Movies and the Media

Re “The Price of an Interview,” editorial, June 29: Movie studio publicists, who are demanding that entertainment reporters strictly obey limits on what questions they can ask of talent and are demanding that the media agree to terms on not only when articles can run, but on how long they will be, are asking not only that journalists be an accomplice to propaganda, but are making a false assumption that consumers aren’t savvy enough to be aware of the scheme.

If this is the trend, newspapers and magazines should demand that movie studios spend more on advertising. For that is the only sure way to make studios control the message in the press,while still being fair to consumers who don’t want to read propaganda.

Greg Jenkins

Long Beach