Fyre Festival 2 Raises The Question: Who Deserves A Second Chance?

Do you believe people deserve a second chance? It seems Billy McFarland, the disgraced producer of the Fyre Festival debacle back in 2018 is now back after serving his six year sentence for defrauding concert-goers and getting released early. What's he back with? Fyre Festival II, of course! And apparently the first wave of tickets is already sold out, inspiring plenty of confused stories from media wondering why anyone would give him their money again after his track record. As Rolling Stone writes:

“It has been the absolute wildest journey to get here,” McFarland said, in what may go down as the single greatest quote in human history. “And it really all started during a seven month stint in solitary confinement.”

The story has plenty of people writing about why a convicted concert promoter and scammer is even getting a second chance, but it illustrates one of the most fundamental rules of media that is and has always been true. Stoking people's outrage is a predictably effective way to get attention. In other words, this dude may be a sleazy salesman with a very punchable face ... but he definitely knows what he's doing when it comes to separating suckers from their money.