Movie talk has turned into a noisy, bad faith echo chamber where box office numbers are treated like sports scores and AI-written clickbait drowns out real discussion. The loudest, most controversial voices get rewarded, while honest, thoughtful conversation gets ignored. Media literacy hasn’t just declined—it’s been buried under SEO headlines, culture war bait, and the endless churn of empty content.
$15 Articles, 400-Name Blacklists, and a $64.5M Lawsuit—What’s Going On at Valnet?
Let’s get something straight: if you co-created Pornhub and then pivoted into running a sprawling SEO-driven content empire where writers are allegedly blacklisted for asking for better pay, you don’t really get to play the victim when someone reports on it. And yet, here we are—Valnet Inc. is suing The Wrap for $64.5 million over … Continue reading $15 Articles, 400-Name Blacklists, and a $64.5M Lawsuit—What’s Going On at Valnet?
The Valnet Model: Churn Out Content, Underpay Writers, Threaten Critics
Every time you scroll past another “10 Best Movie Villains Who Were Actually Right” article, there’s a good chance it came from Screen Rant. And if it wasn’t them, it was Collider, or MovieWeb, or CBR—all owned by the same shadowy content machine known as Valnet Inc. You may not know that name, but you’ve … Continue reading The Valnet Model: Churn Out Content, Underpay Writers, Threaten Critics
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