"Journalist" Who Wrote Fake GTA Story Ridicules Gamers

GoodApprentice

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So a British journalist writes a story that is insulting and biased and then mocks the people who find it upsetting and tasteless. Yep, that sounds like the standard operating procedure for modern journalism in Great Britain. What the hell has happened to the media there?
 

Therumancer

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Tabloid journalism is based around the idea that any attention is good attention. Getting gamers angry generated attention. Him making these comments generates even more attention.

Think what you want, but to me it seems like he's doing his job pretty well, and playing us exactly the way he wants to.
 

theriddlen

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This journalist is a pro.

There is newspaper in my country that used Vancouver 2010 promotional image with photoshoped-in image of Pedobear. I guess google image does not leads to glory.
 
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Jeez, and I thought that the reporter from Die Hard was bad enough...
Using fabricated evidence to attack the gamers, who have to spend half the time ensuring that games don't do anything bad.
 

Sheppard

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Man, if they really wanted to make a fake story about a new GTA, why not Vancouver? Not only do have rampant crime and drug-abuse, we also have the poorest neighbourhood in Canada, the Downtown Eastside! And let's not forget about ole' Robert Pickton, the pig-faming serial rapist/murderer.
 

Kinichie

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This coming from a reporter of a newspaper which has a primary goal of being the closest thing to a porn magazine without stepping into that boundary and having a price worthy of it's content that would only appeal to 12 year olds.
 

The3rdEye

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Why the hell is this even being posted? Sites like FARK and Destructoid make their traffic out of tracking and ridiculing public idiocy, but come on. It's a posting from a tabloid, from some Jack Thompson wannabe. I'm not entirely surprised, but I'm still disappointed.

Quality control people, quality control.
 

RowdyRodimus

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They had an actual crime in the UK? I seriously thought that the worst that happens there are some hooligans ruffing up a dust bin (tm Bill Hicks).

I'll take guy up on his duel offer. I'll even let him use his flintlock pistol and I'll go unarmed. Just his slightly retarded looking face from the picture someone posted makes me want to hurt him.
 

Dmatix

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I think by this point we all learned to expect anything from the tabloids... although it seems the Daily Star is more like toilet paper.
 

Brandon237

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Uhm, this is interesting. Does he by any chance have a history that involves weed and relationships with bisexuals from Azerbaijan?
 

Reverend Del

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To those suggesting that the PCC might do something here, with regards to their Code, I give you this:

http://tabloid-watch.blogspot.com/2009/10/how-pcc-doesnt-work.html

Now whilst I'm not suggesting you shouldn't complain. I have. I'm suggesting that you don't get your hopes up. It's very unlikely anything will happen, and even if it does don't expect it to be what you want.
 

AbsoluteVirtue18

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This man is a human troll: He posts something just to incite and piss people off, then he mocks them when they call him out on it.
 

blarghblarghhhhh

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Im starting to think this guy saw some joke article online about this new gta and took it seriously. Hes somehow managed to not put all of the pieces together yet. thats the only explanation I can come up with.
 

FightThePower

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I like the way the word 'Journalist' is in air quotes.

There isn't really much to say here. The guy is obviously just a massive ****.