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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.
Original Submission
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Monday August 17 2015, @06:25AM
"Finishing the event in the parking lot then throwing a party just has more style."
Government's response to terroristic threats is entirely inappropriate. (Let's bomb the fuck out of them, to ensure that they can't even make a bomb!"
Although it would be stupid to just ignore a terroristic threat, it is equally stupid to allow mere threats to disrupt your life.