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- xoineg, on 01/12/2008, -36/+894They had it coming. What they did was just childish. Is ok to play around, but interrupting and disrupting the show during a presentation is not a professional behavior in any way. They will probably will not have been banned is they had done this after the presentation or at a much smaller scale.
- glucoseboy, on 01/12/2008, -24/+680Gizmodo should be banned. I mean, they were messing with someone while they were doing their job. How would the Gizmodo blogger feel if someone randomly shut down their laptop while they were trying to write a post?
- samard2002, on 01/12/2008, -17/+466A gadget blog got themselves banned from the biggest gadget show in the US? Whoops! Sucks to be them. Hey Gizmodo, I guess the CEA just found the IR port on your website. Maybe next time you'll have the foresight to cover it.
- TheRealAlzabo, on 01/12/2008, -23/+413Seriously, biotch slaps are in order, that kinda ***** costs people money and wrecking presentations is WAY not cool or funny
- V1ncent, on 01/12/2008, -29/+297This is a signal to the industry - ban the entire Gizmodo crew for life from all conventions as a lesson to discourage other idiots from doing what they did, and their site and owners supported and profited from their hijinks.
- JamesLee007, on 01/12/2008, -7/+239Engadget should like the sound of this.
- thesandreckoner, on 01/12/2008, -22/+224GOOD.
- sajnikanth, on 01/12/2008, -7/+191Seems like the Gizmodo crew didn't read the fine print when they unboxed TV-B-Gone - "We are not responsible if you get screwed using our product"
- twiztidsinz, on 01/12/2008, -14/+188Buried as inaccurate -- Gizmodo is NOT banned from CES, only ONE reporter.
- RobbyDigital, on 01/12/2008, -11/+163They were asking for it...
- elvenseven, on 01/12/2008, -13/+161Now ban them from digg for spamming.
- j1ggy, on 01/12/2008, -5/+142Honestly, it says nowhere in that article that Gizmodo is banned. It says just the staffer is banned.
- chris8535, on 01/12/2008, -18/+139Good they deserved it. I mean its a sweeping generalization, but this is just another example of the difference between a blog and actual journalism.
- fkr3, on 01/12/2008, -8/+110Gizmodo deserve this and more. They were dicks at CES and the rest of the time they're mostly blogspam anyway. I'm sure they'll just find some bloger that does go to CES next year and reword his work anyway.
- josho, on 01/12/2008, -8/+107no. it's hilarious if you're selfish, immature, and have yet to experience your testicles descending into their adult location.
this was moronic and pretty damaging to that whole creed of "HEY BLOGGERZ ARE JOURNALISTS TOOOOOOOO." they deserve no kudos and should enjoy only shame. - digitdean, on 01/12/2008, -26/+121As someone who reads Gizmodo daily, this really saddens me. 358 days out of the year, they're some of the best gadget bloggers out there, entertaining, insightful, and... entertaining. And they turn into jackasses for the most important week of the year and completely ***** both themselves and their readers. I just hope that this isn't the end of the Giz and that they get a chance to smarten up.
- inactive, on 01/12/2008, -5/+96I agree. This looked more like criminal sabotage than a funny prank.
I don't think Gizmodo has thought their cunning plan all the way through. - TheRealAlzabo, on 01/12/2008, -6/+90Or maybe their site.....it's ***** and I'd think about suing....
- colinbrady, on 01/12/2008, -10/+92Am I right in reading that the one staffer is the only one currently banned? If so, they really should ban the entire staff.
- freakon, on 01/12/2008, -2/+84Remember people, they put tubgirl on the front page of kotaku.
- terencec, on 01/12/2008, -5/+86if someone didn't upload their the video... nobody will know... nobody will know...
- praveenmarkandu, on 01/12/2008, -11/+90banned. rightly so.
- Jonmad17, on 01/12/2008, -8/+87I want to say Gizmowned but I'm afraid that I'll get dugg down for lameness.
But seriously, they were asking for it.It was funny but them ruining a press conference crossed the line. - megarobotguy, on 01/12/2008, -1/+78Bragging about it on your own site isn't very slick either.
- rvngeofthelawn, on 01/12/2008, -4/+79imagine being up on that stage giving a presentation you've been writing for a month and half way through your visual aids turn off. i would probably ***** my pants
- harlowsmonkeys, on 01/12/2008, -5/+76You are presenting your product at CES. The presentation is being watched by assorted people who *matter*. They can make decisions on whether they resell your product, how much they want to promote it, etc. Your demo mysteriously fails. The people walk away, taking with them the impression that they don't like your product. The fact that for everyone who walked away, 100 or 1000 people on the net will see the video doesn't matter, as those people aren't the people you need to reach. And even if the people who were there later find out you were pranked, that probably won't change that initial negative impression they got of you.
