I'm just trying to get this straight in my head...

So...the show is about this guy who leaves the big mega-label, to go to a smaller label, because he's "about the music" and not "about the money." And so, since he's so "about the music" and not "about the money", he proceeds to go and sign this "unknown" kid (just "hoping that the rest of the world will hear the same magic that he does"). And yet, the whole scenario is played out on a network television show, and the story itself has been crafted in part in an effort to mass market this new kid, who is, in real life, a Columbia Records artist, whose new album they are obviously trying to push very hard for its debut next month. Is this what them college braniacs refer to as a "dichotomy?"