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(LA Times) Obvious Internet 101: when creating fictitious, award-winning authors for some (not news) promo articles, avoid using stock photos of food bank workers nicknamed "Cobra." Also, a degree in "construction sciences?" Really?   (latimes.com) divider line 58
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atomic-age
2011-11-08 01:01:46 PM
What's wrong with a degree in construction science?
 
Wellon Dowd
2011-11-08 01:01:50 PM
ecx.images-amazon.com
 
DarwiOdrade [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 01:02:08 PM
I don't mean to rain on subby's parade, but Construction Science and Management (new window) is an actual major.

Not saying this guy really exists, but the degree does.
 
Fano
2011-11-08 01:02:16 PM
No where to run, nowhere to hide
panic spreading far and wide
Who will turn the tide?
g.I. joe!
 
macross87
2011-11-08 01:06:00 PM
COBRA!!!!


/hail cobra
 
EWreckedSean
2011-11-08 01:06:26 PM
Ugh I remember working for a start up company, and we were in a meeting with a massive Security Company talking about an electronic lock system we were designing, and our president tells their CEO we have a guy with a Masters degree in Wiegand to impress him. Which is a communications protocol.
 
Rapmaster2000
2011-11-08 01:09:59 PM
He's on the Zombie Squad. The bottom line...
 
32oz High Life
2011-11-08 01:12:03 PM
Also, a degree in "construction sciences?" Really?

No more fake than calling IT guys "computer scientists".
 
Skwishmitten
2011-11-08 01:12:24 PM
It makes me wonder how common this phenomenon of ghost-writing news stories is... It has the potential to really fark things up.
 
CheekyMonkey
2011-11-08 01:14:33 PM
DarwiOdrade: I don't mean to rain on subby's parade, but Construction Science and Management (new window) is an actual major.

Not saying this guy really exists, but the degree does.

Yeah, but not at the school that the "writer" purportedly obtained it from.

In other news, veteran Journalist and degree-holder in Propane Technology from The Madagascar Institute in Brooklyn, NY, CheekyMonkey has written extensively on the fraudulent journalism controversy surrounding the Central Basin Water Management District.
 
Shadyman
2011-11-08 01:15:25 PM
EWreckedSean: Ugh I remember working for a start up company, and we were in a meeting with a massive Security Company talking about an electronic lock system we were designing, and our president tells their CEO we have a guy with a Masters degree in Wiegand to impress him. Which is a communications protocol.

I'd imagine you were all
www.fybertech.com
 
6655321
2011-11-08 01:16:19 PM
What's next- a doctorate in extraneous speaking? (Politicians exempted)
 
haywatchthis
2011-11-08 01:18:22 PM
why does every minimume wage job title now has to end with technician it's farking stupid, does adding that make the job seem more glamorous or to make the employee not feel like a window licker, or is it just pc
 
Hip_about_time
2011-11-08 01:18:47 PM
Hail Cobra
 
Fano
2011-11-08 01:21:20 PM
haywatchthis: why does every minimume wage job title now has to end with technician it's farking stupid, does adding that make the job seem more glamorous or to make the employee not feel like a window licker, or is it just pc

Ask the sanitation engineers
 
red5ish
2011-11-08 01:24:43 PM
haywatchthis: why does every minimume wage job title now has to end with technician it's farking stupid, does adding that make the job seem more glamorous or to make the employee not feel like a window licker, or is it just pc

Nobody wants to tell their friends that they work as a butt-monkey.
 
que.guero
2011-11-08 01:24:47 PM
I racked up $250k in student loans to get my degree in sandwich arts...
 
Kanemano
2011-11-08 01:26:29 PM
Skwishmitten: It makes me wonder how common this phenomenon of ghost-writing news stories is... It has the potential to really fark things up.

Every Public Relation firm has at least 3 people doing just this for every available news outlet, the days of the beat reporter are long gone.

