All of that is fine but you really don't have to call him a cunt.
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All of that is fine but you really don't have to call him a cunt.
Me too. For someone who makes documentaries, would it not make sense to make use of this subject matter is ripe for a documentary. Video interviews with the affected parties, IGN and its staff (whose reputation took a massive hit), other gaming websites talking heads, other youtubers and the youtuber affected and in the process see how IGN reputation has recovered say six months on. Include Filip's conversation to see has he matured and understand the significance of his actions. Danny's childish tweet shows his ignorance to understand why a journalist (I'm using this as a general term as a few people reached out to interview Filip) would wish to interview all parties to make an informed article/piece. Hypocritical if he is okay with Greg Miller wanting to interview him, or Jason. It makes me wonder how much of his documentaries are free from outside influence and pressures. I hope to see a documentary on this, I now know Danny won't be making it. Pity.
Danny is not a cunt as one poster earlier described him but, he is very foolish to ignore a video on this.
Colin leads left on most things, with some small-government libertarian mixed in.
Whenever this kind of thing happened in normal journalism circles, the person would be fired, everybody would talk about it for a day, and then everybody moved on.
Why even interview the kid? Is there really a story there? I dunno, I've worked with people who ended up being plagiarizers. The explanation and story was really nothing more than someone being lazy or having an over-inflated ego.
Why even interview the kid? Is there really a story there? I dunno, I've worked with people who ended up being plagiarizers. The explanation and story was really nothing more than someone being lazy or having an over-inflated ego.
But they are people that committed the same crime so to speak. I'm just trying to noodle my way through the situation. Trying to understand Danny's point of view.
Your understanding is faulty. It has nothing to do with political parties. It has everything to do with Colin Moriarty being a well known bigot, repeatedly spouting racism and sexism, and constantly alligning himself with the far right's disgusting views, which are not welcome at Era.
Colin ran to Russ Pitts as soon as it was seeming like he was getting backlash for the Escapist (didn't last long when it became clear Russ wanted none of it), he's best buds with Ian Miles Cheong who has been shunned from all gaming media circles, and he constantly attacks people like Schrier and Klepek who are still in the media. I could dig for more instances but I don't really feel like sifting through the cesspool that is his Twitter feed. I just know that consistently, when controversy like this hits and someone is no longer welcome in mainstream games media circles, he runs to them to a) defend them and/or b) get them on his show and be buds. As someone who used to admire Colin back before he became shitty, it's clear what he's doing, and that his constant "liberal games media" rhetoric fuels his desire to befriend others who have been ousted for totally legitimate reasons.
Was you looking in a mirror when you checked which hand is left and right? They flip sides when you do that.
That'd be interesting
nope not blinded by hate. I'm simply saying that flipp shouldn't have anyone giving him a platform when he doubles down and won't apologize. The Colin comment is more so because he is terrible and Danny is right on with his comment.
nope colin leans right, I don't believe for a second he leans left with the things he says.
Every person who is still wondering about Colin should read Matty's post. Matty is a long time Kinda Funny/Beyond fan and he was the op for the first Kinda Funny OT on Neogaf.
Yeah, sorry but literally nothing in that post is true. Anyone wondering about Colin should check out his content and decide for themselves what they think of him. He has done two podcasts with Jeff Cannata that no one likes to mention on here where he addresses several of ERA's talking points about him and has enjoyable, fruitful discussion with a liberal.
This is called the Streisand Effect.
He reached out to talk to Russ Pits just like he did to Miucin, not sure what your point is there. He's "best buds" with Cheong? Pretty sure their relationship barely extends beyond Twitter. "Constantly attacks" Schreier? He's praised his journalism in the last three or four his YT videos consecutively. What kind of "digging" have you done exactly?
I believe he claims socially liberal and small government or fiscally conservative. theres a video of his political leanings in detail iirc. my point is the info is out their in detail if you're interested though i understand if you're not.
KindaFunny also went into much more detail about interviewing Filip today on Games Daily that i think is worth checking out for anyone interested in more detail about journalism and interviewing people surrounded by controversy. It should be noted that a lot of the people mentioned in this thread recently are friends with people at IGN and naturally may have a difficult time being unbiased with an interview with Filip. A lot of people are angry.
Lothars. I know on the internet things can be lost in translation so please don't misconstrue me disagreeing with you as an attack, it's not. But you're not getting it. By demanding that Filip apologise first before he can be heard in an interview is saying that he has to meet your personal moral code of conduct. Even if there are hundreds of thousands of people who share your view that he has to apologise this does not mean he should not be heard. A neutral news platform should report what he has to say, and then you and people who share your opinion can make the personal decision not to hear it. When it comes to hard news, for example a murderer being interviewed, there are some people who will find it distasteful. However a proper news platform will report all sides, reporting is not analogous to condoning.
He shouldn't get a platform straight up and he should be forgotten about. Him getting articles or whatever isn't beneficial to anyone. Heck those same journalists should give story and time to the people affected by his plagerism who he stole the reviews from but not to him.
As many improvements as there have been in the move from GAF to here, the treatment of anyone who is not very liberal isn't one of them. Which is why he's hated so much.
Colin is not a bigot and repeating it over and over doesn't make it true.
Question is pretty self explanatory. Danny has a personal vendetta against Colin for whatever reason and he is friends with Greg. So he calls out one and stays quiet on the other.
Sounds like Danny is a hypocrite.
Wow. I will check out that episode of the Kinda Funny podcast as well as the programme made by X on his X channel.
We're all human and we all get angry. But maybe when you are public facing it's better to keep that internet beef private.
He moved to Maryland. KF in SF. They are still in good terms and friends.
I'm sorry you feel that way, since I deliberately avoided feeding into any non-Filip-related Colin talk. My few responses following that post all pertained to the Filip controversy.
Anyway, more discussion on KF Games Daily today at 59:20:
So now we have people saying that Filip simply made a mistake. Yeah because knowingly and willingly doing something is "a mistake."
And that's not throwing in the tone policing or the cries about harassers bothering his family. As if you'll find anyone in this topic would actually supports that.
And then they go full Trumpian and say "witch hunt" and other bs like that.
Like someone said, the ONE TIME it's about ethics in gaming journalism, and the gamers defend the scumbag
And that's not throwing in the tone policing or the cries about harassers bothering his family. As if you'll find anyone in this topic would actually supports that.
And then they go full Trumpian and say "witch hunt" and other bs like that.
Like someone said, the ONE TIME it's about ethics in gaming journalism, and the gamers defend the scumbag
Thank you Nav, that saves me scouting for the right one! But there has been a lot of change at IGN. Their most high profile female host/reporter Alanah Pearce leaving. Long time reporter Marty Sliva leaves without fanfare. And now this incident with Filip. They say 'all news is good news' so I would love to know if the past week has actually brought in more clicks for IGN.
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For being a "long time fan," he sure got everything wrong about Colin.
Pretty sure it's not, but holy cow, stay classy Gamefaqs!
Regardless, what Filip did was, is, and will always be indefensible. Kids get kicked out of college for doing the exact same thing and you are paying to go there, talk less of a professional setting where you are getting paid. Now for the foreseeable future, the honest folks at IGN will have their work side eyed because this one individual was lazy and couldn't even express his own thoughts. Also IGN now has to comb through all his work and double check it which has to be utterly inconvenient.
On the journalistic side, it is proper work to interview and get the side of the person that is at the center of the controversy. This isn't a one to one example but look at Frank Lucas & Jordan Belfort. They did some not so good things in their life but then later on they were interviewed and talked about the things they've done in an open setting to the point that movie were made about them. Now I ain't saying that is the exact scenario here or will become that. My point is that so many controversial figures big or small, good or bad need to have their side/story/perspective documented as accurately as possible for historical purposes and nothing is more accurate than hearing from the person themselves.
I hope I don't upset anybody.
On the journalistic side, it is proper work to interview and get the side of the person that is at the center of the controversy. This isn't a one to one example but look at Frank Lucas & Jordan Belfort. They did some not so good things in their life but then later on they were interviewed and talked about the things they've done in an open setting to the point that movie were made about them. Now I ain't saying that is the exact scenario here or will become that. My point is that so many controversial figures big or small, good or bad need to have their side/story/perspective documented as accurately as possible for historical purposes and nothing is more accurate than hearing from the person themselves.
I hope I don't upset anybody.
bit offtopic that board makes this board like rich social people compared to'em.
He really fucked it up with the people at IGN. Gary said in the Kinda Funny podcast that people at IGN told him that "it made their lives miserable".
Colin, the person. You can point at him and then make a face at the camera while the Price is Right fail fanfare plays.
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