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Amazon’s Promotion of ‘Melania’ Has Critics Questioning Its Motives — The tech giant is spending $35 million to promote its film about the first lady, far more than is typical for documentaries. (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] Prove_your_argument@piefed.social 13 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

There's a craigslist post paying people $50 to sit through it on launch night in the boston craigslist.

[–] Embargo@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 hours ago

I wonder if this is an insidious plan to boost numbers or more of a "I'll give you 50 bucks to sit through this terrible movie" thing.

[–] Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

That figure is missing some zeros if it intends to be effective.