Bachelor Australia - Season 5 - Matty Johnson - Media Social Media - *Sleuthing Spoilers* #3

Ok so the NW tag on IG is BS. Laura did not say such a thing. She was very nice towards all of the girls and comes across as a little insecure. They did mention the dating thing which is interesting and speculated by a few of us anyhow. If you wish to sleuth sleuth New Year's Eve and Kiki and Noni.

@Sundy so much lady for going to get the mag and confirming what was actually said by Laura regarding the other girls, greatly appreciated.

Off to google the New Year's Eve with Kiki and Noni now

By the way the heading on the front cover is 'we're falling in love!'

@Sundy

That does not sound F1 like at all.

Sundy wrote:Ok so the NW tag on IG is BS. Laura did not say such a thing. She was very nice towards all of the girls and comes across as a little insecure. They did mention the dating thing which is interesting and speculated by a few of us anyhow. If you wish to sleuth sleuth New Year's Eve and Kiki and Noni.

IMO, that seems like an example of the media being unfair to Laura, attributing words to her that she didn't say, words which make her seem like she has an attitude.

Sundy wrote:By the way the heading on the front cover is 'we're falling in love!'

So it seems the NW have only one objective - to push Laura as F1 for all it's worth. Reminds me of Sportsbet !!

Have ever seen such obvious media for the suspected F1 before? This seems unprecedented!

@brownravens IA

brownravens wrote:Have ever seen such obvious media for the suspected F1 before? This seems unprecedented!

 It sounds suss to me. It sounds really suss.

Billysmom wrote:
I'm now seeing laura as the underdog, and (we shall see) possibly a bit unfairly targeted by the media,  so I feel I can now root for the underdog, ...

AllAboutLove wrote:
Can someone point me to some examples from the media where Laura is targeted unfairly and is an underdog? I am really confused since I have seen examples of the opposite question

I won't presume to know exactly what @Billysmom thinks, but I think we've mostly been on the same page re: Laura. I think 'unfairly targeted' refers to the constant attention of every media outlet pushing her as F1, rather than anything particularly nasty. I brought this up in another thread but when you're trying to hide the result and every man and his dog thinks you're F1, I imagine it would be hard to figure out what to say in interviews/SM to keep suspense. Imagine Nikki last year, when everyone was saying she had it in the bag but she was actually heartbroken, it would have been very difficult to face the constant media onslaught I imagine!

In terms of being the underdog, perhaps it is not that she has been portrayed as an underdog, but that no one really wants her to win and she has minimal support, thus creating the underdog status? She's definitely still a frontrunner, but an unpopular one now. JMO

The media have been pumping Laura up like crazy. So many articles about why she will win. People (incorrecrly) sleuthing that they were on a skiing trip together. The Georgia Love 2 story. Sportsbet have her as a strong favourite. The awkward radio game "who would you rather?" And the hosts had Laura as the winner. Everything has been all about Laura in the media.

Because of this, the audience have already conceded she is going to win and therefore they're rooting for the underdog which would be Tara or Elise.

In the Cambridge dictionary an underdog is defined as two things. One is this: 'in a competition, the person or team considered to be the weakest and the least likely to win.'
According to this definition I do not see Laura as the underdog.