- virtualball, on 01/12/2008, -6/+66See, the problem is this; people's jobs are dependent on the presentation. If the presentation went well, then the people who worked on it would be rewarded, and also, the product would be well received. Also, Motorola should be pissed because this childish stunt eclipsed whatever they were introducing/talking about. Let me go to your job (probably a McDonald's cashier) and unplug the register when you are trying to take orders. Well? How would you like it? It's all in good humor!
- auricomnet, on 01/12/2008, -19/+77Hell yes! Internet justice! I love it! I hope they pursue further penalties and ban Gawker media as a WHOLE. HQ obviously saw what happened and approved since it went up on the site and they even had time to edit it and add music. So someone in the chain of command obviously saw it.
- Urkel, on 01/12/2008, -5/+59It's only one staffer banned but personally, I think Gizmodo should be banned because they knew exactly what their people were up to.
Their "prank" is the equivelent of someone unplugging the Gizmodo servers in the middle of CES and it's absolutely sick that Gizmodo doesn't see how their actions can negatively affect a demo of companies in such a competetive arena. - strictnein, on 01/12/2008, -3/+55No. Most of us has some sense of common decency.
- kkiran, on 01/12/2008, -5/+54And they thought it was funny.... they published it as if they did a great thing!! Was it a school or a consoritum of large companies?? U deserve it !
- BHSPitMonkey, on 01/12/2008, -8/+57Actually, this story is inaccurate. Gizmodo isn't banned, the guilty staffer is. FTA:
"This Gizmodo staffer has been identified and will be barred from attending any future CES events. Additional sanctions against Gizmodo and Gawker Media are under discussion." - Vegabondsx, on 01/12/2008, -3/+52I agree. They make it out to be fun and games, but really they're causing problems for people's businesses. Very immature.
- BHSPitMonkey, on 01/12/2008, -2/+49Gee, I wasn't expecting THAT to happen!
- UrlorJkron, on 01/12/2008, -2/+47Speak for yourself.
- richbleak, on 01/12/2008, -2/+46People who classify this as "hilarious" reveal themselves to be simple minded. I've even seen this called "genius". Jesus, this proves that we are all really just animals that have learned how to make noises that other, similar, animals recognize. Gizmodo blows.
- xpankrat, on 01/12/2008, -9/+52No, it was not.
- Lacero, on 01/12/2008, -9/+51Good! I always considered the Gizmodo people as a bunch of douchebags, even before this stunt. It gives me a great deal of pleasure seeing their idiot banned and the site given the lickings for the ***** it was, is and will always be.
- kelp, on 01/12/2008, -3/+44What an idiot, why would he mess around like that.
- Kalakov, on 01/12/2008, -5/+45Was it worth it ?
- adventchild08, on 01/12/2008, -0/+39This is true....its unfortunate because I really like the Kotaku editors...their affiliation with gawker is their Achilles heel.
- DriftAway, on 01/12/2008, -2/+40Maybe when I was thirteen, and it was a public event. But not when you're supposed to be a professional and you're not just representing yourself by your actions. They were in the wrong.
- Swarms, on 01/12/2008, -3/+38For now. They're discussing it further. In my opinion, Gizmodo as a whole should be banned from the conference to discourage other people from abusing their priveleges. How many videos were posted from Gizmodo this week because of their CES coverage? Their site probably gained huge numbers. They made a lot of money covering the conference, and probably cost some companies a lot of money while doing it, or got some unfortunate interns fired.
- Urkel, on 01/12/2008, -5/+39http://valleywag.com/343531/cnet-editor-proves-the ...
Comment 7 from Gizmodo's Head Dope Brian Lam.
"Relax. It was a joke." "Motorola, well that was a mistake, as my explicit orders to my video person were to not interrupt press conferences."
Boy Those Gizmodo guys are true comedians. Let's hope someone reboots their servers during Macworld because he obviously would find that to be High-larious. - diggmeyoubitch, on 01/12/2008, -6/+39Yes and no. Turning off an LCD while some kid is playing Guitar Hero III is funny. Turning off a monitor while someone is giving a presentation to the press is not. Messing with some one playing a game is one thing, but messing with someone giving a presentation that a company is depending on is another.
- merdiesel, on 01/12/2008, -1/+34"i threw this down on one of the other diggs"...? come on. You "threw it down"? what does that even mean?
- funkydude101, on 01/12/2008, -0/+33engadget?
- deadbaby, on 01/12/2008, -2/+35The thing that sucks is bloggers are trying hard to get mainstream credibility and when people do childish stuff like this it really sets the cause back. Plus you gotta think about the guy who set all this stuff up on the floor. Some people take pride in their work and then someone comes in and makes you look like a fool. (I doubt anyone on the floor knew it was a prank) Really just childish all around.
- estvir, on 01/12/2008, -1/+33Yup, because Gizmodo are the only ones in the whole wide world reporting on CES.
I really hope I'm missing something from your comment because otherwise, you're unbelievably stupid. - murakume, on 01/12/2008, -3/+35Okay, I'll have to be honest, I would have turned off a few of the tvs on display, but NEVER would I turn off a tv being used for a presentation like that.
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