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Apple Customers Insulted by Reporter and they Strike Back watch!

youtube.com — He asks iPhone customers waiting in line whether or not they have ever seen a naked woman. One guy waiting in line puts him in his place.

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  • jordankasteler, on 07/14/2008, -17/+499They've probably seen lots of naked women...on their iPhone 1.0.
    • reichg, on 07/14/2008, -19/+76just because he though he was sooo 'smart', i would have replied "yeah, your mom" kicked him in the balls and thrown his mic across the street

      • lucutus, on 07/14/2008, -6/+66The guy should have said "Why, are you about to get naked?"
      • Theycallmetak, on 07/14/2008, -5/+48No, you probably would have stammered and stood there, red faced until the camera turned back to the "smart" guy with the mic and when you finally got either the idea, the balls, or both to do anything, he would have already moved down the line.

        You tough guy, you.
      • honesttussey, on 07/14/2008, -3/+11I'm sure you would have...I'm sure you would have Mr. Tough Guy.
      • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -25/+4He was soooo smart, because he was doing his job and making money, as opposed to waiting in line all night to get a phone. The guy in line deserved the insult, as do any other mindless consumers who line up like cattle to be slaughtered.

      • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -21/+4Oooh, being dugg down. Surprise, surprise. I for one, being a fan of Tom Green and Triumph the Puppet Dog, personally enjoy people going up with cameras to line dummies and making fools of them.
      • malakite33, on 07/14/2008, -1/+5^ anidiot
        fixed
      • planksconstant, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6really? a fan of tom green and triumph?

        ...good for you.
    • LeeSoong, on 07/14/2008, -13/+4Trick question:

      He should have asked the girl standing behind the guy if she has ever seen herself naked.

      Still waiting for a decent video camera in the thing...

      I'll buy an iPhone when they upgrade it to have more storage and
      a H.264 HD video camera, like this one:

      http://www.sanyo-dsc.com/english/products/vpc_hd10 ...

      'it's just a phone, not a handicam' is an unacceptable excuse for poor quality,

      Apple can do better - they could even get Sanyo to source the parts - custom designed for the next update of the iPhone.
      • po43292, on 07/14/2008, -1/+2Can't wait to see the line for that one.
      • Plower, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6That would be kinda bulky sticking out the back of the iphone
      • faatbuddha, on 07/20/2008, -0/+1Yeah... the tech is simply not there yet, man. That's years off.
    • AndreiOttawa, on 07/14/2008, -5/+23How's that "Strike back"? The reply was super lame.
      • wedges, on 07/14/2008, -4/+26the "this is not smart. is this journalism to you?" was pretty insightful.
      • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -22/+12Insight? If he had insight, he'd probably realize its stupid to wait in a line that long just to get a phone. He's a sheep, and the retort was just a weak justification of his lameness.

        That being said, its not very good journalism, its more of a directed attack at the idiots in line.
      • Tanhauser08, on 07/14/2008, -5/+12I think we got the point at your first three responses, notanidiot. You are an anti-consumerist rebel who despises materialism.

        And you're buried.
      • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -17/+2Buried? Seems to me I'm at +1 right now, so no, I'm not. As a matter of fact, you are at 0 right now, so it seems funny for you to be calling me buried.

        By the way, calling me "anticonsumerist" is actually a compliment for me, considering that our nation is going through a recession right now, and mindless consumerism is tantamount to retardation.
      • 4udacious, on 07/14/2008, -1/+2Wah wah materialism wah.
    • yourmanstan, on 07/14/2008, -16/+20i'd be just as pissed as that reporter having to do a story about idiots waiting in line for their iphone. i've had people show me directions on their iphone to a place ACROSS THE STREET. i really do wonder if anyone that excited about their phone has seen a naked woman.