Now a reporter fields calls for pitches from a PR firm, usually with nice quotes and background data tied together with a pink bow..
 
Skwishmitten
2011-11-08 01:27:53 PM
Kanemano: Skwishmitten: It makes me wonder how common this phenomenon of ghost-writing news stories is... It has the potential to really fark things up.

Every Public Relation firm has at least 3 people doing just this for every available news outlet, the days of the beat reporter are long gone.

Now a reporter fields calls for pitches from a PR firm, usually with nice quotes and background data tied together with a pink bow..

Well, good thing I can get all my raw data from Fark then...

/oh god, we're screwed.
 
Edziak
2011-11-08 01:31:56 PM
haywatchthis: why does every minimume wage job title now has to end with technician it's farking stupid, does adding that make the job seem more glamorous or to make the employee not feel like a window licker, or is it just pc

Some of us are associates.
 
ChuDogg
2011-11-08 01:32:22 PM
This is why i go on social networking sites and just pull from other countries. Ive found Argentina works pretty well for passing as an America. Or Ill go in those yugoslav republics like Croatia or Bosnia.

No way it would ever get back to them
 
Aqua Vishnu
2011-11-08 01:35:32 PM
EWreckedSean: Ugh I remember working for a start up company, and we were in a meeting with a massive Security Company talking about an electronic lock system we were designing, and our president tells their CEO we have a guy with a Masters degree in Wiegand to impress him. Which is a communications protocol.

Sounds like we work at the same place, I make it a point never to go to meetings with one of our VP's he just blurts out stuff to make it sound like he knows something and it's so embarrassing. Sometimes you get the sympathy nod from the other side.
 
Loki-L
2011-11-08 01:35:40 PM
32oz High Life: Also, a degree in "construction sciences?" Really?

No more fake than calling IT guys "computer scientists".

Computer Science can be a real science although the name in those cases is a bit misleading (In Europe it is perhaps more aptly named Informatics). what else would you call someone who does things like AI research? However calling a simple coder or admin a computer scientist stretches the term a lot.
 
EWreckedSean
2011-11-08 01:36:02 PM
Shadyman: EWreckedSean: Ugh I remember working for a start up company, and we were in a meeting with a massive Security Company talking about an electronic lock system we were designing, and our president tells their CEO we have a guy with a Masters degree in Wiegand to impress him. Which is a communications protocol.

I'd imagine you were all
[www.fybertech.com image 456x297]

It was definitely a facepalm moment. That was the end of that contract.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 01:37:38 PM
This kind of crap happens all the time.

I knew a guy who created a "spokesperson" persona who would shill for the highrise building boom in Las Vegas during the mid 2000s. His "quotes" were published in articles in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, real estate publications, and even Boston.com a couple of times. It was all sort of a joke to him, just to see how far he could push it. He also had financial interests in this particular market, so he was using the persona to manipulate the message.
 
BigNumber12 [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 01:39:07 PM
Yes, because any swinging d*ck off the street can just go and run a construction project.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 01:39:15 PM
make me some tea: This kind of crap happens all the time.

I knew a guy who created a "spokesperson" persona who would shill for the highrise building boom in Las Vegas during the mid 2000s. His "quotes" were published in articles in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, real estate publications, and even Boston.com a couple of times. It was all sort of a joke to him, just to see how far he could push it. He also had financial interests in this particular market, so he was using the persona to manipulate the message.

HA! I just googled the persona name and google returns 189 results. Many of those articles are still there. Wow...
 
DarwiOdrade [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 01:40:21 PM
CheekyMonkey: DarwiOdrade: I don't mean to rain on subby's parade, but Construction Science and Management (new window) is an actual major.

Not saying this guy really exists, but the degree does.

Yeah, but not at the school that the "writer" purportedly obtained it from.

I read that in the article, too - I was referring to the headline.
 
Elpants
2011-11-08 01:41:00 PM
Just came here to defend construction sciences as a real degree. Seems people beat me to it.

