Kindness of America Author Shot Himself for PR
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Gotta admit though, guy must be pretty dedicated to shoot himself in the arm just to hopefully get some attention for his book which may or may not actually help it sell any better.
pretty sure I wouldn't do that.
Also, i don't think he seriously planned on letting a dude go to jail for his stunt. WHen he heard that they caught someone he was probably sitting there going 'crap crap crap crap crap crap...'
pretty sure I wouldn't do that.
Also, i don't think he seriously planned on letting a dude go to jail for his stunt. WHen he heard that they caught someone he was probably sitting there going 'crap crap crap crap crap crap...'
idiot. you dont try to launch a book career with a gunshot, you launch a rap career. Then the cops wont care enough to investigate
What a massive tosser. I hope critics universally pan this wanker's book by throwing it at his face!
People need to stop believing media outlets like the Escapist and start questioning news programs. Why people are willfully brainwashed is beyond me.
Think you'll start reporting the news with any more objectivity and professionalism after this? When you start a report with "A hitchhiker who was shot in the arm by a passing driver," you are going ahead and assuming you know the facts before the police have even come to any ultimate conclusion. A subversion of the legal system or assumed knowledge hardly make for news worthy of reading.Grey Carter said:Kindness of America Author Shot Himself for PR
Hitchhiking photographer, Ray Dolin, shot himself, apparently in order to drum up publicity for his new book.
It was a beautiful story, [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/117881-Author-Researching-The-Kindness-of-America-Shot-By-Stranger] it really was. Professional photographer, Ray Dolin, was hitchhiking through Montana, when a random stranger in a pickup truck shot him in the arm. The best part? Dolin was hitchhiking as research for his memoir, entitled The Kindness of America. 52-year-old, Lloyd Danielson, was arrested and charged with felony assault, while Dolin got to sit back in a local hospital, enjoying the free publicity and public sympathy his brush with ironic mortality brought him.
Now it turns out that the story wasn't so ironic after all. On Friday, Dolin admitted that he'd shot himself in the arm and made the rest of the tale up. He didn't give a reason for the whole sorry mess, but locals officials believe it was a "desperate act of self-promotion."
The charges against Danielson have been dropped, though he's still potentially on the hook for driving under the influence. The authorities are considering whether or not to charge Dolin over the incident.
"I had the worst feeling he was telling me the absolute truth," said Sheriff, Glen Meier, describing his interview with Danielson. "I kept telling him that we are seekers of the truth and we are going to work very hard to find out the truth of this incident.
"It was a great moment when I sent someone up to the jail to tell him he had nothing to do with it."
I feel used.
Source: Toronto Sun [http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/18/hitchhiker-writing-about-kindness-shot-himself-for-pr-cops]
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Wow. I'm feeling both respect and disgust towards that guy. On one hand, it's a brilliant trick, getting a lot of attention because of the irony. But then on the other hand, he was willing to get an innocent guy in prison just for that attention. Also, hypocrisy (it's close enough) being something I cannot stand, the fact that a person writing a book called: "The Kindness of America" is a massive American scumbag is most infuriating.
If the other guy hadn't gone to jail I don't think he'd have confessed. He's not scum, just pitiful.
Tinfoil hat time!Clearing the Eye said:
This isn't a news site, so the writers don't need to be objective.Clearing the Eye said:Think you'll start reporting the news with any more objectivity and professionalism after this? When you start a report with "A hitchhiker who was shot in the arm by a passing driver," you are going ahead and assuming you know the facts before the police have even come to any ultimate conclusion. A subversion of the legal system or assumed knowledge hardly make for news worthy of reading.Grey Carter said:Kindness of America Author Shot Himself for PR
Hitchhiking photographer, Ray Dolin, shot himself, apparently in order to drum up publicity for his new book.
It was a beautiful story, [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/117881-Author-Researching-The-Kindness-of-America-Shot-By-Stranger] it really was. Professional photographer, Ray Dolin, was hitchhiking through Montana, when a random stranger in a pickup truck shot him in the arm. The best part? Dolin was hitchhiking as research for his memoir, entitled The Kindness of America. 52-year-old, Lloyd Danielson, was arrested and charged with felony assault, while Dolin got to sit back in a local hospital, enjoying the free publicity and public sympathy his brush with ironic mortality brought him.
Now it turns out that the story wasn't so ironic after all. On Friday, Dolin admitted that he'd shot himself in the arm and made the rest of the tale up. He didn't give a reason for the whole sorry mess, but locals officials believe it was a "desperate act of self-promotion."
The charges against Danielson have been dropped, though he's still potentially on the hook for driving under the influence. The authorities are considering whether or not to charge Dolin over the incident.
"I had the worst feeling he was telling me the absolute truth," said Sheriff, Glen Meier, describing his interview with Danielson. "I kept telling him that we are seekers of the truth and we are going to work very hard to find out the truth of this incident.
"It was a great moment when I sent someone up to the jail to tell him he had nothing to do with it."
I feel used.
Source: Toronto Sun [http://www.torontosun.com/2012/06/18/hitchhiker-writing-about-kindness-shot-himself-for-pr-cops]
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Don't like it? Don't read the articles.
That's just a cop-out. If one is going to attempt to report on something, they should at least do so professionally. Else you end up with opinion pieces and and unreliable news. Kind of defeats the purpose of having a news section if you can't trust its accuracy or its bias. You may as well read any other forum post--you'll get the same degree of fact checking.Daystar Clarion said:
See the little thing at the bottom of each article?Clearing the Eye said:
The thing highlighted in blue?
If you would like more information on the issue, with less humour and opinion, click the source link.
You might want articles with no personality at all, but I love Grey's writing style.