Do not talk to the media. Do not talk to people without conbadges asking questions. You do not have media training, and this will not be an interview in good faith. They will clip you out of context to make everyone look bad. Your participation will only be used to make everyone look bad. - ThreadSky

nyil.bsky.social • 9 days ago

Do not talk to the media. Do not talk to people without conbadges asking questions.

You do not have media training, and this will not be an interview in good faith. They will clip you out of context to make everyone look bad. Your participation will only be used to make everyone look bad.

Reposted from Pye

Don't talk to the media.
Don't talk to the media.
Don't talk to the media.

They will try to exploit you.

Travel in groups. Keep your eyes and ears open, and beware of anyone without conbadges asking questions.

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duvetthecat.bsky.social•9 days ago

I feel that in Europe, furries are a lot less afraid of the media

While bad faith articles still happen here (especially recently in the UK, looking at you Telegraph), it feels like the coverage tends to be positive (see Arte's reporting), mainly local news of the city where the con is held.

duvetthecat.bsky.social•9 days ago

For example:
When NFC was happening, the articles in Swedish media were along the lines of "NFC brings color and fluff to Malmö" etc., without trying to present it as a freakshow

duvetthecat.bsky.social•9 days ago

Completely refusing to talk to outsiders can be warranted depending on the local media landscape, but it may also reinforce the idea we are "the Other", that we are a community cut from "normal" society (which in the end may make it easier for ppl to hate us because they won't see us as just people)

nyil.bsky.social•9 days ago

Unfortunately, when conservative legislators are introducing bills targeting furries and the national conservative propaganda network is looking for footage to justify those spurious bills, there is no winning way to talk to them. They are just looking to smear us.

nyil.bsky.social•9 days ago

Generally, you want people with media training who represent the convention to talk to the media. There is less of a chance of them saying something that will make the con or the fandom look bad. But when the media is specifically looking for material to justify bad laws, they should be avoided.

duvetthecat.bsky.social•9 days ago

I understand that problem, but my point is more that this is an issue that's mainly happening in a one country

Laws targetting furries *specifically* aren't really a thing lawmakers in Europe are thinking about as far as I'm aware

ceruthewolf.bsky.social•8 days ago

Smile and wave.

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