How long are they tied to the contract?
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The point I was trying to make with the first part is that people who are "not comfortable with the publicness"Originally Posted by kultainen;3353409;
of the show, who would never agree to any of the terms of this show, are applying their own standards, or standards typically considered appropriate for most people, to a small group of people who have agreed to having their most personal moments filmed for up to 6 weeks, edited in a possiby embarassing, negative manner, and broadcasted for millions to view, scrutinize and judge. Somehow, the period of time between the taping and airing of the show is being called the real word when they are still very much subject to the conditions of the contract. I don't see that the "game" is over, at least not in terms of TPTB being out of their lives. IMO, reality does not begin until they are free to live their lives on their own terms.
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"Social currency" - I love that phrase
I take issue with the notion that there is only one source and that person is leaking it for either money or conscience. Ever hear, "if two people know something, it isn't a secret?" The reason isn't because only one person will blab, for money or because of outrage.
It's because people, all people, being social animals, love to gossip. Why do you think so many of us are glued to this board....and those who have information post it? Because if you have something interesting that you know, and others want to know, it is a social currency that makes you interesting to listen to, and that feels good.
People at the network, friends of TB, former participants, and business associates of these folks, all want to be liked. Get to know them and they will talk about what they know. They all expend, at various rates, their social currency. And it adds up.
To my way of thinking, people can make mistakes about some facts and be right about others. A cameraman, for instance, might know firsthand about what happened at a taping while he would only get secondhand something that happened during arranged get-togethers between the happy couple after the season -- he could be about the firsthand information without being right about all of the information he passes onward.
That kind of scenario has happened to a number of the people who are receiving information about the show from...."sources" -- some of the information they have shared has been correct, other information has not.
You are too funny! The idea of these imposters meeting up with each other on the net is hysterical but quite possible! I hope that after the imposters are proven wrong about Jason and Melissa, that people don't buy their excuses for being wrong (yet again).
Well, clearly you are free to believe what you consider to be the "facts." I agree with sdl. My beliefs, just as his, are not based upon pure speculation but people we know personally and trust. The sources are indeed more than one person. You can choose not to believe that as a fact. RS's blog entries will all be proven as true.sdl, with all due respect to you and the four people, what you are describing does not present facts, just a lot of rumors. Saying that they are not from the same source is supposition which you or they can not prove.
Let's look at some real "facts":
1. We are being asked not to believe our eyes that Jason is not an average guy as he appeared to many of us, but rather a chauvinist pig who puts Casanova to shame
2. We are being asked to believe that Melissa is not an easy-going bubbly lady who enjoys life, but a heroine from romance novels who has been scorned and will be branded for life locked in a tower.
3. God knows what we are being asked to believe on Molly (a cross between Lady Macbeth and Lorena Bobbitt)
4. We are also asked to believe that an organization as sly as the one Fleiss and Co. run have been hodwinked by an online blogger! We are being asked to believe that they are in a panic over this and are using all means necessary (but apparently not succeeding) in damage control!
At the same time, we are also being "told" (not asked) that:
1. RSs words are Manna from heaven and he is not really a small time blogger whose name most of us did not know until a few days ago, but a cross between James Dean and Ralph Nader.
2. RSs info should not be questioned as he has verified it through all sort of sources, with a coup de grace that he has staked his reputation (of an online blogger extraordinaire) on this.
3. Even though many of his sources and info have already been proven wrong, we are being told that RS knows his stuff and we are just being emotional if we question these "facts".
One of history's less savory characters once said that a lie repeated many times becomes the perceived truth. And while he may have been right, it does NOT by default become the "overwhelming weight of mounting evidence", just a bunch of overlayed rumors and gossip serving the likes of Mike Fleiss.
It seems impossible that there is a rumor out there that hasn't been posted here yet. So, has anyone here posted the rumor that Jason was spotted in Dallas recently? Like, sometime last week or thereabouts? I didn't read it at JU, RS, the alphabet board or the Alethea (sp?) board. It was on the other board I frequent that does recaps and forums of all kinds of shows.
I'm with you, ZuluMay. I've been thinking all along how sad I will be if Jason doesn't end up with Melissa, but if he is willing to break up with her on camera (whether it was planned from the beginning or not), then he's no catch and she's far better off without him.
After these last couple of weeks, all my thoughts about this season have come down to one simple thing:
If Jason surprises Melissa with a break up while the camera is rolling, then he's not the man many thought he was. There will be absolutely no excuses that will justify catching her off-guard on camera.
If he changed his mind, then more power to him: He can choose to break up off camera.
If it was all a plot from the beginning (which I have no idea): He can insist on the break up being off camera.
If the contract states he HAS to shock her with a break up while the camera is on her face to capture her pain: He can stand up and say, "Sue me...I'm going to do the right thing and that is NOT who I am."
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