Taylor Swift Has a Long History of Omitting Facts to Fit Her Own Narrative

Once again, Taylor Swift is making headlines for a conflict with someone in the music industry who she says has wronged her. But for some Taylor Swift fans, like myself, it is starting to feel a bit like Groundhog Day.

If you’ve somehow managed to avoid the news cycle for the past few days, here’s a quick rundown: Swift's old record label, Big Machine, was sold to Ithaca Holdings (the media company owned by Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun) for over $300 million. Then Swift wrote a damning blog post on Tumblr, in which she made it clear that Scooter gaining possession of her back catalog as part of the deal was a bitter pill for her to swallow. In fact, she felt like Scooter and his clients (which include Bieber and Kanye West) have been “bullying” her for years, so it was the ultimate betrayal for Big Machine's founder Scott Borchetta to sell it to the leader of her enemies, especially because Swift has been trying her best to buy the masters to her past six albums.

Taylor Swift has every right to be upset about the fact that she doesn't own her work, the way she has handled this situation (and similar confrontations) highlights an infuriating pattern that has developed over the years: Swift has a habit of omitting details during these public disputes, in an attempt to frame a narrative of herself as a victim, even when she doesn't need to.

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