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CBS Gets a Rude Lesson in Citizen Journalism

adage.com — Network's iPhone App Turns Up Some User-Generated NSFW Pics to Mobile Site

Who dugg this? Made popular Oct 2, 2008

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  • drewX2, on 10/02/2008, -0/+49More pics or it didn't happen! :)
  • jasmus, on 10/02/2008, -1/+41BREAKING: LOL, LOOK AT MY CAT!!!!!!!
  • holyskeleton, on 10/02/2008, -2/+39NSFW Pics or GTFO.
  • Ro4ddog, on 10/02/2008, -0/+22http://adage.com/images/random/1008/cbseyemobile10 ...
  • PReitz, on 10/01/2008, -0/+20I was just about to get that app until I got to the part of the article that said CBS was going to step up their moderation, and remove those submissions. That looked like news worth watching :)
  • gozroth, on 10/02/2008, -2/+16 "Looks to me like Facebook run amok, but even Facebook has a moderator."

    is it me or did he just make his own point invalid?
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+9"In addition to CBS, Fox News, CNN and The Associated Press all have iPhone apps that allow users to submit video of breaking news. "

    O, rly? Since when did the iPhone take video?
  • trogdor282, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7What the *****?
  • Hetayis, on 10/02/2008, -0/+7I think you replied to the wrong story...This might have been what you were looking for :
    http://digg.com/people/Crowd_cheers_suicidal_jumpe ...
  • harharharhar, on 10/02/2008, -1/+6hahaha
  • huff51, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5everyone make sure to turn down your stereos and dont let your baseball roll into this guys yard! hes a real hard ass and wont stand for any ***** from you whipper snappers.
  • sock2828, on 10/02/2008, -0/+5As a young person I find that offensive
  • vango, on 10/02/2008, -3/+8vid or it didnt happen
  • lukas88, on 10/02/2008, -3/+7I'm sorry, but if you don't think that picture is newsworthy, I feel bad for you. All day long I am hoping for something like this to just happen.
  • Wazzuper1, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3At first, I thought that it was just a genuine mistake that the guy posted the comment into here (see http://digg.com/people/Crowd_cheers_suicidal_jumpe ...

    Maybe a little copy+paste action. But after checking out his profile, wow. This ***** has been spamming it all over the place.
  • FellateMeFreddy, on 10/02/2008, -2/+5The best iphone porn app.
  • jlimon, on 10/02/2008, -0/+3"E-mails Google for comment had not been returned by press time."

    Comment jlimon posted now.
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2Have they heard of a hyperlink?
  • gospe1337, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2Tons of not-newsworthy content? Please, CBS! Digg is the first and the best for that.
  • MuddyBulldog, on 10/02/2008, -1/+3Loud but WRONG. An out of the box iPhone can't do video but it's a simple software modification away.
  • belebih, on 10/02/2008, -2/+4I wish I could bury you twice. Once for asking for nude dude pics and a second time for being a shallow bastard.
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -0/+2Welcome to the internet!!
  • noen, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2Wow, making violent threats over the internet to kids that can pwn your ass before you even know it. Smart move *****.
  • CreativeGuy, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Zzzzzzzzzzzz!
  • zackintosh, on 10/02/2008, -1/+2Hold home + sleep for 1 sec to take screenshots.
  • noen, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Nancy-Sue??? LOL!!!!!
  • mytCbumps, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1couscous1, just because you're dick is small doesn't mean you have to be such a ***** prick!
  • Blacksoth, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1User promoted un-newsworthy news? Sounds like Digg.
  • heystoopid, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Sad :(.
  • heccubus, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Okay, so they decided to let people install something on their phone that will let them take pictures and immediately post them online. They came up with this, and they DIDN'T see something like this happening? They're either stupid or remarkably naive.
  • NoSalt, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1I'm gonna need to see that video for myself to make an informed decision.
  • haeber, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Thank You. CBS stole my content once, so I consider this adequate recompense for their past actions. Karma. Gotta love it.
  • lokithefirst, on 10/02/2008, -0/+1Too bad the iPhone doesn't have video or these stories would be even more *newsworthy*!
  • piwy, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1The fact that it's not in there by default does not mean someone can't code a video recording feature in their app. qik did it.

    Now since those apps are probably in the appstore they probably don't have that feature tho.
  • Philbert, on 10/02/2008, -3/+3What, do you work for Apple?
  • craeyon, on 10/02/2008, -6/+6iphone is incapable of recording video
  • mk2ja, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1AND from that same quote - CNN doesn't have an iPhone app out... yet. But I know that it is a senior project for some people at my college (Rose-Hulman) to develop one! One guy is graduating early in November, and I'll actually be taking his place in the team for the rest of the academic year. And with a free MacBook Pro and iPhone for development purposes, I'm pretty excited to get to work on a project for CNN!
  • mizzouglen, on 10/02/2008, -0/+0Only a matter of time before something like this happened to the big boys...
    Hopefully it's a warning for others to step up their security before this happens.
  • craeyon, on 10/02/2008, -0/+0whoops.. my bad.. I love it when people stretch things and blow them out of proportion

    and by people I mean me...
  • PReitz, on 10/02/2008, -1/+1OK, I have to admit I did check out the app (it was free), and to answer the argument about video....yes it does have videos, and perhaps some people should look up the words "submit" and "record" to learn the difference. Many of the videos were recorded with some other device and then uploaded to the iphone.
  • MrFurious2k, on 10/02/2008, -2/+1Worthless without pictures.
  • craeyon, on 10/02/2008, -5/+4what does that have to do with anything i said above. do I have to spell it out to you like you are in 6th grade or something? AT THIS POINT IN TIME AND WHAT TECHNOLOGY CAN DO FOR IPHONE, THE DEVICE IS LIMITED TO JUST TAKING PICTURES. DUE TO VARIOUS INCONSISTENCIES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE IPHONE, APPLE DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE UNFIT FOR THE IPHONE TO HAVE VIDEO RECORDING CAPABILITIES AND THUS IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE CURRENT GENERATION OF IPHONES.

    There.. happy?
  • heystoopid, on 10/02/2008, -8/+3So who would have thought those wankers who buy Apple's over priced toy phone were such a randy AC DC lot of voyeurs .
  • Khanvalescent, on 10/02/2008, -8/+1http://www.cbseyemobile.com/users/baphotos/channel ...
  • inactive, on 10/02/2008, -14/+1Why is it only slutty women who put pics online? Maybe the news just reports on it to shock old folks, or maybe guys really are cowards. Come on, guys, let's see some NSFW pics of you! (Sexypeople only...)

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