BRV
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
Wants him some Taco Flavored Kisses.
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Post by BRV on Apr 7, 2023 12:53:55 GMT -5
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mc74
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Post by mc74 on Apr 7, 2023 12:58:33 GMT -5
Hearing this reminded me of when they were gonna call WALTER "Gunther Stark". WWE never learns, do they?
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Apr 7, 2023 12:59:34 GMT -5
HOW DO YOU JUST ACCIDENTALLY USE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU IMAGERY WHAT f***ING STOCK FOOTAGE LIBRARY IS THIS
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Post by Citizen Grimm on Apr 7, 2023 13:01:01 GMT -5
I’m literally speechless at this. How the f*** did this happen?! Just show San Quentin or something!
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Post by Rise on Apr 7, 2023 13:03:39 GMT -5
I assume some intern googled prison images and didn't check anything. Surely, no one intentionally would do this
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mc74
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Post by mc74 on Apr 7, 2023 13:03:59 GMT -5
HOW DO YOU JUST ACCIDENTALLY USE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU IMAGERY WHAT f***ING STOCK FOOTAGE LIBRARY IS THIS Because WWE is too Goddamn lazy to do their research before putting things out there. But still, it astounds me how this even got past anyone.
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 7, 2023 13:07:18 GMT -5
HOW DO YOU JUST ACCIDENTALLY USE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU IMAGERY WHAT f***ING STOCK FOOTAGE LIBRARY IS THIS Because WWE is too Goddamn lazy to do their research before putting things out there. But still, it astounds me how this even got past anyone. Not like it's even remotely on the same level, but they got Bang Bros passed everyone too. Somewhere in the company is a guy or gal who totally knows and just lets these things pass.
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Post by Final Countdown Jones on Apr 7, 2023 13:08:08 GMT -5
HOW DO YOU JUST ACCIDENTALLY USE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU IMAGERY WHAT f***ING STOCK FOOTAGE LIBRARY IS THIS Because WWE is too Goddamn lazy to do their research before putting things out there. But still, it astounds me how this even got past anyone. Okay so see normally, you'd think so, but this is on the video production staff, and there's. There's a lot of stuff involving red tape and having rights to footage and having to pull from libraries of it that the company pays a license for. You don't just casually accidentally put this stuff in. A multibillion dollar company like WWE can't just google "prison" and slap on whatever image you get because you don't have the rights to it. So this almost definitely came out of a production library of stock footage and some reckless idiot in the video editing department just completely clowned it on every level here. I'd be first in line to clown on WWE if this was just WWE but this is actually so much more insane than that. There's just no way there's concentration camp footage sitting casually untagged as like XRMD39583058352 and showing up under metadata search for 'prison' this shit's going to be labeled
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Post by Finish Uncle Muffin’s Story on Apr 7, 2023 13:12:28 GMT -5
This was a big topic of conversation during the pre-show, shocked it took this long to come out, tbh.
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mc74
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Post by mc74 on Apr 7, 2023 13:27:59 GMT -5
Because WWE is too Goddamn lazy to do their research before putting things out there. But still, it astounds me how this even got past anyone. Okay so see normally, you'd think so, but this is on the video production staff, and there's. There's a lot of stuff involving red tape and having rights to footage and having to pull from libraries of it that the company pays a license for. You don't just casually accidentally put this stuff in. A multibillion dollar company like WWE can't just google "prison" and slap on whatever image you get because you don't have the rights to it. So this almost definitely came out of a production library of stock footage and some reckless idiot in the video editing department just completely clowned it on every level here. I'd be first in line to clown on WWE if this was just WWE but this is actually so much more insane than that. There's just no way there's concentration camp footage sitting casually untagged as like XRMD39583058352 and showing up under metadata search for 'prison' this shit's going to be labeledThe question becomes how in f***'s name did it get past anyone. You'd think someone would catch it beforehand, right?
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Cranjis McBasketball
Crow T. Robot
Knew what the hell that thing was supposed to be
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Post by Cranjis McBasketball on Apr 7, 2023 13:29:08 GMT -5
This was a big topic of conversation during the pre-show, shocked it took this long to come out, tbh. People have known since it aired, it just didn’t hit the press until now. Which is the kind of thing that happens when announce a sale the morning after your biggest show of the year.
