loadedstatement said:
ferret1603 said:
Looks like they've got themselves banned from next year's event.
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9849168-7.html
In reaction to "Gizmodogate," the gadget blog's prank of shutting down flat-screen displays on the show floor and during demos at CES (see Bloggers behaving badly), the conference's organizer, the Consumer Electronics Association, sent me this statement:
We have been informed of inappropriate behavior on the show floor by a credentialed media attendee from the Web site Gizmodo, owned by Gawker Media. Specifically, the Gizmodo staffer interfered with the exhibitor booth operations of numerous companies, including disrupting at least one press event. The Gizmodo staffer violated the terms of CES media credentials and caused harm to CES exhibitors. This Gizmodo staffer has been identified and will be barred from attending any future CES events. Additional sanctions against Gizmodo and Gawker Media are under discussion. |
The headline many sites used when linking this article was inaccurate. If you read the article, Gizmodo was NOT banned from CES. The only person banned was the staffer involved. Here is the quote "This Gizmodo staffer has been identified and will be barred from attending any future CES events". At any rate, further discussion is taking place and it is possible more people will be banned. Im sure Gizmodo will just send new staffers there next year. (Not that it is really that important. CES gets worse every year) |
Exactly, which is why I said looks like they [the staffer who made the video I linked to] have got themselves banned.
