{"id":2270791,"date":"2024-06-18T16:48:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/literal-streisand-effect-singers-desperate-attempt-to-direct-people-away-from-ny-post-backfires\/"},"modified":"2024-06-18T16:50:32","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T20:50:32","slug":"literal-streisand-effect-singers-desperate-attempt-to-direct-people-away-from-ny-post-backfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/literal-streisand-effect-singers-desperate-attempt-to-direct-people-away-from-ny-post-backfires\/","title":{"rendered":"Streisand Effect&#8217; Strikes: Singer&#8217;s Effort to Divert Attention from NY Post Fails"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fliteral-streisand-effect-singers-desperate-attempt-to-direct-people-away-from-ny-post-backfires%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2270791&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Barbra Streisirthat tried to \u2063distract her followers from The New York Post&#8217;s reporting on \u2063President Joe Biden by asserting that the publication \u200cwas\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-mtg-introduces-fire-fauci-act-we-do-not-comply-bill\/\" title=\"Rep. MTG introduces \u2018Fire Fauci\u2019 Act &#038; \u2018We Do Not Comply\u2019 Bill\">spreading lies<\/a> about him. However, her attempt to \u200bsuppress the visibility of these reports backfired \u2064and resulted in increased attention to The New York Post, a phenomenon known as the &#8220;Streisand Effect.&#8221; This term is named after Streisand herself, originating from her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-seeks-to-change-age-of-consent-to-15\/\" title=\"France Seeks To Change Age Of Consent To 15\">earlier attempt<\/a> to suppress photographs of her Malibu mansion,\u2063 which only led to more public interest and circulation \u200bof the \u200cimages. Social media \u200busers highlighted the irony of her recent actions on platforms such as Twitter, noting how she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illegal-immigrant-tiktoker-who-went-viral-urging-migrants-to-take-over-american-homes-is-wanted-by-ice-report\/\" title=\"TikTok Star Urging Migration Faces ICE Search: Report\">unintentionally drew<\/a> more attention to the article she intended to downplay.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>Singer and actress Barbra Streisand found herself at the mercy of a phenomenon named after her \u2014 The Streisand Effect \u2014 when she attempted to drive people away from The New York Post on Monday, prompting the exact opposite response.<\/p>\n<p>It all began with a post on X in which the singer implored her hundreds of thousands of followers to ignore reporting from The Post because it included negative stories about President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NY Post is printing lies about President Biden. No other media outlets should amplify its disinformation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The NY Post is printing lies about President Biden. No other media outlets should amplify its disinformation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Barbra Streisand (@BarbraStreisand) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarbraStreisand\/status\/1802814627870363935?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But then she fell victim to The Streisand Effect \u2014 which, as described by Grok, states that the amount of attention a thing gets is inversely proportional to the amount of attention you want it to get.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The Streisand effect is a phenomenon where attempts to hide or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-one-in-six-biden-voters-would-have-changed-their-vote-if-they-had-known-about-scandals-suppressed-by-media\/\" title=\"Poll: One In Six Biden Voters Would Have Changed Their Vote If They Had Known About Scandals Suppressed By Media\">suppress information<\/a> actually result in increased publicity and awareness of that information. It\u2019s like trying to cover up a secret only to have it plastered all over the front page of a newspaper. The term was coined after American singer and actress Barbra Streisand tried to suppress photos of her Malibu mansion, which only led to more people seeking out and sharing those very photos. So, the lesson here is: sometimes the more you try to hide something, the more attention it gets.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cBarbara Streisand is apparently completely unaware of the \u2018Streisand Effect.\u2019 This is the most unintentionally hilarious thing I have seen lately \u2026\u201d one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-office-actor-rainn-wilson-admits-theres-anti-christian-bias-in-hollywood-following-the-last-of-us-episode\/\" title=\"\u2018The Office\u2019 Actor Rainn Wilson Admits There\u2019s \u2018Anti-Christian Bias In Hollywood\u2019 Following \u2018The Last Of Us\u2019 Episode\">social media user pointed<\/a> out via X, sharing Grok\u2019s explanation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Barbara Streisand is apparently completely unaware of the \u201cStreisand Effect\u201d. This is the most unintentionally hilarious thing I have seen lately\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jcJLM6gknB\">https:\/\/t.co\/jcJLM6gknB<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bv4KA7dneN\">pic.twitter.com\/Bv4KA7dneN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Crispus Attucks, Esq \ud83e\udd43 (@cattucks1775) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cattucks1775\/status\/1802855956587466903?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLiteral Streisand effect,\u201d conservative communications strategist Steve Guest remarked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Literal Streisand effect: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xbweaDllit\">https:\/\/t.co\/xbweaDllit<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kRLQvRvSRN\">pic.twitter.com\/kRLQvRvSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1802854711428858287?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWow, she did the thing,\u201d Washington Free Beacon reporter Chuck Ross added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow, she did the thing <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AMkUhE3SDv\">https:\/\/t.co\/AMkUhE3SDv<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4p1cM3I5Lr\">pic.twitter.com\/4p1cM3I5Lr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckRossDC\/status\/1802903993175113738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Do not look at this thing I don\u2019t want you to look at\u2019 said Streisand! How can this be real? The writers are outdoing themselves in 2024!\u201d conservative pundit Mary Katherine Ham posted.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1716990157394000&#038;usg=AOvVaw33qQydjIo8bet419amChif\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cDo not look at this thing I don\u2019t want you to look at\u201d said Streisand! How can this be real? The writers are outdoing themselves in 2024! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iNh7IWGFnZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/iNh7IWGFnZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mary Katharine Ham (@mkhammer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkhammer\/status\/1803025172632392032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe phenomenon of telling people to not share something only to have it spectacularly backfire is literally named after you,\u201d Noam Blum pointed out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The phenomenon of telling people to not share something only to have it spectacularly backfire is literally named after you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WUTxhlsevH\">https:\/\/t.co\/WUTxhlsevH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/1802841763088113923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is like watching Dr. Heimlich dislodge a blockage in a choking person\u2019s airway,\u201d podcaster Justin Young posted in response.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This is like watching Dr. Heimlich dislodge a blockage in a choking person\u2019s airway. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Khje4pQzsD\">https:\/\/t.co\/Khje4pQzsD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Justin Robert Young (@JustinRYoung) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinRYoung\/status\/1802865190146339182?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbra Streisand experienced the Streisand Effect firsthand after trying to deter attention from The New York Post, inadvertently drawing more interest. 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