Shattered Ass
(Mostly for Francesca or anyone else that's seen Shattered Glass):
So, I just watched Shattered Glass yesterday and it made me curious about the website that Stephen Glass quickly threw together for "Jukt Micronics." Let's see if I can describe this to those who don't know quickly. Uh, Stephen Glass was a writer for The New Republic and he just started making up stories. It was sad to watch (in movie form) as his lies were just awful. At one point he made up a story about a fake company getting hacked by a fake hacker. When people started getting suspicious of his article, he quickly threw together a fake "corporate website" for them. The problem was he made his corporate website on the AOL member pages and that it just looked ridiculously awful.
Now I searched the web for the real webpage (even checking webarchive.org) but I didn't get anywhere, but I did find what seems to be a re-creation of it. And this may just be a re-creation of what they used in the movie (and that might not be entirely correct), but I just have to link it 'cause it's so terrible.
This is the worst attempt at faking a corporate website ever. Even by 1998 standards. Hell, even I was image-mapping and making crazy gif images back then.
I don't know how anyone would expect to sell that off as a real corporate website. For a software company no less!
So there ya go.
P.S. The movie's all right, but it's really just sad. I've never felt more pity for a liar in my life. He was the worst liar ever. How come it took forever for someone to catch on? Thank goodness for Rosario Dawson and Steve Zahn!
And some unexpected additional commentary on somewhat-related current events:
The movie sort of goes along with the recent story about a New York Times writer being sentenced to prison time for not revealing her source. It sounds kind of harsh, 'cause she actually hasn't broken a law, but is just being held in contempt, but it makes sense to me. If journalists can just claim their sources are anonymous all the time, then there's zero accountability. And then the press is useless. And, I mean, what's the big deal? Just testify in front of the grand jury already! That's supposed to be confidential, anyway. Or maybe she doesn't want to do that because she knows the media always weasels its way into every "confidential" meeting in the world. The media is its own worst enemy here.
But, yeah, you've gotta be able to name your sources. So says I.
*I want to know more about Stephen Glass! Should I consult my local librarian?
So, I just watched Shattered Glass yesterday and it made me curious about the website that Stephen Glass quickly threw together for "Jukt Micronics." Let's see if I can describe this to those who don't know quickly. Uh, Stephen Glass was a writer for The New Republic and he just started making up stories. It was sad to watch (in movie form) as his lies were just awful. At one point he made up a story about a fake company getting hacked by a fake hacker. When people started getting suspicious of his article, he quickly threw together a fake "corporate website" for them. The problem was he made his corporate website on the AOL member pages and that it just looked ridiculously awful.
Now I searched the web for the real webpage (even checking webarchive.org) but I didn't get anywhere, but I did find what seems to be a re-creation of it. And this may just be a re-creation of what they used in the movie (and that might not be entirely correct), but I just have to link it 'cause it's so terrible.
This is the worst attempt at faking a corporate website ever. Even by 1998 standards. Hell, even I was image-mapping and making crazy gif images back then.
I don't know how anyone would expect to sell that off as a real corporate website. For a software company no less!
So there ya go.
P.S. The movie's all right, but it's really just sad. I've never felt more pity for a liar in my life. He was the worst liar ever. How come it took forever for someone to catch on? Thank goodness for Rosario Dawson and Steve Zahn!
And some unexpected additional commentary on somewhat-related current events:
The movie sort of goes along with the recent story about a New York Times writer being sentenced to prison time for not revealing her source. It sounds kind of harsh, 'cause she actually hasn't broken a law, but is just being held in contempt, but it makes sense to me. If journalists can just claim their sources are anonymous all the time, then there's zero accountability. And then the press is useless. And, I mean, what's the big deal? Just testify in front of the grand jury already! That's supposed to be confidential, anyway. Or maybe she doesn't want to do that because she knows the media always weasels its way into every "confidential" meeting in the world. The media is its own worst enemy here.
But, yeah, you've gotta be able to name your sources. So says I.
*I want to know more about Stephen Glass! Should I consult my local librarian?