Comments on: Keywords from the 60 Minutes program http://www.natarem.com/2008/12/02/keywords-from-the-60-minutes-program/ You met me at a very strange time in my life. Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:37:20 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Poker and Golf http://www.natarem.com/2008/12/02/keywords-from-the-60-minutes-program/comment-page-1/#comment-8238 Poker and Golf Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:08:08 +0000 http://www.natarem.com/?p=696#comment-8238 what has jailbait and jailbait gallery to do with online poker and the skandal ;) Nice blog btw! what has jailbait and jailbait gallery to do with online poker and the skandal ;)

Nice blog btw!

]]> By: Nat http://www.natarem.com/2008/12/02/keywords-from-the-60-minutes-program/comment-page-1/#comment-8235 Nat Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:31:46 +0000 http://www.natarem.com/?p=696#comment-8235 Yea, that's possible. It's very very hard to explain what happened on both sites in the span of a 13 minute piece or however long it was. I don't think I could do it in a 13 minute video and have the vast majority of the public understand it. I mean, even the idea of explaining a "raise" or a "hand history" or a "river call" is a huge process. It's just impossible to explain the story to a novice without at least an hour and they have to be able to ask direct questions. I personally think 60 Minutes made a bit of mistake making it (not because it wasn't newsworthy, but because people were definitely going to be confused about it after seeing whatever they were able to produce in their time available). And yes, boooo. It was obvious people were going to come away with a feeling like that. Pretty sad. Yea, that’s possible. It’s very very hard to explain what happened on both sites in the span of a 13 minute piece or however long it was. I don’t think I could do it in a 13 minute video and have the vast majority of the public understand it. I mean, even the idea of explaining a “raise” or a “hand history” or a “river call” is a huge process. It’s just impossible to explain the story to a novice without at least an hour and they have to be able to ask direct questions. I personally think 60 Minutes made a bit of mistake making it (not because it wasn’t newsworthy, but because people were definitely going to be confused about it after seeing whatever they were able to produce in their time available).

And yes, boooo. It was obvious people were going to come away with a feeling like that. Pretty sad.

]]> By: Jen http://www.natarem.com/2008/12/02/keywords-from-the-60-minutes-program/comment-page-1/#comment-8234 Jen Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:21:41 +0000 http://www.natarem.com/?p=696#comment-8234 Neither came off positively, but I talked to several casual viewers who were unable to tell the difference between the two scandals. The 60 Minutes report meshed them together, kept going back and forth, and didn't distinguish between the AP scandal with the anonymous cheater and the UB scandal with the accused Russ Hamilton. The casual viewers I spoke to were more confused by the end of it than anything else and came away with the idea that the cheating is still happening on those sites and online poker is a crooked industry. Boo. Neither came off positively, but I talked to several casual viewers who were unable to tell the difference between the two scandals. The 60 Minutes report meshed them together, kept going back and forth, and didn’t distinguish between the AP scandal with the anonymous cheater and the UB scandal with the accused Russ Hamilton. The casual viewers I spoke to were more confused by the end of it than anything else and came away with the idea that the cheating is still happening on those sites and online poker is a crooked industry.

Boo.

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