If it's to the contrary, and affection for the BBC's offerings from Attenborough to Strictly Come Dancing run deep, or that its journalism might be trusted ahead of others, then Nationalists have to tread carefully.
The city won support from others in part by carefully studying past efforts by Japan to market itself to international judges, said Ting, who holds a PhD in sociology from the University of Michigan.
But even as that century unfolded and adventurous artists increasingly emphasized the direct and the truthful at the expense of the ideal, others continued to make studies from nature only as preparation for carefully constructed studio paintings.
Others try to pretend to have accidentally strayed into the shot -- in carefully co-ordinated movements no doubt designed to get maximum coverage of their faces for whoever they may assume will be watching.
Just as product- and service-based brands have to choose their celebrity ambassadors carefully, individuals looking to up their personal clout (to say nothing of Klout) should be aware that others will form opinions of them based on their associates.