Re:Spotify is gaining leverage over record labels
by coldtea on Sunday March 19, 2017 @12:13AM
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>So by your logic they are 'bribing' the journalist and 'paying them off' by 'giving them a scoop'?
Yes, it happens often. Journalists get paid with scoops, etc (aka in the industry as "access") and that buys some favorable pieces and a sympathetic ear on the other side.
>Ergo - every decent news story amounts to 'bribery'?
Where did you came with this weirdo conclusion?
Bribing a journalist/media with scoops if something that happens, not something that ALWAYS happen -- so it doesn't apply to "every decent news story".
For one, not every scoop has been leaked to the outlet breaking it by the company/organization that the scoop is about.
Yes, it happens often. Journalists get paid with scoops, etc (aka in the industry as "access") and that buys some favorable pieces and a sympathetic ear on the other side.
Here's an example (there are countless others from all parties and from tons of companies): http://gawker.com/this-is-how-hillary-clinton-gets-the-cover...
>Ergo - every decent news story amounts to 'bribery'?
Where did you came with this weirdo conclusion?
Bribing a journalist/media with scoops if something that happens, not something that ALWAYS happen -- so it doesn't apply to "every decent news story".
For one, not every scoop has been leaked to the outlet breaking it by the company/organization that the scoop is about.
>I think you bit your tongue on that one.
No, he really didn't.