Comments on: Mel Gibson: Passion of the Terrorist http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:39:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Mel Gibson Hoax Interview - Pop Occulture Blog http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18924 Mel Gibson Hoax Interview - Pop Occulture Blog Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:37:08 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18924 [...] Last week I got duped by a fun news hoax which said Mel Gibson had been arrested for terrorism charges. It was interesting to sort of review my own internal reactions as the story turned out to be fake. Part of me wanted to take it down, but part of me also enjoyed the whole thing. Whether it’s real or fake, it cuts to the heart of some deeper issues with the media and how information is disseminated today. So rather than just pretend like this never happened - which a lot of sites seem to be doing - I asked for the hoax author, Mike Hess, to do a very brief interview here to clarify what he was trying to accomplish. I don’t necessarily agree with all of what he said, but see what you think: [...] [...] Last week I got duped by a fun news hoax which said Mel Gibson had been arrested for terrorism charges. It was interesting to sort of review my own internal reactions as the story turned out to be fake. Part of me wanted to take it down, but part of me also enjoyed the whole thing. Whether it’s real or fake, it cuts to the heart of some deeper issues with the media and how information is disseminated today. So rather than just pretend like this never happened - which a lot of sites seem to be doing - I asked for the hoax author, Mike Hess, to do a very brief interview here to clarify what he was trying to accomplish. I don’t necessarily agree with all of what he said, but see what you think: [...]

]]> By: Eric Blue http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18854 Eric Blue Sat, 05 Aug 2006 06:46:20 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18854 Tim, First of all wanted to say I love your blog. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that Mike appears to be backtracking. Hoaxes are generally supposed to be funny. Regardless of how you feel about Mel Gibson, making false claims that he has links to terrorists, trying to pass them off as authentic, and then trying to make the cause sound noble("want people not to trust the media so much.") is not the greatest idea. Hopefully Mike won't get too much negative feedback that he is going to regret. I think he at least owes Mr. Gibson an apology on his blog. Just my 2 cents.... http://eric-blue.com/blog/2006/08/when_does_hoax_journalism_go_t.html Tim,

First of all wanted to say I love your blog.

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that Mike appears to be backtracking. Hoaxes are generally supposed to be funny. Regardless of how you feel about Mel Gibson, making false claims that he has links to terrorists, trying to pass them off as authentic, and then trying to make the cause sound noble(”want people not to trust the media so much.”) is not the greatest idea.

Hopefully Mike won’t get too much negative feedback that he is going to regret. I think he at least owes Mr. Gibson an apology on his blog. Just my 2 cents….

http://eric-blue.com/blog/2006/08/when_does_hoax_journalism_go_t.html

]]> By: MikeHess http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18743 MikeHess Thu, 03 Aug 2006 13:56:15 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18743 Hello everyone: No I am not part of a Jewish conspiracy, lol. No I am not Jewish (Hess, not a very jewish last name…) Yes, I did in large part want people not to trust the media so much. If you want to know more, go here: http://bbclosangeles.com/blog/ or you can e-mail at: editor@bbclosangeles.com Hello everyone:

No I am not part of a Jewish conspiracy, lol. No I am not Jewish (Hess, not a very jewish last name…)

Yes, I did in large part want people not to trust the media so much.

If you want to know more, go here:

http://bbclosangeles.com/blog/

or you can e-mail at: editor@bbclosangeles.com

]]> By: Drew http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18689 Drew Wed, 02 Aug 2006 03:15:42 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18689 Awesome, that's my hometown! Awesome, that’s my hometown!

]]> By: homognosticus http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18675 homognosticus Tue, 01 Aug 2006 22:41:49 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18675 Hey JK, If only I could wake up to that video every morning! Life would be great... Hey JK,

If only I could wake up to that video every morning! Life would be great…

]]> By: sketchmonkey http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18658 sketchmonkey Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:46:24 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18658 Bet you said that with like Steve Martin, eh, Tim? :D Bet you said that with like Steve Martin, eh, Tim? :D

]]> By: JK http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18657 JK Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:39:36 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18657 This however, is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg" rel="nofollow">not a hoax</a>. This however, is not a hoax.

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18656 Tim Boucher Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:37:23 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18656 Well EXCUUUUUUUUSE me...! Actually, I was pretty suspicious of it, since when JK originally told me about it, I looked at Google News and Technorati and found mention of Gibson's drunken rants, but no mention of Hezbollah ties. Should have looked into it then! Great hoax though - it gave me exactly what I <em>wanted</em> - weird dirt on a public figure - and used a clothing of respectability to pass itself off. Good way to discourage further investigation. Well EXCUUUUUUUUSE me…!

Actually, I was pretty suspicious of it, since when JK originally told me about it, I looked at Google News and Technorati and found mention of Gibson’s drunken rants, but no mention of Hezbollah ties. Should have looked into it then!

Great hoax though - it gave me exactly what I wanted - weird dirt on a public figure - and used a clothing of respectability to pass itself off. Good way to discourage further investigation.

