@Feuervogel Feuervogel said "Something about tweeting the completion of your viral video doesn't make a ton of sense to me".
Writing about such a job doesn't make a lot of sense at all in such a context. Unless you want to promote it, of course. Neither does using someone’s real name, photo and contact info either. Of an actual person. Me!
I am the said individual of the article. I am writing here on the basis of defence of my good name. I have been in touch with the Editor in Chief, Joshua Topolsky and Thomas Ricker, the author of this unsubstantiated, crass, defaming and incriminating article to which they have both chosen to ignore.
The original poster of this story has since taken down the story as a result of its unfounded sensationalist apparent scoop. Sorry to say folks, and we all like a good story, but it wasn’t me who wrote this.
I did not make any such statements. Neither have I served as a cameraman on any such viral shoot. I know nothing about the said product and have zero affiliation to Nokia. And yet, Engadget / AOL have the bold audacity to use my name, have photoshopped a picture found online of myself from a film magazine and have put that on top of a speech bubble which to most would be suggestive that I took this leaked photo of the item. Sounds like they went to the same training schools as those who get caught doing just on the larger newspapers. I guess they’re the rejects.
The defaming story has gone global. Of the many examples that there are of this supposed scoop, all that most of these so called writers do online is copy and paste information from another site and treat it as gospel without checking their source material or contacting the individual in question. If everyone did this in global news gathering, we'd need a special hand in crisis management. Having worked in real news gathering in the past, this is a basic fundamental rule when you write about something or someone you do not know anything about. Let alone know anything about that said parties involvement about such a job. This is a huge damnation of character by means of portrayal. The above picture is seen as highly incriminating. Again, Engadget / AOL have chosen to ignore my wishes to have the story pulled on the basis.
These are the types of people that you follow ladies and gentlemen. Unethical, callus, irresponsible and damn right cowardly.
All they promote are the goods of other peoples work, or criticise but what do they actually do? Anybody could do that…
Yet when a random hard working individual has been spectacularly targeted in a crass story which they have helped go world-wide….
Let this be a global lesson to everyone who uses social networking and the internet for fun. How easy is it to create a profile with a particular persons name, find a photo of them, and do something like this. This is a pretty damn big wake up call for everyone.
It could be used as a landmark case of global defamation vs. schoolboy journalism. This is the world we now live in. 24/7 superficiality. Most of these write ups have all come from American sources.
Target a random individual who now has to spend the time and energy to clear his name, worldwide? A massive assist to tarnish my name and integrity. Bastards!
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Feuervogel said "Something about tweeting the completion of your viral video doesn't make a ton of sense to me".
Writing about such a job doesn't make a lot of sense at all in such a context. Unless you want to promote it, of course. Neither does using someone’s real name, photo and contact info either. Of an actual person. Me!
I am the said individual of the article. I am writing here on the basis of defence of my good name. I have been in touch with the Editor in Chief, Joshua Topolsky and Thomas Ricker, the author of this unsubstantiated, crass, defaming and incriminating article to which they have both chosen to ignore.
The original poster of this story has since taken down the story as a result of its unfounded sensationalist apparent scoop. Sorry to say folks, and we all like a good story, but it wasn’t me who wrote this.
I did not make any such statements. Neither have I served as a cameraman on any such viral shoot. I know nothing about the said product and have zero affiliation to Nokia. And yet, Engadget / AOL have the bold audacity to use my name, have photoshopped a picture found online of myself from a film magazine and have put that on top of a speech bubble which to most would be suggestive that I took this leaked photo of the item. Sounds like they went to the same training schools as those who get caught doing just on the larger newspapers. I guess they’re the rejects.
The defaming story has gone global. Of the many examples that there are of this supposed scoop, all that most of these so called writers do online is copy and paste information from another site and treat it as gospel without checking their source material or contacting the individual in question. If everyone did this in global news gathering, we'd need a special hand in crisis management. Having worked in real news gathering in the past, this is a basic fundamental rule when you write about something or someone you do not know anything about. Let alone know anything about that said parties involvement about such a job. This is a huge damnation of character by means of portrayal. The above picture is seen as highly incriminating. Again, Engadget / AOL have chosen to ignore my wishes to have the story pulled on the basis.
These are the types of people that you follow ladies and gentlemen. Unethical, callus, irresponsible and damn right cowardly.
All they promote are the goods of other peoples work, or criticise but what do they actually do? Anybody could do that…
Yet when a random hard working individual has been spectacularly targeted in a crass story which they have helped go world-wide….
Let this be a global lesson to everyone who uses social networking and the internet for fun. How easy is it to create a profile with a particular persons name, find a photo of them, and do something like this. This is a pretty damn big wake up call for everyone.
It could be used as a landmark case of global defamation vs. schoolboy journalism. This is the world we now live in. 24/7 superficiality. Most of these write ups have all come from American sources.
Target a random individual who now has to spend the time and energy to clear his name, worldwide? A massive assist to tarnish my name and integrity. Bastards!
Anyone up for a percentage for pro-bono?
Danny Gagatt
London, UK