- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Deadspin: Who is Sarah Phillips?
Posted on 5/2/12 at 8:19 am to jacks40
Posted on 5/2/12 at 8:19 am to jacks40
quote:
Twitter not saying she is married to a lawyer who is also a college football blogger.
guys let me confirm that she is not married to me
*ETA: or any of my online aliases
This post was edited on 5/2/12 at 8:20 am
0
Posted on 5/2/12 at 8:22 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
ESPN will be embarrassed
Apparently, this is not possible.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 8:26 am to hg
It is a confusing article to say the least. From what I gather someone claimed to be a girl named Sarah Phillips, based upon a real person most likely an acquaintance. The fake Sarah Phillips blew up on covers and then got an offer from ESPN, at which point it appears someone else began to portray Sarah, possibly the real Sarah. Then it all began to unravel. Now its the big story on Deadspin. Proving that no matter how good of an imposter you think you are online, someone will catch you the one time you slip.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 8:29 am to lsu31always
quote:
Proving that no matter how good of an imposter you think you are online, someone will catch you the one time you slip.
the fact that somebody can do this to those lengths is pretty amazing, though. i mean the OT outs fakers all the time before they become prime time posters, let alone get writing deals with national publications
Posted on 5/2/12 at 8:30 am to SlowFlowPro
Yea, no doubt it is pretty incredible that it reached the heights that it did.
ETA: Who was that guy on shaggybevo that was hugely outed? Dr. Drunkstein or something? He had a name over here as well.
ETA: Who was that guy on shaggybevo that was hugely outed? Dr. Drunkstein or something? He had a name over here as well.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 8:51 am to lsu31always
I bet 4chan could have all of this figured out by midnight.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 9:08 am to SlowFlowPro
I've now read all the updates and re-read the original and I'm fascinated by this.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 9:12 am to SlowFlowPro
quote:
the fact that somebody can do this to those lengths is pretty amazing, though. i mean the OT outs fakers all the time before they become prime time posters, let alone get writing deals with national publications
That's really what I'm referring to. Now look at this with the context of the alleged wire tapping scandal...
Posted on 5/2/12 at 9:14 am to Swagga
What helped this girl/person was that apparently 2 people involved.
Either her father or husband started at Covers with her name and once it took off was able to convince "Sarah" to join in. At least that's my theory.
If the people involved hadnt gotten greedy and tried to start their own site and trying to scam other people out of creative content, they probably could have gotten away with being a freelancer for ESPN.com for awhile.
I bet LSUfreak was next on the list for getting an offer
Someone at ESPN is losing their job over this, besides "Sarah" that is.
Either her father or husband started at Covers with her name and once it took off was able to convince "Sarah" to join in. At least that's my theory.
If the people involved hadnt gotten greedy and tried to start their own site and trying to scam other people out of creative content, they probably could have gotten away with being a freelancer for ESPN.com for awhile.
I bet LSUfreak was next on the list for getting an offer
Someone at ESPN is losing their job over this, besides "Sarah" that is.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 9:23 am to jacks40
LINK
Oh, it just gets better.
Oh, it just gets better.
quote:
The connection was made by Deadspin from Sarah Phillips (@SarahPhilli) to a popular Willy Wonka parody account, Condescending Wonka (@OhWonka) after a reader tip that the two accounts had briefly sent out the same tweet before they were deleted. As if this all wasn't crazy enough, Not Bill Walton (@NotBillWalton) entered the fray with Direct Messages from both Phillips and Wonka saying that she controlled both accounts.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 9:23 am to jacks40
quote:
Twitter now saying she is married to a lawyer who is also a college football blogger.
That was a dig at Clay Travis.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 9:44 am to Bubba Hotep
Before I scrolled down a couple threads I did a search on this board for Sarah Phillips.
No results were found. There is no such thing as Sarah Phillips.
No results were found. There is no such thing as Sarah Phillips.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 10:07 am to SlowFlowPro
wtf is going on in the media today?
Posted on 5/2/12 at 10:21 am to lsu31always
quote:
It is a confusing article to say the least.
What's not to understand? This 'Sarah Phillips' person, guy or girl, is a con artist and scammed a 19 year old college kid out of a popular facebook, stole thousands of dollars from a guy (and also threatened to have LAPD beat him up and scammed ESPN into hiring he/she.
Only thing no one really knows is whether Sarah Phillips is real and just has a personality disorder or if someone is controlling it underground and this Sarah girl is just the face.
Either way,
Posted on 5/2/12 at 10:24 am to jimithing11
The whole thing is kind of amazing that someone could get away with this in this age
of social media.
of social media.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 10:24 am to jimithing11
quote:
or if someone is controlling it underground and this Sarah girl is just the face.
that's my guess
Posted on 5/2/12 at 11:01 am to CunningLinguist
quote:
The whole thing is kind of amazing that someone could get away with this in this age
of social media.
I think this age of social media is exactly why and how someone could get away with this. The mainstream media today is a joke because they've allowed social media to be a major conduit.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 11:10 am to ScoopAndScore
What is interesting is when I was trying to explain this story to my roommates it was almost impossible to tell. Mostly because it really is a non story. I mean it just really is not a big deal to the average person. But to people like us it is completely fascinating how someone could do all of this stuff and no one ever see her. She just sounds like a scam artist who happens to be in to sports.
Posted on 5/2/12 at 11:11 am to ScoopAndScore
quote:
The mainstream media today is a joke because they've allowed social media to be a major conduit.
but this story has nothing to do with social media, really
she got a following on covers.com
covers.com allowed her to write a piece. it was popular. ESPN.com (NOT the network ESPN) noticed and signed her to a freelance deal
where does social media come into play?
when did Page2 on ESPN.com become "mainstream media" ?
This post was edited on 5/2/12 at 11:12 am
Posted on 5/2/12 at 11:13 am to reb13
quote:
But to people like us it is completely fascinating how someone could do all of this stuff and no one ever see her.
it's kind of like the segment of the rant who truly believes chicken pays me to rile them up and get more people posting
Page 3 of 5
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News