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<blockquote data-quote="tommie" data-source="post: 371770" data-attributes="member: 370">What &quot;hallmarks&quot;? Why would they set Masterson up, by the way? Other than being very highly ranked within Co$, he&#039;s actually one of those people who&#039;ve rarely interacted with the media over the years. One thing I can buy - however - is that the DA&#039;s office saw a way to send a message to Co$ by going all-in on the case and pursuing it with all they had, but at the same time Co$ have an army of lawyers and they couldn&#039;t get it dropped. But that&#039;s not exactly a conspiracy theory - it&#039;s &quot;just&quot; tension between the government and Co$.The Times&#039; article on Brand is one of the best pieces of journalism I&#039;ve read in ages - well-researched and sourced --- and no wonder considering they spent a year on it, which is virtually unheard of these days. On the other hand it&#039;s not surprising - I first heard murmurings of accusations coming towards Brand a few years ago and apparently he was very litigious about it and kept a close watch on it, to the point where gossip websites had to delete any comments even referring to it.However, I do think Brand shows a different problem, which is how partisan media (and people in general) are - The Guardian was championing Brandt back in 2014 when they made him a poster child for Labour, while at the same time also acknowledging that he has a wee bit of a problem with women. But that was okay then because they saw him as someone who would revitalise the party and bring young people in! Of course, they&#039;re now washing their hands of him, barely acknowledging their involvement with the man.Did Brand&#039;s turn toward the right wing and conspiracy cranks open up the possibility of media to investigate him? Probably. But that&#039;s not a conspiracy, but more about how people are willing to turn the other way when they think it benefits them to do so. His YouTube channel also isn&#039;t very big - one of his latest videos has gotten under 950k viewers in a week, which is nothing considering his profile (plus I&#039;m sure his views has gotten a boost because of the accusations). So the notion that they would try to shut him down because of that is sort of laughable.I mean - even poor little Dannii Minogue (buy and stream Neon Nights now) had this to say about him in 2006:I believe in Dannii.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tommie, post: 371770, member: 370"] What "hallmarks"? Why would they set Masterson up, by the way? Other than being very highly ranked within Co$, he's actually one of those people who've rarely interacted with the media over the years. One thing I can buy - however - is that the DA's office saw a way to send a message to Co$ by going all-in on the case and pursuing it with all they had, but at the same time Co$ have an army of lawyers and they couldn't get it dropped. But that's not exactly a conspiracy theory - it's "just" tension between the government and Co$. The Times' article on Brand is one of the best pieces of journalism I've read in ages - well-researched and sourced --- and no wonder considering they spent a year on it, which is virtually unheard of these days. On the other hand it's not surprising - I first heard murmurings of accusations coming towards Brand a few years ago and apparently he was [B]very[/B] litigious about it and kept a close watch on it, to the point where gossip websites had to delete any comments even referring to it. However, I do think Brand shows a different problem, which is how partisan media (and people in general) are - The Guardian was championing Brandt back in 2014 when they made him a poster child for Labour, while at the same time [I]also [/I]acknowledging that he has a wee bit of a problem with women. But that was okay then because they saw him as someone who would revitalise the party and bring young people in! Of course, they're now washing their hands of him, barely acknowledging their involvement with the man. Did Brand's turn toward the right wing and conspiracy cranks open up the possibility of media to investigate him? [I]Probably.[/I] But that's not a conspiracy, but more about how people are willing to turn the other way when they think it benefits them to do so. His YouTube channel also isn't very big - one of his latest videos has gotten under 950k viewers in a week, which is nothing considering his profile (plus I'm sure his views has gotten a boost because of the accusations). So the notion that they would try to shut him down because of that is sort of laughable. I mean - even poor little Dannii Minogue ([I][B]buy and stream Neon Nights now[/B][/I]) had this to say about him in 2006: I believe in Dannii. [/QUOTE]

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