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MolotovMocktail
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Post by MolotovMocktail on Apr 7, 2023 13:29:42 GMT -5
Someone probably did a search for stock footage of prisons and came across this. Some of the clickbait links to the story had a picture of the front entrance with the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign, leading you to believe that was the footage that was used. I only knew the image used was from Auschwitz given that I’m Jewish and a WWII buff.
I see this as being like the Jordan Myles T-shirt: a royal screw-up, but done out of ignorance and lack of familiarity rather than deliberate prejudice.
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mc74
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Post by mc74 on Apr 7, 2023 13:51:17 GMT -5
Someone probably did a search for stock footage of prisons and came across this. Some of the clickbait links to the story had a picture of the front entrance with the infamous “Arbeit Macht Frei” sign, leading you to believe that was the footage that was used. I only knew the image used was from Auschwitz given that I’m Jewish and a WWII buff. I see this as being like the Jordan Myles T-shirt: a royal screw-up, but done out of ignorance and lack of familiarity rather than deliberate prejudice. To be clear, it wasn't the front entrance that was used in the promo like you said some clickbait sites featured. It was an area that stretched along between one of the buildings and the barbed wire fence. Now, I can't speak for everyone, but Auschwitz is one of those places that is easily recognizable once you see it.
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Legion
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Post by Legion on Apr 7, 2023 13:54:30 GMT -5
Eh, I'm all about hating on WWE this week, but yeah, this seems like someone made a dumb mistake.
Cos let's face it, if WWE was going to use this imagery on purpose, we'd have ended up seeing them making a big deal of it and the whole package would have been about how Rey is a secret Nazi
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Apr 7, 2023 13:57:01 GMT -5
It definitely went mainstream as I've seen tweets even from CNBC on this screwup. I would think the person who put this video together would be let go?
I mean they let Finley go when he screwed something up, I think it was with the national anthem?
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Post by Rudy Gobert Weather Machine on Apr 7, 2023 13:59:03 GMT -5
Because WWE is too Goddamn lazy to do their research before putting things out there. But still, it astounds me how this even got past anyone. Okay so see normally, you'd think so, but this is on the video production staff, and there's. There's a lot of stuff involving red tape and having rights to footage and having to pull from libraries of it that the company pays a license for. You don't just casually accidentally put this stuff in. A multibillion dollar company like WWE can't just google "prison" and slap on whatever image you get because you don't have the rights to it. So this almost definitely came out of a production library of stock footage and some reckless idiot in the video editing department just completely clowned it on every level here. I'd be first in line to clown on WWE if this was just WWE but this is actually so much more insane than that. There's just no way there's concentration camp footage sitting casually untagged as like XRMD39583058352 and showing up under metadata search for 'prison' this shit's going to be labeledI'm of 2 MINDS -- I could honestly see it being Just poorly labelled enough on whatever stock database it was in for an idiot to miss it only because it specifically looked like sorta inconspicuous super HD footage that you'd see in a virtual tour of the grounds. But unfortunately tho I can also see it being perfectly labelled and somebody in the video department just sticking it in anyway for whatever horrific reason on account of living in a world where Bored Ape Yacht Club exists and sneaks in absurd amounts of Nazi imagery in plain sight that once you notice you'll hate to even have to call "sneaking in" because it's so blatant. The wildest part to me is that someone in WWE did either catch it or frantically got the memo but only after the f***ing video had already aired on the pre show, so they scramble edited it out before the main show started.
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coleslaw
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Post by coleslaw on Apr 7, 2023 14:08:32 GMT -5
Heidenreich: LOL
Gunther: LMFAO
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Post by Natural Born Farmer on Apr 7, 2023 14:11:04 GMT -5
I don't think there was any bad faith here, just incompetence. WWE trusted the video to someone who didn't care much, they passed it along to an editor who had the same level of f***s to give, and it hit the air.
Stupid? Absolutely, but it's a wrestling company.
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Nosnorb
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Post by Nosnorb on Apr 7, 2023 14:15:47 GMT -5
HOW DO YOU JUST ACCIDENTALLY USE AUSCHWITZ-BIRKENAU IMAGERY WHAT f***ING STOCK FOOTAGE LIBRARY IS THIS You don't. Someone had to check it to make sure they weren't going to be subject to a lawsuit and thought "that'll do".
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Apr 7, 2023 14:20:29 GMT -5
Good thing they nixed the idea of Rudolf Höss photoshopped in a Judgment Day shirt.
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