According to New Idea, Pitt can finally move-on from his lengthy court battle by “tasting victory.” The story says Pitt and his legal team are “reasonably confident” that he’ll receive “joint custody” of at least some of his children. The older ones “may be given the choice by the judge” of which parent they would prefer to live with.
Pitt has worked on himself since the divorce proceedings started four years ago and “has to hope he’s done enough to win” his kids back. Pitt would prefer full custody, but he still views “joint custody of any of the children as a win.” All the same, he “is remaining upbeat.”
New Idea specializes in bait and switch stories like this. In huge letters being a smiling Pitt we see “Brad’s big win!” In the article itself, it says his legal team is “reasonably confident” that they’ll get a traditional settlement. These two statements are incompatible with one another. This is yet another example of the tabloid promoting something big and delivering something small.