      ok apple mania bury me
      • norman619, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3Never underestimate the blindness of Apple fanboys.
      • AndreiOttawa, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1As somebody mentioned earlier: they did see a naked woman... on their iPhone.
    • zjbird, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2he should of punched that guy in the face, as funny as it is that people wait in line for the iphone, no one looks like more of a tool than that reported
    • urbano35, on 07/14/2008, -3/+1Really? Jackass is the best insult he could retort with? Sigh, I really wish he had picked someone who wasn't so cowardly and dumb.
    • Vindicoth, on 07/14/2008, -1/+7http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee263/Vindicoth ... :*(
    • IanPR, on 07/14/2008, -0/+5Now they can see naked women 3X as FAST!! :D
  • hollywoodphony, on 07/14/2008, -73/+67The righteous indignation of the guy in line's supporters is the funniest part of all this. If you want that long for an iPhone, you are foolish. There's no reason you can't wait a few days. If the guy's gonna make a softball joke at your expense, don't cry about it being unsmart. Really? We're gonna cheer that guy for being a whiny baby?
    • Jorry7, on 07/14/2008, -19/+8you're just saying that because you were 1st in line.
    • cdigioia, on 07/14/2008, -5/+23Seems like a waste of time to me - but then so does gardening - they're just doing it for fun, who cares?
      • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -3/+5Yeah, looks like they're having a blast.
    • wacomwacoff, on 07/14/2008, -5/+14This reporter's the same thing as a troll on Digg: he's just looking for an indignant, angry reaction so he can feel good about himself.

      And yeah, I'm gonna cheer for the guy in line for calling the reporter on being a douche.
      • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -3/+6Seems to me that someone who wants so bad to be the first to have a slightly improved version of the iPhone so bad that he'll wait in line all night, and end up cranky as hell in the morning is the real douche.
      • ZZeke, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1@notanidiot: hear, hear!


      • wacomwacoff, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1I never said that standing in line for an iPhone is a particularly clever or dashing thing to do. But it doesn't make the reporter any less of a dick for asking iPhone fans if they've ever "seen a woman naked", and such.

        No, there's no excuse for the reporter's douchebaggery. Responding to it by questioning his competence is spot-on.
      • WileEPeyote, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2Actually, he wasn't looking for a indignant, angry reaction. That is why he was so taken aback by it.

        He was having a little fun, but the cranky iPhone consumer wasn't in a fun mood. He's probably been taking ***** all week as he tells people he is going to wait in line for a phone and the resported just set of his geek fuse...
    • thelizardreborn, on 07/14/2008, -4/+11People make fun of those waiting in line for video games all the time, but you never see anything like this. Why? Gamers couldn't possibly have more self-control could they? Aren't they supposed to be reliving the carnage of grand theft auto or some war game?

      Or maybe its because the iPhone crowd is "too cool" to be used to being the butt of a joke...
    • ArchangelZLT, on 07/14/2008, -5/+4Wait a minute. Did these guys lining up for the iPhone really hurt somebody? Anybody? Certainly I wouldn't do that, and certainly I think they don't have any reasonable motive, but hey, they aren't waiting to kill people, are they?
    • pedo, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1who's being a whiny baby? the guy who stuck up for himself when he was insulted on tv? that reporter dude is lucky no one kicked his ass. he obviously doesn't get it. the ironic thing is the people waiting in line are actually more mainstream and normal than the ***** with the mic. the only thing he proved was that he is out of touch with his own culture.
  • zdiddy85, on 07/14/2008, -19/+463What a douche.

    Funny thing is, KTLA is the one that posted the video...
    • CanadaMan87, on 07/14/2008, -1/+31Well, it's entertaining. Should help their viewership.
    • m8ymerc1, on 07/14/2008, -38/+24Yes, I agree all those standing in line for A CELL PHONE are Douches.
      fricken standing in line for a cell phone, A CELL PHONE PEOPLE, just absurd!

      digg down, I don't care!

      • nmnnotmyname, on 07/14/2008, -5/+17I agree, but the reporter is a douchebag, no doubt about it. He sounded like more a fag than the biggest Apple fans.
      • macchappy, on 07/14/2008, -7/+5mattlohkamp, was that irony intentional?
    • VinnieDaMac, on 07/14/2008, -0/+28"Funny thing is, KTLA is the one that posted the video..."
      KTLA knows their audience well apparently.
      • Galaxylander, on 07/14/2008, -3/+18No, the hosts of the show knew exactly how big of a douchebag he was being and I think they posted it just to show him what a assface he is.
    • reichg, on 07/14/2008, -2/+8it was prob the douche bag reporter trying to get a response of some one who liked his "joke"
    • jabberwolf, on 07/14/2008, -13/+8I LOVE the fact that all the iphone tards and defensive virgins on here are getting so upset at this.

