Metallica: Damage Control, Inc.

UPDATE:
I’d rather read a phonebook rather than reading or listening to Don Reisinger. He doesn’t even do any fact checking to anything he writes. Don Reisinger, you are no better than Paul Thurrott or even Rob Enderle. Next time please think before you start typing just to get page hits.

The tubes were were somewhat filled with people wasting their hate towards Metallica since the story first broke. “Metallica hates the internet, told bloggers to take down reviews of their work in progress.” I completely para-phrased the sentence, but the message remains the same.

Ars Technica then picked up the story quoting a blog that quoted another blog, originally titled: “Metallica to Bloggers: Don’t Review Our Music!”

The “internet” went wild. Comments on social news site such as Digg and Reddit clearly shows that Metallica is still the public internet enemy number one. Even CNET’s Don Reisinger took the chance out of his busy day bashing Metallica. CNET? Wait, didn’t they get bought out by CBS for one and a half billion dollars? The same CNET that employs so called journalists that treated rumors as facts?

Reisinger, whose last name is just as confusing to pronounce like Kim Basinger’s, quoted Ars Technica’s article. That’s great. CNET’s Reisinger quoted Ars Technica’s article which was quoting a blog that quoted the original blog. WOW!

Meanwhile, Ars Technica updated their article including official statement from Metallica regarding the matter. It turns out that Metallica’s management company QPrime acted without the band’s consent.

Who knows what the real story is. It doesn’t make sense for Metallica, the most hated band on the internet to do such things. People should give them the benefit of the doubt instead of turning into a 13 year old and start declaring their hatred towards Metallica. Sad but true, a lot of people who commented on Digg and Reddit are about 13 years old.

Being a journalist means reporting the news objectively, do not include any personal feelings toward the story. By adding personal feelings, it becomes opinion. I’m pretty sure that Reisinger’s colleague Molly Wood was having a field day regarding this matter. Then again, she might have gone to journalism school, but she doesn’t act like one. I stopped listening to any CNET’s podcasts long ago when they are reporting rumors as news.

CNET, you’re still unforgiven.

As for Metallica, this record better be good because you are walking on thin ice. Lars Ulrich made enemies during the Napster fiasco. Metallica made ruins lots of ears with St. Anger sound. This new record is your third chance, Metallica. Do not make the world be in anger with you.