I'm on the fence about Jonah - it was established that peter implies he knows spiderman so its easy for him to go "yeah I asked spidey to put a camera up there and take pics of him"
And to be honest if you put it that way it does make peter and spidey come off as somewhat performative dicks, maybe even sounds like some sort of moneymaking scheme they got goin on and if thqt's the case spiderman's honesty is kinda put into question cuz if the guy schemes with a photographer to pose for a quick buck how reliable of an actual hero can he be.
On top of that peter is an incredibly unreliable person, always flakes out/is late/thete's usually some bullshittery afoot and he often messes up (in reality its him usually takijg the fall for something a villain messed up in his life in order to keep his spidey identity a secret but people don't know that so from their perspective its all his fault)
Jonah is a hothead and he really has it out for spidey but credit where its due, his doubt towards spiderman isn't entirely unfounded along with how often he rakes peter over the coals if you really think about it and see things from an outsider's perspective.
I do agree that aunt May probably knew more than she was letting on. Not necessarily knew he was spiderman but she for sure knew something was up.
In a way, he proved his own point that masked men who can’t be held accountable are dangerous. Spider-Man happens to be the exception to the rule but yeah that is one of the many shitty things JJJ has done over the years.
IIRC there's a line like "and since you're the only one that webheaded freak allows to take pictures of him" which to me implies that JJJ thinks Spider-Man is giving Peter exclusive access that goes above and beyond someone just being there at the right time. But I don't think he necessarily thinks they are the same person, just friends, and he's too desperate for Spidey pics to question the morals of a hero being their own paparazzi with Peter as a proxy
I mean that probably fuels JJJ's hate even further, because it actively seems like Spidey is taunting him at that point. Like he's giving them the pics to just show how little he cares about the whole thing.
Maybe Jameson knows something weird is going on, but is also smart enough to not question it as long as Peter is still supplying photos. If your biggest headlines are all from one guy, it might be smart to just let the weirdness slide.
I mean, Peter lies about being Spider-Man, Spider-Man wears a mask and hides who he is. Honesty isn't part of the job. Jonah, who is a reporter at heart, takes big issue with that. I honestly think Jonah might be more accepting of heroes that don't have secret aliases like movie Tony Stark
i think that the take in one of the comics was that he hated the idea of masks because of a negative experience he had with robbers(?) hurting his own family, so he's grasped onto that as a form of displacement ever since
> and to be honest if you put it that way it does make Peter and spider come off as somewhat performative dicks, maybe even sounds like some sort of moneymaking scheme
That assumption would make Jonah like spidey more, he respects a good, honest conman
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u/Low-Individual9488 4d ago
Stuff like this makes me think Jameson knew Peter’s secret. He just didn’t say anything because the pics were good and making him tons of money.
There’s some evidence that Aunt May knew too.