Just now, MrGalaxy. said:

mashable actually wrote a article defending lspdfr. didn't mention it give it a read http://mashable.com/2017/02/08/blind-skater-humans-amazing/#.rZQa838YOqr

Think you copied the wrong link, found it though, so here it is: http://mashable.com/2017/02/16/gta-mod-police-australia/?utm_cid=mash-prod-nav-sub-st#znWc9U.POmqw

LOL they sound like morons getting upset over a game being modded.

The pole backfired on em lol 

Good job gentleman

It's sad to see how low the media has stooped... so untruthful and manipulative.

Do they even research topics anymore? They couldn't have gotten this more wrong.

Nah mate

 

I now rank Buzzfeed > Channel 7 News

... Let me assure you, being below Buzzfeed is pretty bad..

22 minutes ago, RobertTM said:

Do they even research topics anymore? They couldn't have gotten this more wrong.

 

That IMO is the worst aspect of this. It's not that they didnt do research, they would've spent a decent amount of time trawling videos to find the perfect 2-5 second snippets that "highlight the evil game" to push their entirely fabricated agenda. It doesn't get more "fake news" than that. 

LOL.

 

I've left a handy link back to here in the following Facebook Post;
 

 

:D

Edited February 17, 20179 yr by PhillBellic
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3 minutes ago, Darkmyre said:

 

That IMO is the worst aspect of this. It's not that they didnt do research, they would've spent a decent amount of time trawling videos to find the perfect 2-5 second snippets that "highlight the evil game" to push their entirely fabricated agenda. It doesn't get more "fake news" than that. 

They also seem so oblivious to the player being the officer and even examples of nonlethal force in their "proof", and when things get out of hand in their "proof" it is completely out of the player's control and unpreventable, and is in the stock game, (such as pistol-whipping nearby peds) and proceed to blame it on the mod.

Here's the response I got from the Kotaku article author. Hopefully he goes ahead with his follow-up!

 

5 minutes ago, SkillfulCorpse said:

Here's the response I got from the Kotaku article author. Hopefully he goes ahead with his follow-up!

 

FYI he posted a couple pages back too, or at least I assume it's the same guy. So he's here, in this thread.

40 minutes ago, sloosecannon said:

FYI he posted a couple pages back too, or at least I assume it's the same guy. So he's here, in this thread.

Ah didn't even see that lol

As a content creator of Australian mods for some 5-6 years now, I have yet to be contacted by ANY law enforcement or government agency or media for that matter so I'm glad some news outlets are coming to our defense.

Edited February 17, 20179 yr by SNIT
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9 hours ago, AussieGaming said:

Now VICPOL are jumping on the "I'm gonna have a bitch to get PR" Train. 10/10IGN Straya

 

Better remove my VicPol Highway Patrol Territory skin! /s

 

Glad I removed my VicRoads TSS skin (for un-related matter - needs more work) last thing I wound want is VicRoads chucking a hissy fit and cancelling my rego over a skin!

'Underground computer geeks'. For god's sake, whoever thought this story up is an idiot. This is a non story if I've ever seen one.

Edited February 17, 20179 yr by wilfordbrimleysmoustache

23 hours ago, winglesschip209 said:

This is Australian news?

Australian "Fake News".

 

22 hours ago, SkillfulCorpse said:

At least I can say I was on the news

So it seems like they didn't even ask for permission to use the clips shown. There's got to be a valid complaint to be filed with some media watchdog somewhere, or even IP claims, especially since they misrepresented the videos.

 

8 hours ago, Lundy said:

Surprised Ford hasn't sued me yet for my car mods.

 

Come and get me.

I mean, you do deserve a trip to a CIA black site for some hydotherapy for that, at least.

4 minutes ago, The Loot said:

So it seems like they didn't even ask for permission to use the clips shown. There's got to be a valid complaint to be filed with some media watchdog somewhere, or even IP claims, especially since they misrepresented the videos.

That's normal. The news here steal clips without even asking all the time.

Just now, Sam said:

Our response: 

 

And here's the link to the Facebook post in case you wanna smash that like button: