Chris Leckness

I would have loved to have had the time and finances to have attended CES 2008 (one child in college and twins to start college next year have put some restrictions on the budget). I did what I could and covered press releases.

I wasn't aware of the following until this morning when I read my friend Judie Lipsett's post on Gear Diary titled  Total and Utter Crap: Gizmodo’s Stupid CES Prank on Motorola and Us Bloggers

In a post titled “Confessions: The Meanest Thing Gizmodo Did at CES“, Brian Lam - Editor of Gizmodo- basically bragged about committing corporate sabotage.

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This was not just a stupid high school prank that had been perpetrated on a faceless victim. This was sabotage that had been done to companies with massive financial investments in their CES appearances. The potential for lost sales, loss of good will, and loss of face was huge.

 

To find out that this was a deliberate stunt pulled by a group of delegates from the #2 tech blog in the world…I have nothing but a complete loss of respect. What Gizmodo did was simply wrong and quite frankly, in my opinion immoral.

I agree 100% with Judie. I am appalled by their actions and see no humor in what they did. If I hadn't already quit following their RSS feed because of questionable content months ago, this stunt would have made me unsubscribe.

Check out Judie's full article here

ctitanic

That's the main reason why many of our fellows bloggers did not receive a press pass this CES but a blogger pass with a lot less access. Without actions like this we have already enough problems trying to gain in respect and here comes a self named journalist doing this 12 year old jokes.

I would be glad to see them called and fined for these actions.

breley

Originally Posted by ctitanic

I would be glad to see them called and fined for these actions.

I agree wholeheartedly. This kind of juvenile behavior only reinforces the stereotypes that bloggers can't be serious professionals.

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hyedipin

That's incredible that they would have the nerve to do such a stupid thing, and right in the middle when presentations were given, and whole press was watching it.

How would gizmodo like it if someone came by and turned off their servers in the middle of important news release that they wouldn't get by if not posted.

Shame on them.

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dyastrab

I've been to trade shows as a corporate buyer and have worked with corporate sellers. If I was Motorolla (who handled it very well), I would sue. CES is an expensive business event, not a high school play. Gizmodo should know better.

gasusan2005

David Pogue post Over the Line at C.E.S. - Pogue’s Posts - Technology - New York Times Blog

It has been interesting to see the responses across the internet to their "prank/stunt"'

Susan