Is this THE most misleading headline from the mainstream press?

[IMFearless]

I stumbled across an article with the headline...

"Disney World's EPCOT is about to get way better."

Reading on, I discover they are referring to the return of Captain EO. So what's the story? Is it a joke on Time's part? Does Disney own them? Are they simply so clueless they actually believe the content of their article?

It is indicative of a widespread issue which is that the mainstream media have very little idea about Disney World. This article takes the cake...

http://time.com/3977484/disney-captain-eo-epcot/

 

[Yankee Mouse]

I read it more as an opinion article even though it isn't labeled as one. And to be honest, as much as it would be nice to have something new in the theater,I would rather have eo than lame movie previews. One thing I would like to see though would be a revisit with the creators to update the making of part of the film. Get their opinion on it after thirty years.

 

[MonorailLover]

I stumbled across an article with the headline...

"Disney World's EPCOT is about to get way better."

Reading on, I discover they are referring to the return of Captain EO. So what's the story? Is it a joke on Time's part? Does Disney own them? Are they simply so clueless they actually believe the content of their article?

It is indicative of a widespread issue which is that the mainstream media have very little idea about Disney World. This article takes the cake...

http://time.com/3977484/disney-captain-eo-epcot/

Well i guess it's new to some people that other people LOVE Captain EO and Michael Jackson. It is truly a great experience for MJ fans.

 

[The Duck]

And to top it off, the journalist calls Captain EO a ................. ride.

 

[Bocabear]

It was just a piece of promotional journalism fluff...probably written by someone working for Disney..because putting EO back will never make EPCOT WAY better... it is just more of the same. Lame lazy journalism...a promotional blurb from Disney masquerading as news...

 

[danyoung56]

Or perhaps the article is indicative of how jaded we forum regulars are, that perhaps EO's return really is seen by the general public as a good thing for Epcot, and only those of us who frequent forums like this have a hard time with it.

 

[Bocabear]

No...I think everyone feels like it ran in the park for 20 years, they brought it back years later, and now bringing it back because they have not come up with anything new...
I know I am jaded, but really, this is completely non newsworthy... That is like saying "Disney's Hollywood Studios is about to get WAY better"..."Relish will return to the condiment bar at the Backlot Express"...and "Lights will turn on at night"...

 

[MagicMike]

Perhaps they ran out of characters for the headline and had to leave off the "LOL".

 

[Nick Wilde]

Some people actually like the show.

 

[Master Yoda]

If anything I think it is just a case of a click bait headline.

The author, Laura Lorenzetti, is listed as a biotech and health care reporter for Fortune. Odds are she was given the story at 4:00 on a Friday and told to write 200-300 words before she left for the weekend.

 

[gsimpson]

"Reporting" has devolved into reprinting press releases. The local press reports on the agency I work for on a regular basis and they get even the most basic items wrong, things that you could go to our website and get the correct information in a matter of seconds, the lack of fact checking - let alone fact finding - is staggering. Friends of mine who have kids in the Walter Cronkite school of journalism at ASU tell me their kids are being taught the job of today's journalist is to "shape the public opinion" instead of informing the public.

 

[Nick Wilde]

"Reporting" has devolved into reprinting press releases. The local press reports on the agency I work for on a regular basis and they get even the most basic items wrong, things that you could go to our website and get the correct information in a matter of seconds, the lack of fact checking - let alone fact finding - is staggering. Friends of mine who have kids in the Walter Cronkite school of journalism at ASU tell me their kids are being taught the job of today's journalist is to "shape the public opinion" instead of informing the public.

The sad thing is that is what mainstream media does these days.... They tell you what your values and morals are and what you should agree and disagree with, instead of simply informing you.

 

[Bocabear]

I like the show...I really do...but anyone can see this is not newsworthy...It ran from 1986-1994, then reopened in 2010 through 2014 and was just replaced for two temporary movie trailers....So the movie trailers are finished and they put the movie back so the theater isn't dark...This does not generally demand a press release saying the park is getting WAY better...lol.

 

[Master Yoda]

"Reporting" has devolved into reprinting press releases. The local press reports on the agency I work for on a regular basis and they get even the most basic items wrong, things that you could go to our website and get the correct information in a matter of seconds, the lack of fact checking - let alone fact finding - is staggering. Friends of mine who have kids in the Walter Cronkite school of journalism at ASU tell me their kids are being taught the job of today's journalist is to "shape the public opinion" instead of informing the public.

That is just sad on so many levels.

Mainstream news these days is absolutely worthless. News programs are no different that reality shows. They just edit what happened so it fits the narrative that they feel will generate the most add revenue.

 

[JIMINYCR]

Get way better? I believed it "get way better" when EO was closed. I was hoping it would get way better permanently that way.

 

[Bocabear]

EO is cute...but getting WAY better in my book would be adding new original attractions... not another meet and greet or refurbished older attraction...