Comments on: Praising Deception http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/11/18/praising-deception/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: tish grier http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/11/18/praising-deception/comment-page-1/#comment-698 tish grier Mon, 20 Nov 2006 18:22:18 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/11/18/praising-deception/#comment-698 What I found most depressing about the LonelyGirl phenom was how many media critics let their infatuations lead them beyond what their sensibilities might have told them: most notably Jon Fine of Businessweek, whose writing on LoneleyGirl was at a surprisingly un-objective level. What the Wired article doesn't discuss, and is perhaps the hardest to track, was the conversations across the blogoshpere that questioned the veracity of LonelyGirl--and there were many, not "some," including a great one at LostRemote.com. Lots of web savvy folks could literally see that the videos were far too slick, the girl obviously not 15 (certain facial attributes give away age), and the music too carefully choreographed for it to be anything but product. That the influential mainstream media pundits fell for it is what's not just disturbing (they seemed to refuse to listen to anyone but themselves) but infuriating. What I found most depressing about the LonelyGirl phenom was how many media critics let their infatuations lead them beyond what their sensibilities might have told them: most notably Jon Fine of Businessweek, whose writing on LoneleyGirl was at a surprisingly un-objective level.

What the Wired article doesn’t discuss, and is perhaps the hardest to track, was the conversations across the blogoshpere that questioned the veracity of LonelyGirl–and there were many, not “some,” including a great one at LostRemote.com. Lots of web savvy folks could literally see that the videos were far too slick, the girl obviously not 15 (certain facial attributes give away age), and the music too carefully choreographed for it to be anything but product.

That the influential mainstream media pundits fell for it is what’s not just disturbing (they seemed to refuse to listen to anyone but themselves) but infuriating.

]]> By: ABC Digital Futures » Blog Archive » The Lonelygirl15 story, and those who don’t like it http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/11/18/praising-deception/comment-page-1/#comment-697 ABC Digital Futures » Blog Archive » The Lonelygirl15 story, and those who don’t like it Mon, 20 Nov 2006 01:26:24 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2006/11/18/praising-deception/#comment-697 [...] Meanwhile, over at the Centre for Citizen Media, Dan Gillmor has criticised Wired’s story, saying “it’s a paean to deception — the hoodwinking of folks as part of a business plan.” [...] [...] Meanwhile, over at the Centre for Citizen Media, Dan Gillmor has criticised Wired’s story, saying “it’s a paean to deception — the hoodwinking of folks as part of a business plan.” [...]

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