shadyspace
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http://twitter.com/JustinMcElroy/status/214135570149015554
Because I'm pretty sure it hasn't.
Mod Edit:
Because I'm pretty sure it hasn't.
Mod Edit:
Hey, uh, has this ever happened? (McElroy: GAF has actively tried to fool the press)
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Yes it has. Something to do with Wii U and a Nintendo website.
Mechanized
Member
I don't know how to read Twitter.
I feel like if you're a journalist, and you report something that's written on an internet forum without backing it up with at least some research, that's your own fault, not the forum's.
I know what McElroy is saying here, but dang, so much hatin'.
EDIT: didn't see patrick's tweet afterwards. We agree.
I know what McElroy is saying here, but dang, so much hatin'.
EDIT: didn't see patrick's tweet afterwards. We agree.
best thread
Kilgore Trout
Member
Can someone provide some context here?
Seriously who the hell is talking to who? Someone translate that garbage.
And McElroy is a clown and has been called out for being a moron before. No wonder why he's so salty about gaf.
Ehh... One guy and a photoshop.
Mr_Appleby
Member
SuperAngelo64
Banned
I think GAF is just collectively negative and generally ignorant.
I don't think we're actively deceivers.
I don't think we're actively deceivers.
So, I looked, and here's what the chain shows:
Patrick Klepek ‏@patrickklepek
Has ANYONE that's posted this ridiculous Xbox 720 "leak" done any reporting to verify its authenticity?
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Justin McElroy ‏@JustinMcElroy
@patrickklepek doesn't GAF throw enough baseless suspicion onto the press without actual members of the press piling it on?
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Basically Justin's new site (Polygon/Vox Games) posted the 56 page "Microsoft" document, Patrick questioned the logic of doing this, and Justin complained at Patrick saying that journalists should stick together and not question each other because GAF does that enough already.
Patrick Klepek ‏@patrickklepek
Has ANYONE that's posted this ridiculous Xbox 720 "leak" done any reporting to verify its authenticity?
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Justin McElroy ‏@JustinMcElroy
@patrickklepek doesn't GAF throw enough baseless suspicion onto the press without actual members of the press piling it on?
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Basically Justin's new site (Polygon/Vox Games) posted the 56 page "Microsoft" document, Patrick questioned the logic of doing this, and Justin complained at Patrick saying that journalists should stick together and not question each other because GAF does that enough already.
AcceptableGhost
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Is it really fair to say we are actively trying to fool the press? I would say that posters are doing what they are doing to have fun, crack jokes, and entertain other posters. The idea that there is this malicious intent just seems baseless and maybe even self-centered. I think most posters would love to have more influence over the press-- no need to pretend we already do!
Also, sour grapes still and good on Patrick for trying to get the media to act as a filter for garbage instead of a microphone. Someone post the dancingwithskyrim.gif to complete the cycle.
Also, sour grapes still and good on Patrick for trying to get the media to act as a filter for garbage instead of a microphone. Someone post the dancingwithskyrim.gif to complete the cycle.
shadyspace
Banned
Thanks for the edit, Niro.
Jesus :lol
Is there a bigger douche in the gaming media than him? Then again I guess if looking at a minimap is too hard then we can't fault him for not being able to verify sources. And I thought I was lazy.
Video game journalist A thinks the 720 leak power point is crap and wonders if anyone ever fact checks that stuff before they post it on the internet. Video game journalist B blames GAF for passing that stuff around while being unhappy that GAF demands gaming journalists to actually be journalists. Both miss that GAF isn't a hive mind, nor is GAF (or it's posters) press and doesn't need to meet those standard that actual journalists are held up to.
Gross.
That's what I was thinking. I'm pretty sure most GAF posters don't give a fuck about the gaming press, even when they are trolling. They're trolling other GAF posters.
Not that pointing fingers at us does anything to defend Patrick's point.
shadyspace
Banned
Personally, it's hard for me to reconcile the hilarious dude that's shown up on Giant Bomb E3 livestreams with the guy who tweets shit like this.
Joe Shlabotnik
Banned
Isn't something like the "Triology" post just trying to fool GAF, and the press was desperate and dumb enough to pick up on it?
The only way there would be some kind of collective "GAF" responsibility would be if a bunch of us conspired to send fake news to the press as a tip. Now that very well may have happened at some point! But if he's just talking about fake shit on the forum, that's not really the same thing.
edit: Y2Kev'd
The only way there would be some kind of collective "GAF" responsibility would be if a bunch of us conspired to send fake news to the press as a tip. Now that very well may have happened at some point! But if he's just talking about fake shit on the forum, that's not really the same thing.
edit: Y2Kev'd
For those who don't know who Justin McElroy is:
Edit: got that covered, Y2Kev
lol Not sure how you have any credibility left after something like that.
What a joke.
Also, do these people know that GAF is not a source? Maybe from employee members, but come on.
The Grim Heaper
Member
Good going GAF. Look at what you all did this time. When will your misdeeds end?
ThusZarathustra
Member
I have some dislike for both of these dudes personalities (McElroy more so) but Klepek at least usually does some due journalistic diligence on the stories he writes rather than just being a loudmouth PR-tool trolling-for-hits blogger.
Neuromancer
Member
Stop giving McElroy such a hard time you guys
VeryGooster
Banned
But like, no one here ever explicitly tells these journalists to post that kind of thing. How exactly is someone's failure to fact check GAF's fault?
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
What a dumbass. That line of thought is completely counter-productive.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
Does my reading comprehension suck? 'Cause it doesn't seem like his tweet means what the thread title says.
Seems like he's saying Patrick shouldn't call out fellow journalists, trying to insult him by comparing him to GAF. I don't get him suggesting people here try to mislead the press. We're just a bunch of jerks who point and laugh when they do dumb things, and Klepek should be above that.
Seems like he's saying Patrick shouldn't call out fellow journalists, trying to insult him by comparing him to GAF. I don't get him suggesting people here try to mislead the press. We're just a bunch of jerks who point and laugh when they do dumb things, and Klepek should be above that.
funkystudent
Member
I think you miss understood what he is saying. I dont think he is saying gaf is trying to actively fool the press but he is saying that gaf has been critical of gaming press and maybe other members of the gaming press shouldn't start jumping in (when Patrick rightfully pointed out how silly it is that no one has verified those leaked xbox docs are real or not)
Still you managed to get a pretty sensationalist thread title out of it.
Thats very gaming journalist of you. Good job.
Still you managed to get a pretty sensationalist thread title out of it.
Thats very gaming journalist of you. Good job.
Do we have an updated list of everyone that hates us?
Messofanego
Banned
For those who don't know who Justin McElroy is:
Edit: got that covered, Y2Kev
This makes me laugh every single time.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
I'm so confused.