I'm not sure where you got the idea that I wasn't disappointed in S5 as a whole. There was a LOT about S5 that bugged me. It just wasn't the same stuff that bugged you.
And any time you get a reporter injecting their own interpretation of a quote, you're going to get spin. The most objective of those reports that I read was the longest, most complete transcript of quotes from Jensen. The other reports that I read, the reporters would preface or follow the quote with an interpretation or explanation, always negative, and not really objective.
Was it a conspiracy then?
In the media? Of course it was. Perhaps not together, but the news media makes its money on stirring controversy with its stories. To take Jensen's quotes and give them an angle of "Well, he was disappointed and uncomfortable at first, but he's stepping up to the challenge and he's quite content with his work," would not have "sold papers" (gotten the site hits) that they want for their ratings.
I'm also a little concern by the claim that Jensen's second statement was damage control. Because if he was unhappy and now he's saying he's wasn't unhappy, then he's lying. And while Jensen is tactful and professional and protective of his privacy and only reveals what he wants us to know, I've never gotten the impression that he outright lies about his opinions and feelings.
And yes, there is more than one way to interpret what he said. You'll notice that the only interpretation that the news media and much of the fandom took it was negative.
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Date: 2010-10-23 04:44 pm (UTC)And any time you get a reporter injecting their own interpretation of a quote, you're going to get spin. The most objective of those reports that I read was the longest, most complete transcript of quotes from Jensen. The other reports that I read, the reporters would preface or follow the quote with an interpretation or explanation, always negative, and not really objective.
Was it a conspiracy then?
In the media? Of course it was. Perhaps not together, but the news media makes its money on stirring controversy with its stories. To take Jensen's quotes and give them an angle of "Well, he was disappointed and uncomfortable at first, but he's stepping up to the challenge and he's quite content with his work," would not have "sold papers" (gotten the site hits) that they want for their ratings.
I'm also a little concern by the claim that Jensen's second statement was damage control. Because if he was unhappy and now he's saying he's wasn't unhappy, then he's lying. And while Jensen is tactful and professional and protective of his privacy and only reveals what he wants us to know, I've never gotten the impression that he outright lies about his opinions and feelings.
And yes, there is more than one way to interpret what he said. You'll notice that the only interpretation that the news media and much of the fandom took it was negative.