Ktr: Unfortunately, just because you talk to a journalist for half an hour doesn't mean it's not still a trap. Luckily, this is a relatively easy way to learn that lesson.
Isarra: whoa, I can't believe I guessed who the other contributor present was. Kudos on your response.
Best, Kevin Gorman
On Sat, Jun 7, 2014 at 5:33 AM, edward edward@logicmuseum.com wrote:
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,”
- 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.
- 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.
- Did you say "We’re the well-dressed, chill ones"? I don't even know
what 'chill' means.
- 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
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