The set visit took place in Weymouth, Mass. Sept. 10, 2015, the same day the New England Patriots opened their season at home in Foxborough against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The embargo lifted yesterday, April 28, and from an inside-entertainment-journalism POV, the report to read is the one posted by The Verge entertainment editor Emily Yoshida.
Overall, Yoshida was underwhelmed by her set visit experience. She makes clear at the beginning that her outlet declined an offer for complimentary accommodation, and later gives a pretty good description of what it feels like to be a part of roundtable interview sessions:
The roundtable interview format is strangely dehumanizing.
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