]]> By: sketchmonkey http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18655 sketchmonkey Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:36:05 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18655 It is a very good hoax, I give 'em credit... all the other links point to the BBC 'cept for the 'notes' one at the bottom... It is a very good hoax, I give ‘em credit… all the other links point to the BBC ‘cept for the ‘notes’ one at the bottom…

]]> By: sketchmonkey http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18653 sketchmonkey Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:31:05 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18653 Christ Tim, don't be so gullible: http://www.bbclosangeles.com/info.htm ;) Christ Tim, don’t be so gullible: http://www.bbclosangeles.com/info.htm ;)

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18652 Tim Boucher Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:29:23 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18652 I think JK found this at the WhatReallyHappened site... I think JK found this at the WhatReallyHappened site…

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18651 Tim Boucher Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:27:08 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18651 HOLY SHIT! GOOD CALL This is so a hoax. Man, and a good one at that! Hats off to Mike Hess! HOLY SHIT! GOOD CALL

This is so a hoax. Man, and a good one at that! Hats off to Mike Hess!

]]> By: zacharius http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18650 zacharius Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:25:56 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18650 well on cnn it not only doesn't have a word about gibsonian terrorism, but they list castro as recovering. maybe cnn is trying to work out thier spin on this... well on cnn it not only doesn’t have a word about gibsonian terrorism, but they list castro as recovering.

maybe cnn is trying to work out thier spin on this…

]]> By: jp http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18649 jp Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:24:48 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18649 this has *got* to be a hack. the bbclosangeles domain is registered to a "mike hess" in CA through godaddy. something tells me an actual bbc site would be registered under "british broadcasting corporation." still interesting, though-- good hack, toss in a redirect, but the guy didn't cover his tracks very well. where'd you get the link? this has *got* to be a hack. the bbclosangeles domain is registered to a “mike hess” in CA through godaddy. something tells me an actual bbc site would be registered under “british broadcasting corporation.”

still interesting, though– good hack, toss in a redirect, but the guy didn’t cover his tracks very well. where’d you get the link?

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18648 Tim Boucher Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:23:44 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18648 News of this seems to have also buried the fact that Castro just handed over power to his brother because of fading health: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/183f0f58-2189-11db-b650-0000779e2340.html News of this seems to have also buried the fact that Castro just handed over power to his brother because of fading health:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/183f0f58-2189-11db-b650-0000779e2340.html

]]> By: zacharius http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18645 zacharius Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:15:01 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18645 holy shit, dude. if someobody hasn't hacked the bbc website, this is pretty fucking strange. through the looking glass or what.... holy shit, dude.

if someobody hasn’t hacked the bbc website, this is pretty fucking strange.

through the looking glass or what….

]]> By: OmegaSupreme http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18644 OmegaSupreme Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:07:58 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18644 He's also anti-English, the swine. They should throw away the key. He’s also anti-English, the swine. They should throw away the key.

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18643 Tim Boucher Tue, 01 Aug 2006 19:06:35 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18643 Relevant thread on RigInt discussion board: http://p216.ezboard.com/frigorousintuitionfrm10.showMessage?topicID=5411.topic And Alex Jones to the rescue on Prison Planet: http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/290706Gibson.htm Although, is Alex Jones just a one worlder himself? The article below might explain why he would defend Gibson http://doctrinewars.blogspot.com/2006/07/why-is-radio-host-alex-jones.html Relevant thread on RigInt discussion board:

http://p216.ezboard.com/frigorousintui...nfrm10.showMessage?topicID=5411.topic

And Alex Jones to the rescue on Prison Planet:

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/290706Gibson.htm

Although, is Alex Jones just a one worlder himself? The article below might explain why he would defend Gibson

http://doctrinewars.blogspot.com/2006/07/why-is-radio-host-alex-jones.html

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/comment-page-1/#comment-18642 Tim Boucher Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:57:48 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/08/01/mel-gibson-passion-of-the-terrorist/#comment-18642 Two more things: - Mel Gibson's production company was working on a miniseries about the Holocaust for ABC, which <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060801/ts_nm/gibson_abc_dc;_ylt=Aj9p2S4KtF0xzapR0xa4vppZ.3QA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5aHJvMDdwBHNlYwN5bmNhdA--" rel="nofollow">has been pulled</a>. Could this have been a pro-holocaust effort? His father apparently denied the whole Holocaust even happened - What is this going to do to Gibson's fan base? Are people going to defend him? Are they going to resist the cognitive dissonance of liking him and his work and say that maybe he was right in doing what he did? Two more things:

- Mel Gibson’s production company was working on a miniseries about the Holocaust for ABC, which has been pulled. Could this have been a pro-holocaust effort? His father apparently denied the whole Holocaust even happened

- What is this going to do to Gibson’s fan base? Are people going to defend him? Are they going to resist the cognitive dissonance of liking him and his work and say that maybe he was right in doing what he did?

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