Volusia County Public Library discussion

Shortly after discovering the body of the Sabretooth Tiger in the glacier, the research team at Fear Base are visited by the Hollywood-like TV production crew from their corporate sponsors. The scientists become concerned that their research will be minimalized by the TV crew's desire to film something sensational only. Does this mean that when scientists are looking for support to do research, they should remain leary of getting involved with the entertainment industry and/or profit-driven corporations? Could this lead to them being taken less seriously as researchers? Could their legitimate discoveries be buried under more sensationalist aspects of their work?