MattF Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 LinkYeah, if you're goona try and fake a rumour, you might want to actually look at it when you finish writing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 It is not failure, rather it is duping legit media sites (or not so legit like: deadspin, SportsbyBrooks) who will jump on nearly anything in order to be first. If other people are taking about it and it gets here, it is not a failure. It was possible piracy and definitely unethical, but not a failure since it got you to make a thread 24 hours after this fraudulent rumor (for now) was discovered. Prankers prank to have it hit other media outlets. You got duped as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattF Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 It is not failure, rather it is duping legit media sites (or not so legit like: deadspin, SportsbyBrooks) who will jump on nearly anything in order to be first. If other people are taking about it and it gets here, it is not a failure. It was possible piracy and definitely unethical, but not a failure since it got you to make a thread 24 hours after this fraudulent rumor (for now) was discovered. Prankers prank to have it hit other media outlets. You got duped as well.Ummm, please explain how I got duped by posting a link to an article making fun of the "ESPN article" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 It is not failure, rather it is duping legit media sites (or not so legit like: deadspin, SportsbyBrooks) who will jump on nearly anything in order to be first. If other people are taking about it and it gets here, it is not a failure. It was possible piracy and definitely unethical, but not a failure since it got you to make a thread 24 hours after this fraudulent rumor (for now) was discovered. Prankers prank to have it hit other media outlets. You got duped as well.Ummm, please explain how I got duped by posting a link to an article making fun of the "ESPN article"It is not a fail. People here possess issues with grammar, but still there were sites who thought this was legit. If media outlets carry it, then the bit does not fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattF Posted March 12, 2010 Author Share Posted March 12, 2010 First off you didn't answer my question, and most sites I've seen have been making fun of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 First off you didn't answer my question, and most sites I've seen have been making fun of itIn terms of your initial question, I failed to respond since your lack of clarity on the essence of a 24 hour old 'fake' story was presented. Either you were (like many...admit it) duped, indicting the immediacy of today's news culture. or are trying to dupe lesser person by using the "internet fail" term since it is sadly popular on this board. This story ran within the internet news cycle and was caught. Overall, me and you are talking on this board about it, so the creators of the rumor are not failures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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