JD Vance has clearly never heard of the “Streisand Effect” & now that creepy couch story is never going away
420,000 people viewed the photo. Stay woke with our briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!In an ironic twist, Streisand’s efforts to shield the image wound up making it a national story.
Hence, the “Streisand Effect” (and its accompanying Wikipedia page) was born. The theory rests on the idea that if one makes an attempt to remove information, it can often make the info more visible. (To add insult to injury, Streisand lost the case, and was ordered to pay the photog’s legal fees.)It’s appropriate to revisit the Streisand Effect now, given the proliferation of unflattering discourse surrounding Vance.
Trump’s #2 has a long history of making creepy and disparaging remarks, including broadsides against “childless cat ladies” and “sociopathic” people without children.
Vance has said so many bizarre statements, it can be difficult to separate fact from fiction. One of the false online narratives surrounding him is the assertion that he’s tried to engage in sexual intercourse with a couch (a surefire sign that his campaign is really, really NOT going well).When Trump announced Vance as his running mate, somebody posted a fictionalized blurb from Hillbilly Elegy in which Vance admits to fornicating with an “inside-out latex glove between two couch cushions.” The lie gained traction on social media, propelling the AP to issue a now-retracted fact-check: “No, JD Vance did not have sex with a couch.”In pure Streisand Effect fashion, the AP’s fact-check wound up blowing up the lie.
