'Any Publicity Is Good Publicity'

[Citizen Zero]

...Is about the stupidest motto I've ever heard. I mean, seriously?

Ask Jack-in-the-Box about how their big e-coli scandal with four kids dying after eating their burgers helped out sales. It didn't. In fact it nearly drove them into bankruptcy.

Or ask how Toyota's doing after having to recall 18 million cars after that whole 'acceleration problem' debacle. My guess is not too well.

Or even better, let's bring this closer to home. Remember when buyrates skyrocketed and the WWF experienced a reniassance after the steroid scandal broke out? Because I don't.

Do you see my point?

[willywonka666]

Yea. I started a thread like this once. It's a matter of someone saying something because they heard someone else say it and not thinking about it.

Kinda like "everything happens for a reason" Bullshit.

[Cela]

Jack in the Box did get name recognition from that ecoli...

[Red Impact]

I think that it applies more towards actors and shows when it's said. It delves into the fact that, if people are driven by morbid curiosity by things that are trainwrecks of awfulness, hence why The Room shows in theaters, or why people will still pay big bucks to see Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

It's not universal, of course, but there are times when bad publicity can be beneficial.

[Baixo Astral]

Gary Glitter sez no.

[YAKMAN is ICHIBAN]

Mar 15, 2011 8:42:14 GMT -5 Red Impact said:

I think that it applies more towards actors and shows when it's said. It delves into the fact that, if people are driven by morbid curiosity by things that are trainwrecks of awfulness, hence why The Room shows in theaters, or why people will still pay big bucks to see Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark.

It's not universal, of course, but there are times when bad publicity can be beneficial.

This. It's a showbiz thing.

Child porn is one of the few things that is a complete death knell for a career. We can handle drug addicts, and rapists, but once you go after kids you're done.

[Son of a Pregnant Dog]

In the Northeast that E. coli thing is the only thing Jack in the Box was ever known for, ever.