Re: Media Discussion - Bachelorette 7 - Thread #3

[nutty1]

I listened to that poscast too, Rosepetal. He and his guest were talking about the fact that MTV lets the Real World people do social media, give out spoilers etc. and ABC won't allow JP to even come on his show, tweet etc. It seems very one-sided since Ben has been tweeting and following people related to the show for a very long time now. It also seems strange that for a time he was openly tweeting former contestants, then those tweets disappeared, but now he is still allowed to tweet even if it is business only (which we know it is not). Chantal was totally shut down after she was found out but Ben is allowed to continue? I guess as the seasons progress, the rules change. Totally agree...it has to do with $$$$$$$$$$$!

I think that the men are less intimidated by the producers than the women. Kate from Baldwin's season told quite the stories of intimidation and screaming by the producers for posting her blogs. Plus Chantal was considered for the Bachelorette position until they went with Ashley, so she had to play by the producers' rules. Ben may know he is not being considered and honestly does not care what the producers think.

If the producers were smart, one season they should convince the F2 to disappear IRL and on social media, and have the F1 be seen everywhere IRL and on the internet. That would drive the sleuthers nuts! 8)

And maybe they did just that this year!!

[gurlbrit]

This is probably nothing but I was listening to JP's friend Chris Heller's 7/7 Talkish podcast and at about the 18: 57 mark he asks his co-host why JP can't twitter, do Chris' podcast or anything. Since we know that Chris had said on twitter that he was meeting up with JP a couple of weeks ago. I believe JP told him he couldn't use these social network items. Ben had been using twitter for other things besides business before he was told to quit like Chantal was. Just put another clue that JP is F1.

I listened to that poscast too, Rosepetal. He and his guest were talking about the fact that MTV lets the Real World people do social media, give out spoilers etc. and ABC won't allow JP to even come on his show, tweet etc. It seems very one-sided since Ben has been tweeting and following people related to the show for a very long time now. It also seems strange that for a time he was openly tweeting former contestants, then those tweets disappeared, but now he is still allowed to tweet even if it is business only (which we know it is not). Chantal was totally shut down after she was found out but Ben is allowed to continue? I guess as the seasons progress, the rules change. Totally agree...it has to do with $$$$$$$$$$$!

my guess is that they are trying to woo Ben as the Bachelor and so they are giving him lots of freedom and promoting his wine a lot to convince him that it would be good for him to do it. Good Bach candidates keep turning them down because they don't want to be taken advantage of or pushed around. TPTB know they've got to prove that they're loosening up and that they'll give the Bach more freedom in order to get the deal done. (Whether they actually will remains to be seen, but this is the courting process!)

If TPTB are looking to Ben for the new Bachelor slot it would also tie in with an edit that shows nothing untoward about him. He's been given a very clean edit so far. Not sure though that it would be a good thing knowing how TPTB treat their leads.

Nutty, you may be right about TPTB flip flopping with their F2 invisible and their F1 out and about.

[BlondieGal]

I listened to that poscast too, Rosepetal. He and his guest were talking about the fact that MTV lets the Real World people do social media, give out spoilers etc. and ABC won't allow JP to even come on his show, tweet etc. It seems very one-sided since Ben has been tweeting and following people related to the show for a very long time now. It also seems strange that for a time he was openly tweeting former contestants, then those tweets disappeared, but now he is still allowed to tweet even if it is business only (which we know it is not). Chantal was totally shut down after she was found out but Ben is allowed to continue? I guess as the seasons progress, the rules change. Totally agree...it has to do with $$$$$$$$$$$!

I think that the men are less intimidated by the producers than the women. Kate from Baldwin's season told quite the stories of intimidation and screaming by the producers for posting her blogs. Plus Chantal was considered for the Bachelorette position until they went with Ashley, so she had to play by the producers' rules. Ben may know he is not being considered and honestly does not care what the producers think.

If the producers were smart, one season they should convince the F2 to disappear IRL and on social media, and have the F1 be seen everywhere IRL and on the internet. That would drive the sleuthers nuts! 8)

And maybe they did just that this year!!

I was waiting for that one!

[Love_Me]

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