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Matthew Belloni: occasionally, Nikki Finke intentionally reported fake news in order to get people to play ball with her
We all loved to read when she went after someone, but Nikki once told me in blunt terms that she occasionally wrote horrible things she knew to be untrue about people in order to get them to play ball with her in the future. That’s pretty much the definition of libel, but to her it was just a casual Hollywood power play—a way for her to exert control over people with more power than her.
https://puck.news/the-dark-legacy-of-nikki-finke/
Matthew Belloni: occasionally, Nikki Finke intentionally reported fake news in order to get people to play ball with her Oct 10, 08:07
"Nikki was a terrorist. A journalistic terrorist, sure, yet a terrorist nonetheless." {nm} Oct 10, 08:08
The legitimate journalists known to Delta House considered her a clown and mouthpiece-for-hire {nm} Oct 10, 10:46
She knew how to play the game apparently {nm} Oct 10, 10:53