/Construction Management Major
 
make me some tea [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 01:42:34 PM
Wow. The NYT quoted him as well. bwahahaha
 
Pants_Optional
2011-11-08 01:44:52 PM
I'm currently wearing a COBRA t-shirt. GO JOE!
 
Orgasmatron138
2011-11-08 01:48:28 PM
Just knowing the OSHA regs involved with construction should warrant a degree.
 
royone
2011-11-08 01:53:29 PM
Cross-class skill ranks in Knowledge (Architecture and Engineering)
i190.photobucket.com?
 
royone
2011-11-08 01:57:08 PM
(try this again)
Cross-class skill ranks in Knowledge (Architecture and Engineering)?
i190.photobucket.com
 
haywatchthis
2011-11-08 02:02:41 PM
royone: (try this again)
Cross-class skill ranks in Knowledge (Architecture and Engineering)?
[i190.photobucket.com image 640x404]

that's racist
 
internutthead [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 02:03:42 PM
i229.photobucket.com

Thus far you have been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience, but I cannot tolerate you being jobless. Do I make myself clear?
 
Grapple [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 02:07:40 PM
internutthead: [i229.photobucket.com image 275x432]

Thus far you have been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience, but I cannot tolerate you being jobless. Do I make myself clear?

Whatever, Stupidhead.
 
Irving Maimway
2011-11-08 02:09:52 PM
My GED in Law has gotten me more than a few jobs.
 
dryknife
2011-11-08 02:10:24 PM
Cobra says -


www.opticadirecta.es

Yo.
 
Nasty_McFilth
2011-11-08 02:21:18 PM
make me some tea: Wow. The NYT quoted him as well. bwahahaha

Do you enjoy talking to yourself in public?
 
Nathan Arizona
2011-11-08 02:24:34 PM
Building and Construction Science
Posting from my construction office, so Im really getting a kick...

/war eagle
 
tripps
2011-11-08 02:32:02 PM
Nasty_McFilth: make me some tea: Wow. The NYT quoted him as well. bwahahaha

Do you enjoy talking to yourself in public?

Really. Care to let us all in on the joke?
 
RandomAxe [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 02:35:24 PM
I think the real story here is that they paid a consultant almost $200k for what sounds like $30k worth of work.
 
Slartibartfaster
2011-11-08 02:42:29 PM
32oz High Life: No more fake than calling IT guys "computer scientists"

^^ this

Construction science is pretty intense though
They need to make a better title

I vote for "Builder of incredible stuff"
otherwise they might get confused with Minnesotan bridge builders
 
MuToiD_MaN
2011-11-08 02:43:20 PM
Came for the G.I. Joe references.
 
make me some tea [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 02:43:23 PM
tripps: Nasty_McFilth: make me some tea: Wow. The NYT quoted him as well. bwahahaha

Do you enjoy talking to yourself in public?

Really. Care to let us all in on the joke?

I wish I could, but I can't, since I still know the guy and he told me about it in trust, all that.

Sorry.
 
lunchinlewis [TotalFark]
2011-11-08 02:45:32 PM
Construction Sciences sounds like something they would confer at VPI&SU.
 
John_David_Stutts
2011-11-08 02:54:23 PM
2.bp.blogspot.com
 
whataboutbob1974
2011-11-08 03:41:44 PM
Yeah, you have to hate it when a news organization's integrity is called into question. Pot, have you met kettle?
 
jfivealive
2011-11-08 03:44:17 PM
What's wrong with having pen names? Mine are Stew Wellington, Hanz Kitchup, and Colleen Flower. Editor in chief Frank Fertor has 20+ years of professional writing experience. He's extremely talented at taking many bits of information from different sources and joining them together to make a pleasing finished product. Studied for years in Hamburg, but decided it wasn't the place for him, so now he calls Johnsonville, South Carolina his home.
 
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