      Kinda only proves KTLA's point, dont ya think?!!!!
      • mysedai, on 07/14/2008, -2/+2No, I don't. I don't have an iPhone, and I ***** hate apple, but all I wanted to see was one of the "geeks" they were making fun of punch him in the face. That wasn't humor, and it wasn't funny. It was mean spirited and belittling. ***** him and ***** you, too.
      • blackinthmiddle, on 07/14/2008, -2/+2Let me fix your sentence for you.

        "I LOVE the fact that because someone wants an iPhone dumbasses like jabberwolf become obsessed with said person's sex life.

        Kinda only proves they have no sex life of their own."
    • fajitamelt, on 07/14/2008, -6/+4Maybe 'cause they're not offended and have a sense of humor? People need to learn to laugh at themselves sometimes, and yes, this is one of those times.
      • RealmDown, on 07/14/2008, -3/+9No, it's not. There is no excuse for a reporter to exhibit such belittling behavior. It's unprofessional ratings baiting.
      • fajitamelt, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Forget the ***** "journalism" aspect of it. They were having FUN. The guy could have played a long with it, and they all would have been happy.
      • JustinPM, on 07/16/2008, -0/+1It's retarded high-school level jock mentality. Plain and simple. If it was meant to be humor, it fell way short of that. Had I been the person asked that, I would have made the station pay for it by dropping as many f-bombs and 7 dirty words as I possibly could before they cut.

        ***** 'em all, let the FCC sort 'em out!
    • IglooBurner, on 07/14/2008, -0/+0Whatever they're doing, if it ends up on the front page of Digg, its probably working according to plan.
  • bliks, on 07/14/2008, -38/+338Man, that reporter has no respect. Like I understand a little playing around but he took it a little too far.

    KTLA should do some real journalism instead of this crap.
    • kiantech, on 07/14/2008, -19/+10kinda like people should do something useful with their time, and not wait in line to be the first to give someone your money. In my opinion the reporter and the people in line are both losers.
      • stevetrojanman, on 07/14/2008, -1/+3HOW DARE YOU CALL AN IPHONE FANATIC A LOSER!!!!

        BURN IN HELL YOU NEOCON BASTARD!!!!

        /sarcasm
    • rasterbator, on 07/14/2008, -7/+21nah, he didn't take it too far. in fact, he was quite a pussy about it. and the KTLA woman was a typical talking head douchebag that you would expect in LA.
    • purelithium, on 07/14/2008, -2/+13This is "risky" and "controversial" "comedy" to the mainstream media these days... ugh... it was sad to even watch them struggle like that. Stop trying to be funny, stick to the news. Leave this sort of thing to Gary Garver and the Stern show...
    • chevyorange, on 07/14/2008, -3/+29Yeah, reporters will ask Joe Blow if they've ever seen a naked woman but won't ask our leadership about why we're really in Iraq, why the president seems to be okay with lying to citizens, why oil costs so much, etc etc etc.

      Journalism is dead.
      • bundwallah, on 07/14/2008, -2/+4It's a shame I can' t digg this comment more than once.

        I agree, Journalism is dead. The "Fifth Estate" has been in a coma for the last 40 years.
      • jonmlm, on 07/14/2008, -4/+7um. it's morning news. i'd like to think there's always going to be a place in morning news for making fun of fan boys wasting time standing in line(star wars, batman, iphone, etc). imagine if everyone wasting time in line for a product was doing something worthwhile. like, you know, burning down an apple store. dont blame a ***** news show.
      • neuromachine, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Who do you think killed it?
    • LeeSoong, on 07/14/2008, -10/+1'It's A Phone !?!'

      - I agree with the reporter.

      It is a waste of time standing in line to get an iPhone when you can just order one directly from the Apple web site:

      http://store.apple.com/us

      Most people have better things to do than wait 2 hours in line for a cell phone that UPS could bring right to their home.
      • bbrosemer, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4Um no ... you can't order the phone online in the US.
    • jabberwolf, on 07/14/2008, -10/+4Yes on all accounts!

      Was it journalism - NO?

