The Australian’s media editor lashes ‘parasite’ bloggers after professional identity theft
Davidson: “Too much of the blogging environment is poulated by parasites”
The editor of The Australian’s media section Darren Davidson has said the blogosphere is “populated by parasites” after someone using a fake email address contacted senior media executives to attempt to steal stories by pretending to be him.
Victoria Police are understood to have been called in to investigate the case which Davidson believes could have been going on for several months, culminating in News Corp lawyers sending a cease and desist letter to one of the owners of the DeciderTV blog, Kevin Perry.
Davidson told Mumbrella he was alerted by contacts that someone was using a false email address similar to his official News Corp one to contact executives at media companies in March. However, the offender had also paid to protect their IP address, frustrating efforts to track down the culprit by News Corp’s techies.
But if you were going to imitate someone, wouldn’t you choose someone with clout? Not a journo who is known only for writing cringe-worthy puff pieces for his own media outlet
If Mr Davidson was himself a paragon there might by empathy. But he is not and there is none.
Plus 1. Well said.
” endless recirculation and cheap social media tricks to game content and aggregators and search engines”
Little bit like calling the kettle black really.
Paul v Walters
“A vast wasteland of low-end junk and meaningless, undifferentiated traffic based on endless recirculation and cheap social media tricks to game content aggregators and search engines.”
The quote is a pretty handy guide to News Corp’s output to be fair
Because no-one working for My Davidson’s employer ever engaged in industrial scale phone-hacking, did they?
I love reading this guy. He is so knowledgable and really understands the media. I can completely understand why someone would impersonate him because he is absolutely at the top of his game.
Love your ‘parasites’ quote. Too many anonymous cowards underneath the article.
When you point a finger,
two point back….
“It’s yet another example of why too much of the tabloid press is populated by parasites. A vast wasteland of low-end junk and meaningless, undifferentiated stories based on endless recirculation and cheap media tricks to game more readers.”
Outrageous behaviour.
I agree 100%. Fucken parasites gamed me into paying too much for my last investment property. Luckily, I negatively geared the shit out of it…