about it by reporters. In Las Vegas, it is more direct and openly hostile, accusing the numbered of having caused the devastation.
- All local Locke newspapers and radio programs are filled with pieces on one numbered or some/all of them as a group almost daily, most in neutral to negative terms, though the reader's comments section might contain highly positive pieces. 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 started a morning magazine programme about the numbered in both cities in much the same spirit, though they also start to accuse the numbered of everything that they figure to be wrong with the nation at this point.
- All news outlets in Vegas and a number in Locke now run pieces about specific numbered, and not only about those that are high-profile in some shape or form, but about everyone. Especially in Vegas, this might get to the point where they're dipping into witch hunt territory as the changes to the city continue.
- 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.
- Last post's digest: # The appearance of Oublie Cathedral (1 & 2) # Well-researched reporting on the Lord of the Bugmen (1) # The murder of reincarnate Jovan (1) # The ridiculous thieves strike again (1) # Some reincarnates go public on the evening news (1)
Former Media Posts: #1 #2
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Type of media/location if applicable: TV breakfast discussion show
Link/Content:
Presenter 1: And it would seem that the ice bucket challenge reached the numbered community yesterday, when the British charity worker Gabriel West was tagged and in turn tagged not only a few of his fellow numbered but also the aliens Geoff Benwick, Badri Barkley and Meredith Chownyk. I believe we have a clip for you, let's see...
[Both presenters turn to watch as Gabriel's video is show, cut to the drenching and the tagging.]
Presenter 2: Believe it or not, Gabriel is older than I am! He was well known as a model back in the early 80s, and came over here to start up a new branch of his charity which helps the homeless. [The video is replaced by two photos: one of Gabriel from November, before he started to get younger, and a more recent one, both dated.]
Presenter 1: Seems like he did pretty well out of it. [Both laugh.] If being numbered makes you younger, sign me up!
Presenter 2: Not so sure about those ears though... What do you think of the ice bucket challenge, though? At this point we've pretty much seen it all!
Presenter 1: Normally I would agree with you, these social media trends get tiresome at the end. But at the end of the day, money and awareness is still being generated. Gabriel's apparently not just donating for himself, it's been released that for every numbered that also takes the challenge he will donate again, on top of their donations.
Presenter 2: Free awareness for him, more like! Does anyone even care about ALS any more?
Presenter 1: Perhaps not. I'm sure the aliens don't even know what it is.
Presenter 2: There you are, see! It's all self serving at this point. Nothing can top the Old Spice one at any rate.
Present 1: Amen to that. [And the program continues onto other pieces on interest.]