The world is not as it was pre-social media. It used to be that someone could keep something they felt was private, private, with little ramification. No more. The media and social media world simply makes up its own facts, spews them out, and assigns that result regardless of whether or not that is the reality. A more or less consensus of a group opinion of people (journalists, fans, blog posts in this case) becomes the de facto reality.
Kate Middleton of Royal Family fame is suffering from the same mistake right now, and the Royal PR machine is being roasted for it. They tried to keep her situation private; provided absolutely zero information, so the media and social media spun up its own answer, agreed with one another, and declared it fact. As it turns out, they were completely wrong but many will NEVER learn that it was wrong because that's how it is. For the media, the fake reality is far more tantalizing than actual reality.
The Rams and Bennett himself screwed this up. The matter is far too intriguing to too many to just let it alone in respect of the person. So, the general consensus has boiled down to mental illness of some sort and that is now hung around his neck, true or not. Mental illness is a stigma that, right or wrong, never leaves a person. And, its all the more difficult if the issue was never mental illness to begin with.
A person or an organization in the public eye no longer has the ability to declare "privacy" and just bury something the public has interest in. Information of some kind to steer the curiosity MUST be given or else. The narrative must be controlled, or others will create the narrative.
The complete black -out of information for many months about Bennett has done no one any good. Not saying its fair. I'm saying that's how it is today, and let the naive beware. Bennett's goose is cooked regardless of what the truth is, now. And it was entirely preventable. You can't unscrew the pooch.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/23/2024 01:46PM by RockRam.
