Famous as the '"evil" of showbiz, Dispatch makes idols scared because of their ability to hunt for news and photos. In particular, Dispatch's forte is finding couples who are secretly dating to satisfy the public's curiosity.
Many couples have been brought to light by Dispatch, along with a series of problems that have arisen. From top famous artists from YG to SM or JYP, no one who is dating can escape the eyes of Dispatch reporters. However, the exception is that during the past decade, the members of BTS or more broadly, most of the artists of HYBE have never once been mentioned by Dispatch in dating news.
This caused netizens to talk about HYBE paying to stop Dispatch from doing this and there are even theories that HYBE bought Dispatch or that this newspaper is an antifan of the Big 3... Below is what ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾an netizens discuss the relationship between HYBE and Dispatch:
Dispatch is a leading reputable electronic newspaper about the entertainment industry as well as the lives of top Kpop artists. The exclusive breaking news provided by this newspaper is always guaranteed to be "̾s̾h̾o̾c̾king", fast and absolutely accurate, especially dating rumors or the private lives of Kpop idols.
Not only stopping there, Dispatch is venturing into other areas such as corruption in large economic corporations, dark aspects of showbiz such as ṩệẍual hara̾s̾sment, use of banned substances as well as lawsuits. Regardless of the popularity and power of the stars, Dispatch does not hesitate. However, one thing that netizens realized is that it seems like Dispatch also... discriminates between entertainment companies. It's not hard to see, Dispatch always targets big companies like SM, YG and JYP, while HYBE almost never does.
Specifically, netizens pointed out that if Dispatch diligently hunts for dating news, then for artists like BTS, Dispatch is often the place... to deny inaccurate love rumors. Remember, right when SUGA was caught up in a dating scandal with female singer Suran, Dispatch posted a denial notice directly reported by HYBE's own representative. HYBE and Dispatch coordinated so quickly that ARMY themselves didn't even have time to understand what was going on.
In another case, Dispatch even published an article explaining why Jungkook's dating news was false. Or even in the dating rumors of V and Jennie that flooded SNS and other newspapers, Dispatch never once mentioned or gave information about the two's dating story. In particular, there was a move by Dispatch that made fans realize their different attitudes towards HYBE artists or BTS in particular. It was when they posted a photo of V wearing Chanel cuff earrings but removed the photo immediately after posting because they realized this earring is promoted by Jennie.
Not stopping there, netizens also pointed out that while Dispatch seems to treat all other idols "badly", BTS seems to be the only group favored by this newspaper. Dispatch reporters followed BTS everywhere, from ̾k̾o̾r̾e̾a to far away äṃệŕïċä, but only to take promotional photos for the group and sell photobooks to ARMYs.
Netizens firmly believe that Dispatch is not unable to investigate or has no news about BTS or HYBE artists. The newspaper's attitude says it all and with these things, netizens cannot help but suspect that HYBE and Dispatch have some kind of collaborative relationship. Many people even confirmed that HYBE paid Dispatch a large sum of money to prevent them from spreading dating news about BTS or TXT. Some also believe that Dispatch is a shareholder of HYBE or that HYBE bought Dispatch and implemented a plan to destroy the Big 3.
Here's what netizens are saying about this topic:
- I know for sure that V and Jennie are really dating because Dispatch didn't say anything! If Jennie dated someone other than a BTS member, Dispatch would definitely reveal it first!
- Dispatch loves nothing more than sniping at YG. Yet when it comes to Bł₲ Ⱨł₮ idols' dating news, they don't say anything. Why? How dare they disobey BigHit!
- Just a few months ago, Dispatch tried to criticize YG with an article about Son Naeun. Since when did they turn into lambs?
- Honestly this is true...
- Huh. Anyone can tell that V is from Hybe and Dispatch just refuses to write any articles about him?
- It's indeed true, people are saying that it's because the leadership is close to each other that they're not getting any articles
- And it's true that BTS attends every event that Dispatch holds
- There's a couple within Hybe who are cohabitating together in the popular Hannam the Hill, it's quite obvious when you see how quiet they are around this couple...
- As they should. Protect privacy of their employees. Cudos to HYBE!
- Isn't that som̾e̾t̾h ̾ing good?at least they do som̾e̾t̾h ̾ing for their privacy
- They paid everyone in the industry since 2017.
- HYBE paying the media, nothing new.
- The fact that they didn’t even want to touch the Taennie dating news should’ve made it obvious lol
- Yu all are just jealous bcz disptch is exposinh your favs which u all can't handle and making wattpd theory hybe give them money lol
- I mean HYBE definitely keeps a deal running with Dispatch but that's probably not only for dating rumors but most importantly for the shady stuff Bongo does financially and managerially.
- this is not a secret. we’ve known this since 2020
- Wish every company would do this because why are you exposing people’s private relationships?
- Every company should strive to protect their artist. Periods. The fact SM artist mentioned ALOT in this thread just proven how shítty they are as company regarding protecting their artist. All those gossips, scandals and security problem they have (I saw video where Enhypen bodyguard protected their bg like, bruh, why).