A few years back, when that weird Aussie Wikileaks bloke was hiding in an embassy with all the stuff about sex trials, extradition, etc., it seemed to some people that the propoganda master plan had worked: instead of all the shady government sneakery being the big international story that it was becoming attention had been diverted to stories about the weird bloke.
I wonder how Zuck-head's attempt to apply a similar strategy will play out. Until a month ago there were new stories every month about how Zuckbook was deliberately doing dastardly deeds that were even starting to piss off politicians of all parties. Now the press has been lured into stories about some VR omnishablesverse instead. Will people remember all the bad stuff that Zuck-head bases his business on? Or will they just think of the insignificant VR non-stories when his name is mentioned?
Biting the hand that feeds IT
