Spectacle TV Without the Spectacle…
by Emerson DameronFiled under: Fraud and Deception, Media Literacy, Publicity Stunts
Olympian Michael Phelps unsurprisingly lost his Sunday race against a simulated great white shark.
“Twitter users blast Michael Phelps for not racing a real shark”
by Chris Perez
New York Post
July 24, 2017
Can you blame him?
Social media users were tearing Michael Phelps to shreds for his "race" against a Great White shark on Sunday night - calling it a "scam" - after he chose to swim side-by-side with a simulation, instead of the real thing.
"Don't say Phelps is racing a shark if you're not going to put him against an actual shark,"
tweeted Breyanna Davis, who was one of countless viewers to get confused over the way the televised swimming competition went down.
"So you mean to tell me Michael Phelps didn't even race a real shark? It was just a simulation. I'm mad. More like Shark WEAK!" said Frank Costa.
User @M_Frosti added, "smh Michael Phelps isn't actually racing a shark. He's just racing a simulation of a shark. Biggest scam of 2017." Read more.
