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I hope you enjoyed your 5-min of fame Mike Daisey because your reputation is now completely and irrevocably ruined.
by beatle 15y ago
I hope you enjoyed your 5-min of fame Mike Daisey because your reputation is now completely and irrevocably ruined.
- Steko 15y agoHe's probably sold enough tickets over the last 5 months in NY to retire on. Interestingly his show's run off broadway is scheduled through the 18th; anyone want to start a pool on that?
- larrys 15y agoNot so fast. Remember James Frey (tricked Oprah and her staff). He's doing quite well, see "current work": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Frey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Frey
- larrys 15y agoOh "one more thing". There's Henry Blodget as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Blodget http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Blodget
- beatle 15y agowhat do you think about James Frey and Henry Blodget? exactly.
- rhizome 15y agoThat they're making their way in the world just fine despite their histories, rendering any imaginary cosmic retribution impotent?
- pfraze 15y agoThe voice of the people is the voice of God.
- beatle 15y agoBig difference. James Frey lied about his own personal experience and Henry Blodget was involved in securities fraud. They are relatively unknown outside their industry. Mike Daisey told lies that he presented to news organizations, blogs, etc. as facts -- for money and self-promotion at the expense of a well respected company. CNN, NYTimes, The Washington Post, etc. wrote articles based on Mike Daisey's lies. In my view this is similar to what happened to Dan Rather a few years ago. People will forget, but they will remember.
- rhizome 15y agoThe public at large has a very short memory. Dan Rather was different: he stuck to his guns rather than dive for the exit by calling it art.
- oodalolly 15y agoThere was enough of a backlash, especially in the literary community (who silently give all memoirs wiggle-room for truthiness), to Oprah's public castigation that James Frey isn't really thought of negatively. More people remember Oprah's childish need for revenge over Frey changing the way a character committed suicide.
- byrneseyeview 15y agoWhat was Blodget accused of fabricating? My understanding is that he settled when he was accused of touting stocks he didn't like. But I also understand that he actually lost a lot of money on such stocks. He paid $4m in restitution to investors, but apparently the total amount of lost money that could be traced to his transactions was less than the interest on the $4m over the half-decade after the fine. So the case looks a lot more complicated than the capsule version.
- blafro 15y agoNot in America. There's no such thing as bad publicity. Sure he won't get hired by 'This American Life' or anyone that cares for facts but there's always reality tv.
- alexqgb 15y agoNot sure about that. See Jason Russell, who has just had a spectacularly bad day. http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/16/10721745-report-invisible-children-co-founder-detained-by-police-charity-made-kony-2012-video http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/16/10721745-report...
- blafro 15y agoHe just needs a publicist. Oprah then 'Celebrity' Apprentice = new career.