My battle with the Toronto Sun

Hey guys,

As some of you may or may not know, there was a story on kotaku.com which I challenged The Sun on a cover that was printed.


I knew I was going to going through a up hill battle, but to be honest I'm getting tired of the media pointing towards an easy out.

My battle started when I emailed The Sun's editor. During this email conversation we had one thing was clear to me, they could careless on one persons view was and they refused to give me any kind of straight answer to me at all.

As I noticed this wasn't going anywhere, I moved up to contacting someone in head office, after forwarding my emails to her, I received a call from Jim Jennings, Head-Chief-Editor of The Toronto Sun. This quickly turned into childish conversation with him.

Never the less after trying to get past none sense with Mr. Jennings I got him to admit one thing to me, before blowing me off. The only reason why the cover was ever printed was to sell, it was just Eye Candy since that copy of The Sun sold 14 some on odd thousand copies in Toronto (as he stated proudly). After asking him since when did telling the REAL news include lying to make his pockets larger, he blew me off.


So I ask the ASSEMbler community please email, please use one or the other if bounces or use both

marilyn.frgueroa@tor.sunpub.com
readership@tor.sunpub.com


Tell them you are tired of this type of garbage pressed, just to sell.

Also if you wish, call there head office (416) 947-2487

 

I am behind you on this, then again you knew that skitzo.

For an editor who prides himself on his PHD, his paper sure seems to have quite alot of objective content in it

Ryan

 

i dont really understand what's going on mate. Is this another "Oh, let's basj video games!" type of thing where they talked about a need for speed game in a crashed car that wasnt really there?

if its that, i hate how they think video games influence everyone and every thing, Whi saud they got interested in street racing AFTER they played this game? Why it couldnt be that they buyed the game BECAUSE they ALREADY liked street racing?

 

Sorry I supose my case is abit blury.

They pretty much pointed the finger at video games, since a copy of need for speed was found in one of the drivers cars.
When I confronted Jim with the question, ''So you are telling me I could speed down the street get pulled over, and flash a copy of Need for Speed, the crime would be pardoned?'' Since this is what you are trying to make it seem, or is ''they are under the influence of video games?'' Jim didn't care for those comments at all.

 

So, The Toronto Sun, elected to have the title simply because the cops found a copy of a racing game in the backseat... Of course the paper would sell with such said title because the average newspaper reader only reads the title and then believes it... There is no factual link that the cause of the speeding was induced by that single videogame. The cop simply told them that they mostlikely bought from the store, so they never played it to begin with, so how in the world would it influence them to "kill"?

Is Toronto Sun a tabloid or a newspaper?

Oh and is Jim Jennings related to the late Peter Jennings (who passed away few months ago from lung cancer and was a famous news anchor at ABC that had tremendous amount of respect and integrity and who was also canadian)? If he is related to him, then I'm ashamed he would stoop to such standards..

I would like to know if he is before I shoot him an email and pass this along to members of the IGDA community..

 

Like I said guys, email them and tell THEM what you think, since mr.Jennings could careless about one persons view, lets force feed him our views

 

Hmmm should I write a Danish email, and tell him in very kind words, that his newspaper, should stop making tabloid news ?

 

every email counts, seems everyone can point the finger and blame videos for everything under the sun, but no one takes a stand against this. Every email counts

 

I doubt he related to the late Peter Jennings, atlest that man told real news. After I did a google on Jim, there is no real connection at all between the two

 

Email sent in Danish, he he

 

Email sent:

"Your wife would like to know if there is anything you would like for her to pickup on the way home. She is busy at the moment, so she asked me to email you."

 

I would rather not have emails sent like that, since I would like them to look at the matter in a serious note.

 

Hey guys, apprently the first email I posted is no longer valid. use this email, thanks alot of all your support.

readership@tor.sunpub.com

 

Sent my email in. Very tasteful from someone in the industry...

As i side note, i hate it when video games try to kill me. I knew it was bad when I found Mario 64 reaching for a shotgun, and it was such a nice little game that wouldn't harm a fly...

 

I've never had videogames try to kill me, but... well, Pac-Man hits me sometimes. He never means it though, it's always my fault anyways. He always says he's sorry afterwards, but that's after the crystal meth hits, and I wonder if he really means it.

_skitzo_: Madhatter asked a question that I'm also curious about. Is the Sun a legitimate newspaper? The cover makes it look like a US tabloid rag, something along the lines of the National Enquirer or (my personal favorite) the Weekly World News.

ALSO: Isn't it ironic that the headline "DID NEED FOR SPEED KILL?" sits right above a car advertisement utilizing a checkered flag and the phrase, "The Excitement Starts Now!" And they're so quick to blame a game?

 

GSL, yes the toronto sun is a legitt newspaper, although its somewhat turning tabloid....

Ryan

 

"Couldn't care less", it's COULDN'T care less as in could + not. If a person "could" care less, then it implies that they care at least enough to be able to care less. If they "couldn't" care less, then they don't care at all. [\PSA]

Ahem, anyway. As much as I agree that the newspaper overstepped any reasonable moral bounds, the fact that it is getting all of this attention just proves that they were right by publishing that cover. They only care about selling papers and this, sadly, just gives them free publicity.

 

Looks like a tabloid to me.

I sent them this email:

I of course spellchecked it before sending

 

The Sun is a real newpaper, I wouldnt make this much of a uprise over a petty tabloid