Comments on: Ron Livingston battles phantom defendant http://akahele.org/2009/12/ron-livingston-battles-phantom-defendant/ Cautious web criticism Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:36:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: It’s the Casting Director Lee Dennison Story! at Wikipedia Review: Opinions and Editorials http://akahele.org/2009/12/ron-livingston-battles-phantom-defendant/comment-page-1/#comment-2438 It’s the Casting Director Lee Dennison Story! at Wikipedia Review: Opinions and Editorials Sat, 12 Dec 2009 17:47:39 +0000 http://akahele.org/?p=1210#comment-2438 [...] picked up by most of the entertainment media, none of whom made any initial attempts to investigate whether or not “Lee Dennison” actually existed. (Ironically, because it bore no copyright, [...] [...] picked up by most of the entertainment media, none of whom made any initial attempts to investigate whether or not “Lee Dennison” actually existed. (Ironically, because it bore no copyright, [...]

]]> By: Barry Kort http://akahele.org/2009/12/ron-livingston-battles-phantom-defendant/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Barry Kort Thu, 10 Dec 2009 03:47:43 +0000 http://akahele.org/?p=1210#comment-2437 Once upon a time, human beings invented the art of crafting make-believe stories. For many centuries, these make-believe stories were the primary means of transmitting cultural knowledge from one generation to the next. In the 20th Century, the art of crafting make-believe stories evolved from the bardic arts to become high-tech multimedia presentations in radio dramas, motion pictures, and television. Now the entertainment industry is learning how to exploit the Internet to raise make-believe to the next level. Just as Sasha Baron-Cohen has demonstrated how to blur the boundaries between fantasy and reality, so too have many erstwhile performers turned to the Internet to do the same. Ron Livinsgton may be a real actor who appears in conventional entertainment media, wherein he portrays a fictional character in a fictional world. But through the artifice of Wikipedia and the Internet, the invisible hand of yet another mysterious author has produced a fantastic episode that bridges the misty divide between fact and fiction. We would all be wise to heed these sage words of advice: "Be ye not bamboozled." --The Big Bamboozler Once upon a time, human beings invented the art of crafting make-believe stories. For many centuries, these make-believe stories were the primary means of transmitting cultural knowledge from one generation to the next.

In the 20th Century, the art of crafting make-believe stories evolved from the bardic arts to become high-tech multimedia presentations in radio dramas, motion pictures, and television.

Now the entertainment industry is learning how to exploit the Internet to raise make-believe to the next level. Just as Sasha Baron-Cohen has demonstrated how to blur the boundaries between fantasy and reality, so too have many erstwhile performers turned to the Internet to do the same.

Ron Livinsgton may be a real actor who appears in conventional entertainment media, wherein he portrays a fictional character in a fictional world. But through the artifice of Wikipedia and the Internet, the invisible hand of yet another mysterious author has produced a fantastic episode that bridges the misty divide between fact and fiction.

We would all be wise to heed these sage words of advice:

“Be ye not bamboozled.” –The Big Bamboozler

]]> By: Anthony DiPierro http://akahele.org/2009/12/ron-livingston-battles-phantom-defendant/comment-page-1/#comment-2436 Anthony DiPierro Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:38:39 +0000 http://akahele.org/?p=1210#comment-2436 "People are bad. They lie. They don’t say who they are. And they spread falsehoods deliberately." Umm, a *few* people. We're not all like that :). “People are bad. They lie. They don’t say who they are. And they spread falsehoods deliberately.”

Umm, a *few* people. We’re not all like that :) .

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