On 07/06/2014 09:10, Kevin Rutherford wrote:
there are many things that both Alex and I said that were
manipulated, reworded, or were turned into outright lies in order to prove her point
You give some examples of things she distorted. Which things were true? She wrote:
Some hardcore Wikipedians, you never see,” says Kevin Rutherford, a braces-wearing 23-year-old whose badge identifies him as a volunteer with the New England Wikimedians. “Some are very antisocial,” he says, nodding at a group of people spilling out of a panel titled The State of Wikidata. “Even some of the ones who are here. You’ll recognize them. They have like the pizza-stained shirts. We’re the well-dressed, chill ones,”
1. Did you say 'some are very antisocial'? The reference to the group of people 'spilling out' and your nodding at them seems very specific and uncontrived.
2. You said that the 'pizza stained shirts' remark was invented. Any idea why she wrote that? Was there anything slightly similar that you said? In my experience journalists often embellish and embroider or varnish the truth, they rarely tell a bald-faced lie.
3. Did you say "We’re the well-dressed, chill ones"? I don't even know what 'chill' means.
4. Did you talk about "“White, male techies with college degrees,” ? And then "“I mean, you are like us, but you’re not.” ?
These are not rhetorical questions, I just want to understand what happened and what didn't. Forgive my impertinence.
Ed