Well points to the Star on this, but what would have made my gravy is if they canned the dick who penned the story. Otherwise it is just a fluff apology.
Daily Star Apologizes for Fake Game Story
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Not in financial institutions. You caused the near collapse of the entire western world's economy? Good job, have a £600,000 bonus! Wait, people are angry about it? Sorry, gonna have to let you go, he's a £6,000,000 severance package.Archemetis said:
Nice to see A)An apology, and B)Rockstar donating the cash to charity. But what I'd really like to see, as others have said, is an apology to the family member tormented by this asshole Jerry Lawton.
But the so called 'journalist' who wrote it - has he personally apologised? Not just in the paper, but also on his facebook blog?
Anyway, it's nice to at least have the paper apologise, but I can't believe they didn't so much as at least spend half an hour browsing the internet to at least check whether the game was legit or not.
Anyway, it's nice to at least have the paper apologise, but I can't believe they didn't so much as at least spend half an hour browsing the internet to at least check whether the game was legit or not.
DAMAGES?!?! What kind of BS is this? If someone reminds me my grandmother died, should I sue their ass for damages? 'Cause I'll be hurtin'.
(Spineless people all around...)
Rockstar can laugh and move on.
(Spineless people all around...)
Rockstar can laugh and move on.
Interesting that the "substantial" amount isn't specified. If it's less than the profits from the circulation bump they got for publishing the original story, then as far as the Star is concerned, they've come out ahead.
They obviously don't care about tarnishing their journalistic reputation, since they've never had one. And all the clicks they got from people hearing about the controversy are worth money to them.
It may just have been sloppy (read: missing) fact checking, it may have been that they didn't know Rockstar was a big corporate concern with a ton of lawyers, but my money is on calculated risk. They probably knew they'd have to issue an apology, but ran the numbers and decided it was worth it.
They obviously don't care about tarnishing their journalistic reputation, since they've never had one. And all the clicks they got from people hearing about the controversy are worth money to them.
It may just have been sloppy (read: missing) fact checking, it may have been that they didn't know Rockstar was a big corporate concern with a ton of lawyers, but my money is on calculated risk. They probably knew they'd have to issue an apology, but ran the numbers and decided it was worth it.
If you ever want to use ammunition against the Daily Star, you can remind them how they partake in the exploitative practice of EVERY SINGLE DAY dedicating all of Page 3 to a topless model, usually only 18 years old if that. Put "Page 3 Girl" into wikipedia. And then these publications have the nerve to be outraged about smut and immorality.Jumplion said:
Yes, front page news of death, torment and fear, put turn over that page for Softcore Pornography and terrible sex-related puns about the atrocities of the past 24-hours. THAT is the kind of publication we are talking about.
But don't worry, the Universe has a way of sorting these things out.
Print media is under incredible pressure at the moment, as advertisers move online where it is far more lucrative, manufacturing costs and changing demographics mean papers like Daily Star are selling at a fraction of what they used to.
Daily star is loosing its young psychotic male readership to online and to glossier print publications like Nuts (similar to Playboy only far scummier) and oldies with their pensions being squeezed aren't buying multiple papers any more and anyway, they have Sky News for the hourly-hate anyway.
Daily Star doesn't have a future, it's not long for this world. There is no need for any coup de grace, just leave it to founder in the desert as it dwells in the past.
