Quote from: KeyJockey on April 22, 2017, 04:32:36 PM

Seriously I don't get it why Monero seems to get so much negging by the media and etc, compared to how much other coins much closer to clear scams (*cough* Dash *cough* ZCash *cough*) are given a clear benefit of the doubt (totally undeserved)...

A big part of it is that many of the media companies have an ownership stake in those coins. For example, Coindesk has a disclaimer saying that they have an ownership stake in Zcash, which goes a long way in explaining why they post so many favorable articles about Zcash and why they'll help to spread FUD about Monero. Interestingly, I did not see that disclaimer posted at the bottom of their latest article (I checked around an hour ago).

Lack of marketing is a part of it too. For people who want to help with Monero marketing, check out https://www.reddit.com/r/MoneroMarketing/ Marketing includes little things like wearing a Monero t-shirt or putting a link to the latest GUI on your blog...it all adds up.