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posted by LaminatorX on Sunday August 16 2015, @09:44PM   Printer-friendly
from the why-we-can't-have-nice-things dept.

A press event gets not one but six bomb threats and it's not covered by any major news outlet that day aside from a few paragraphs on Forbes.com? Is it just me or would not the mainstream media eat this much meta up with a spoon if any topic other than #GamerGate were being discussed?

The first threat was made at 1:15 pm ET, but attendees chose to stay. Later, a specific threat was phoned into The Miami Herald and the Miami PD, claiming that a bomb would go off at 2:45 pm ET. At this point, attendees and panelists exited the building and eventually finished their discussion outside.

You can watch both the morning panel and the interrupted afternoon panel on the SPJ AirPlay YouTube channel.

The most interesting bit to me though is the difference in how differently #GamerGate and its critics handle anonymous threats. Finishing the event in the parking lot then throwing a party just has more style.


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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by ilPapa on Sunday August 16 2015, @10:55PM

    by ilPapa (2366) on Sunday August 16 2015, @10:55PM (#223664) Journal

    Actually, it was all a misunderstanding. One of the participants called the organizers and said, "This event has been a complete bomb". They weren't making a threat, they were asking for a refund.

    The voice data is being analyzed and this surveillance photo of the suspect is being circulated:

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CB7Bhr9W8AAHKD1.jpg [twimg.com]

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