Comments on: Sorry Mr Journalist, you’re not getting it, are you?

By: nika talaj

nika talaj — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 05:55:57 +0000

Ah! ty Ciaran!

By: Ciaran Laval

Ciaran Laval — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:06:28 +0000

Nika it’s the quote Gwyn posted, it was reported at Robin’s office hour last week.

By: nika talaj

nika talaj — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:05:00 +0000

Gwyn, where are you quoting the Reuter’s European Correspondent from? Or, Ciaran, do you have a citing for what you say the correpondent said? I see nothing on the Reuter’s website about it.

By: Ciaran Laval

Ciaran Laval — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:18:00 +0000

Gwyn, Philip has complained but without the actual quote there’s nothing to say he was misquoted at all The Reuters guy said that the way it sounds wasn’t the way that either he (or she) intended for it to sound. There is definitely paraphrashing going on because some of the statements are not inside speech marks, but how much is a different story.

As for journalists and quoting, I sure as hell don’t trust The Times on that after personal experience.

By: Tary Allen

Tary Allen — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:06:45 +0000

Personally I gave the news the benefict of the doubt, since media usually tend to put things out of context.

But I never saw any notice about Philip Linden being misquoted, so I assume he said just that and meaning it too.

Can you please give us the link where it states he was misquoted? Ty

By: Hiro Pendragon

Hiro Pendragon — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:18:38 +0000

Who said anything about Philip being misquoted, Gwyn? Linden Lab has expressed their regret for Philip making those comments and Reuters has printed no correction or retraction.

By: Gwyneth Llewelyn

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 19:03:37 +0000

It was quoted out of context

And yes, he was sorry to have actually said those exact words and allegedly the journalist, after a formal complaint, did send an apology by email. Well, of course, that didn’t prevent the whole media to just copy those words (again, out of context) and spread them on the Internet…

So now everybody thinks that Philip has been claiming that SL is just a game for people with too much time, little income, living in underdeveloped countries on the rural areas, and with bad weather.

By: Dale Innis

Dale Innis — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:42:26 +0000

Not sure exactly what you mean by saying that Philip was “misquoted”? I haven’t heard anyone suggest that he didn’t actually say it. I think he’s sorry that he said it, he probably (I hope!) didn’t mean it quite the way it came out, he may have said it in a moment of weakness, but as far as I know he DID say it, and we can’t really blame the press? Or is there new evidence that it was actually a misquotation?