Awesome Damage Control, Ronn - Gawker Comments

Awesome Damage Control, Ronn

azi — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:53:02 EDT

@Kristin Spitzer: I just want to say hi and welcome to fueling the fires for what is sure to be a long and flamey roasting of Senor Torossian.

Much like he'll inevitably experience in hell!

azi

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In Other News... — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:49:47 EDT

@Kristin Spitzer: Also? "Kristin Spitzer" is totally fucking hilarious! We get it!

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In Other News... — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:48:44 EDT

@Kristin Spitzer: Didn't realize we were doing that thing now, Ronnnnnn. Pass this along to the PR wizard: if his idea of "rallying the troops" is to infiltrate Gawker with under multiple screen names spouting obsequious BS, then maybe he's not much of a PR wizard after all. Perhaps, and you can recommend this, he can get any one of his real clients to step forward and send Gawker an email, fax or letter, anything really, that will prove once and for all that Ronnnnnnn Torrosssssian is the public relations Messiah he apparently thinks he is. He - that is, you - know what testimonials are, right? All it takes is one. And let it be good! Because you've got one hell of a case to make.

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:33:03 EDT

@Kristin Spitzer: To the contrary, it's hilarious.

TheHonJudgeSmails

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Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 22:00:05 EDT

It's not Ronn, but someone close to him.

Ignoramuses, Ronn happens to be an Israeli name, not the American shortened form of the name Ronald spelled wrong.

That's not funny anymore either. Grow up.

Hamilton Nolan

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In Other News... — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:38:17 EDT

@Kristin Spitzer: Kristen: You spelled your name wrong. It's "R-O-N-N."

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famousauthor — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:30:23 EDT

I am an alleged former, current and/or disgruntled 5W employee, and he has never reprinted any of my e-mails. What do I have to do to get some respect around here? Create a fake blog name?

famousauthor

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Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:59:39 EDT

Hamilton Nolan once wrote, "Reporters themselves would undoubtedly chafe at the idea that friendly PR pros are happy to step up and do their jobs for them. But deadlines are deadlines, word counts are word counts, and Happy Hour at the bar next door to the newspaper's office ends at 8pm sharp."

I suppose the fact that he merely reprints emails from alleged former, current and/or disgruntled 5W employees about issues he never cares to establish as truth merely to poke fun and jab at its CEO, demonstrates that he himself is a lazy punk kid with no true sense of the trade. Deadlines, Happy Hour, etc. All that seems more important than the facts.

Hamilton Nolan

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famousauthor — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:32:46 EDT

Tasty. Tasty.

famousauthor

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Quin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:12:29 EDT

since i know the person who sent the email to be pretty ethical and professional in her dealing with people, it really does seem to be a case of publishing the 'tasty' bits of what was said.

bad form. good 'tasty' journalism, but, bad form.

(also, a possible double post)

Quin

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Quin — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:04:16 EDT

the writer of the email is ethical and fair in my dealings with her. but, it seems only the 'tasty' bits of her email were published, leaving out everything, giving it a bit of a spin.

bad form. standard 'tasty' journalism...bad form.

Quin

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famousauthor — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:58:52 EDT

VARIETY headline: "Gawker Talks, Bullshit Squawks."

famousauthor

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:33:00 EDT

@TheHonJudgeSmails: What a moron. Mrs. Torossian, I mean.

TheHonJudgeSmails

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:18:33 EDT

@F Hamilton Nolan: Tut-tut Mrs. Nolan!

TheHonJudgeSmails

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Ian Spiegelman — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:07:31 EDT

@karion: Grrr. That's all I have to say to you just now. Just, Grrr.

Ian Spiegelman

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fiveinchtaint — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:06:19 EDT

@F Hamilton Nolan: I'm sure Hamilton would be happy to arrange for you to visit the Gawker offices so he can show you the contents of his email. But would that be enough?

fiveinchtaint

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Conbon — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:03:31 EDT

@F Hamilton Nolan: Ronn, shouldn't your handle be "F Hamiltonn Nnolann?"

Conbon

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In Other News... — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:01:04 EDT

@F Hamilton Nolan: Are ye effin' blind, deaf AND dumb, man?

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karion — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:58:53 EDT

God, this is getting spectacularly embarrassing.

karion

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Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:54:10 EDT

Isn't it the journalists responsibility to prove what he writes?

Hamilton Nolan

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fiveinchtaint — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:48:51 EDT

@F Hamilton Nolan: Looking at your commenting history, your only purpose here has been to defend this guy. But your defense is really fucking lame. Prove or disprove something.

fiveinchtaint

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Conbon — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:46:52 EDT

@F Hamilton Nolan: Hi Ronn!

Conbon

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Conbon — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:45:56 EDT

@Hamilton Nolan: Now that's funny.

Conbon

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fiveinchtaint — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:42:50 EDT

[goddamn comments]

fiveinchtaint

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Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:41:47 EDT

@TheHonJudgeSmails: "Hamilton: what assurances, if any, do we have that the email above is authentic?"
What assurances to you have that all of the other crap Hamilton has been posting is authentic?

Hamilton Nolan

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Hamilton Nolan — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:39:25 EDT

@TheHonJudgeSmails: See the updated intro!

Hamilton Nolan

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In Other News... — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:36:28 EDT

Oh wait - he didn't hire them. Next!

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In Other News... — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:35:28 EDT

So Mr. Imbruce has a "deep respect for how thorough the 5WPR team was in presenting a PR strategy for OTR and theU.com." But is he happy with the results?

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TheHonJudgeSmails — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:35:12 EDT

Hamilton: what assurances, if any, do we have that the email above is authentic?

TheHonJudgeSmails

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ragepotato — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:28:43 EDT

Ronn really has taken it on the chin. Let me be the first to throw him an olive branch and say that I have always admired his PR conference presentations, especially his 2006 classic, "Six Steps to Shutting Lying Cunts the Fuck Up."

ragepotato

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Sargasm — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:25:42 EDT

Translation: Please do not sue the living shit out of me.

Sargasm

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Conbon — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:24:07 EDT

I know how to write fake emails too!

Conbon,

Please accept this gift of $10,000,000 as a token of my appreciation of your inestimable commenting skills. My day is not complete until I read everything you have to say.

Best,

Nick Denton

Conbon

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The Real JR — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:23:30 EDT

*raises hand from back of the room*

So, wait- Is his forwarding this email to you help or hurting his cause? Cause I would like to think that Imbruce wanted to stay out of this whole mess and you receiving this email (direct from Ronn no less) is sort of playing up to the notion of his rampant self-promotion over the needs of 5W clients.

The Real JR

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saltwatertaffy — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:23:18 EDT

"So PLEASE don't call me a cunt, k?"

saltwatertaffy

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fiveinchtaint — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:22:14 EDT

"I take care of my kids!"

fiveinchtaint