Who Are These People?

Ok, I see your point but there's a right way and a wrong way. It just looks like Punman is going crazy on this. Come on, going to media outlets? Say you're a journalist from the NY Times and you get an e-mail with the things written above. Which of the following things would you think?

1. Ah, I agree with this person! Of course it's fraud and people's integrity are in trouble! Stop the presses!

or

2. Wow. A guy didn't win a contest and is upset about it. Delete.

Once again, I apologize if I sound rude or mean but this is just too much.

Don't have a time machine Dexter

First, explain to me how it's legitimate based on what I have posted....
I really didn't care if I obtained a prize or not.
This whole posting stuff to me is a Giant Waste of Time and I wish I could just go away and Let it Be (Mother Mary), however in good conscience I just would like to physically see who the winners are and what their submissions were (along with several other Community members.) Have you ever been committed to something and really cared and wanted to stay involved and see the whole thing through?..well that's where I am genuinely coming from.

I was the biggest fan of Current over the course of many years.

I watched the Channel several nights a week.
I posted stuff to the site.
I participated in Bar Karma.
I entered this silly contest.
I was the founding member of Countdown:Tonight's Discussion Group with Keith Olbermann and even made it to the front page of Current's main site with the Group.

However, several factors caused me to become genuinely disillusioned with Current when Olbermann started, the supposed winners were announced and the Community became unhinged.

Things such as:

1) As the owner of Countdown:Tonight's Discussion Group with Keith Olbermann my computer was consistently being attacked by cycbot backdoor viruses whenever I was logged into the Current site- I never had a virus on my laptop EVER, and within the 2 weeks that I had been moderating the group, nightly I was logged into computer support somewhere in the far east having some tech sign in and try to remove the viruses on a nightly basis. The cycbot virus would disappear and then immediately come back whenever I entered Current's site.

2) As the owner of Countdown:Tonight's Discussion Group, I suggested to Current on several occasions several ways to get the Community back into the folds of Current. For one, I suggested an alternate feed into the Countdown:Tonight's Discussion Group cinema verite style handheld camera - black and white shot of the show that would cause a buzz to Community members - since nothing was ever done like this before. They said they were looking into it, but it was falling on deaf ears...something could have been done quickly, nothing happened.

3) The aftermath of the contest and all of the stuff I have been pointing out.

4) The lack of concern given to the Community with the arrival of Olbermann by literally being pushed to the back of the site with GOOGLE Pay Per Click Ads to greet loyal community members- to me the Community became a revenue stream for Current where they were herded into the background and given the surroundings of a Garage Sale/Flea market atmosphere that did not echo the rest of the Current website.

I could go on and on but that's it in a cupcake.......

Yeah... still not buying it. If I won, I wouldn't come it saying it was me considering how crazy you've been acting. I would have deleted my account and made a new username. I feel that it's just you not getting your way and it's pissing you off. I'm truly sorry if I'm being harsh but you have to realize this is insane. It really seems like your overreacting.

Actually Hyatt is the old guy.
He was CEO before Rosenthal.

hey...what do I know?

You have got to be fucking kidding me. It was at random when the contest rules clearly stated the entries will be judged on Creativity and Originality. Holy shit that is way fucked up. Reason I am throwining in all of the swear words so that at least someone over there sees and removes this.

CurrentTV you are a bag of shit! Telling half truths when they suit you. I guess that is why you are so high on Olbermann right now. News being represented as a one sided opinion. Once he is used up where are you going next? You are going to have no viewership left that wants to see the same crap you are putting on now in repeats. Guess what, most everyone who has your station has a DVR and can record things they want to see the first time around.

What are you looking for? Get enough ratings so that you can unload stock at a higher value? You definitely don't have a clear public mission statement. Take down your comments sections on this site because you don't seem to pay attention and the ones you don't you hide off on some obscure link.

Would love to hear a response to any of this and how you have been operating. Shady is the only word that describes it. You are a leech on the ass of television because you want everything for free.

Hey Olbermann, look under your chair as there is a timeboamb ticking under your career with CurrentTV.

Hope this randomly selected winner is taking your job offer if that was even ever out there for real. Anyone could put together a more cohesive go to market strategy than the fucknuts you have now.

Clears her throat, knees shaking, sweaty hands. Looking for the courage to mention the one person that saw BK for what is was worth...months ago. (Omg, how dare I say the name) Because I can't speak it I'll write it (MOSES).
Yep, that episode 3 was a real knee slapper, jaw dropper realization.

And the good news is: I found other avenues with the social experience. Today I found http://www.theinsideexperience.com/

TY NSC, for putting words to what we all wanted them to hear. AGAIN!

Is this a different person than the one punman found (artemis).
It would be great if this person could post something to this thread.

Based on what you have been reading here and in the other posts, what is your opinion on all of this?

iWhen I was at the studio I had a long talk with Jim Goldblum. He showed me the wall where the storyboards that were used from the community were hung. It really looked like they were trying to incorperate our ideas into the show. I asked to see the writers. They were the only ones who had an office with walls and a door. I was shocked to find out that there was only 1 paid writer and an intern. I was told the episodes were written by freelance writers to keep cost down. No wonder the shows were so uneven.

I know the budget was on a shoestring but jeez. We were lead to believe we were pioneers in the frontier of a new direction for TV. I still think the idea is great. I wondered why they wouldn't they have taken advantage of the wealth of talented writers from the community. Was it really about money? Did they ever have any intention of using the community for anything other than free advertising. The people that I met that worked on the show were really nice. They went out of their way to make me feel welcome.

I guess the most telling example of how they were hamstring by current TV management came from a talk I had with Cassie. Oh course I made a complete fool of myself when she came into the bathroom. I shouted Dana, than I calmed down and we talked about her warobe and I said what is with the hooker clothes? She said it wasn't the show that wanted her dressed that way iit was the boys upstairs in current management.

AHA HA HA HA HA HA Ghost in the machine?