Some journalists are just motivated by their own sense of what they want to say or what they feel comfortable saying or writing about. In '77, I was on the cover of Time. The same week I had a big story in Newsweek. In one of the magazines it says I live alone, and the other magazine said I live with Jane Wagner. Unless you were so really adamantly out, and had made some declaration at some press conference, people back then didn't write about your relationship.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Media coverage depends on public declarations; without them, personal details like relationships were often reported inconsistently.
- In plain terms
- Without a public declaration, the press reports on your relationships inconsistently.
- What can you take from it?
- Public declarations shape media narratives about personal life.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Should public figures declare relationships?
- How much control do you have over media stories?
Another view
Media can still investigate and report without declarations.
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