      Was it just a guy making fun of iphone tards? - Yes

      Was it funny - YES !!
      • blackinthmiddle, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Yes, very funny. I'm sure Howard Stern and his crew are shaking in their boots.
    • robbob, on 07/14/2008, -3/+3That news woman was from TECTV back in the day
    • Sneezyx, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3TV News: the ultimate oxymoron.
    • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -8/+4Took it too far? What tha? If it were me out there, I would have asked a random customer something like this:

      "So do you feel like an idiot out here standing all night for something you could avoid the line for by waiting a few days? Do you really feel like getting this phone will make you not a loser, because you are a loser, you know that, right? So, while bowing down to the corporations like a good consumer, do you ever fancy sucking some corporate dick? I mean, you're already down there, so you might as well, right? Do you think having this iPhone will make hot girls want to suck you off? Do you think it will make hot guys want to suck you off? Would you like it if I put you out of your misery right now?
      • ayeroxor, on 07/14/2008, -3/+3What the *****? Did you just forget how to spell "the" in your second 'sentence'?
      • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -5/+1thats right, I forgot. And then by the time I got to the second paragraph I remembered again.

        I just tend to spell "the" as "tha" when saying "What tha" because its all incorrect grammar anyway. Buy a hip hop album and look at the titles, and you'll understand.
      • ayeroxor, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1You're right in one way - the day I buy a ***** hippity hoppy album is the day I'll understand.

        Do yourself a favor - I'm sure there are lots of totally ill and sick (etc etc) hip hop "artists" that you idolize, but seriously, don't behave or write like them. I swear to Christ you'll get further in the long run.
      • notanidiot, on 07/15/2008, -1/+1Wow, all you can do is criticize the way I spelled "tha." You are pathetic, and for your info, I don't listen to hip hop, so you're being "sure" shows just how valid your certainty is.

        Further, on the internet, people use all sorts of abbreviations and improper spellings and grammar, like n00b, pwnd, lol, imo, and so on. What you might want to do is focus more on the content of what is said if you want to argue with something, because the approach of criticizing a one time spelling of a word just shows that you can't effectively argue with any other point I make.

        Aaaand you're done.
    • eyefork2, on 07/14/2008, -3/+4The whole geek-virgin stereotype gets old. Us geeks like having sex with eachother as much as anyone else.
    • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -5/+1haha, wannabe geek with bad grammar. Go find an iPhone line, loser!
    • kevinwiz, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1I take it most of you have never watched the KTLA morning show. I've been watching it since I was 10 and they have maybe 8 minutes of news in each of the 7:00 and 8:00am hours. It's not really a news show and it shouldn't be taken as such.
  • crowbar77, on 07/14/2008, -17/+600Should have said "Yeah, but your wife doesn't like when i talk about it" or something. Hell he had a whole avenue of mom jokes he could have used.
    • Jorry7, on 07/14/2008, -38/+6Yo mamma so fat! i have to describe her twice: that that bitch bitch fat fat!



      probably wouldn't work, but the emotion is there.
    • NaziHatinChimp, on 07/14/2008, -2/+21Agreed.
    • junkwheel, on 07/14/2008, -3/+33Exactly. The reporter hardly got owned by the guy. He owned himself with putting his hands up and standing like a moron.

      He should have flat out said "I ***** YOUR mom".

      Yeah, live tv!

      "She's a screamer!"
    • Misinformant, on 07/14/2008, -17/+11Yeah, highschool humor would show him who's the better man!

      You guys are as stupid as the guy waiting in line.
      • RealmDown, on 07/14/2008, -0/+6Why not? It was a high school question.
    • InverGoatie, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1Yeah, that's what initially came to my mind as well. He really opened himself up to some abuse there, the guy in the queue should have let him have it!
    • wild, on 07/14/2008, -1/+4While that would have been funnier, this was actually a stronger overall response. The greatest way to get someone's goat is to be the better man.
    • haelios, on 07/14/2008, -3/+51REP: "Have you ever seen a woman naked?"
      MAN: "Yeah, sure. But your wife doesn't like it much when I talk about it, y'know?"
      [Reporter loses cool]
      REP: "You think that's funny? Do you even know her name?"
      [Man laughs to self and tries to end engagement]
      REP: "Not so tough now huh? Go on, what's her name?"
      MAN: "I don't know mate, she was too busy moaning out mine."
      [Reporter resorts to physical attack]
      [EOF]
      • notanidiot, on 07/14/2008, -2/+17Beautiful! Another mental fantasy from an iPhone fanboy! Now do my mom!


    • mysedai, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1I was thinking that a deadpan "Well, I saw your mom last night, but she wasn't naked; I just flipped her skirt over her head and gave her a twenty." would have been nice.
    • ammundsen, on 07/14/2008, -4/+1Or, ask the reporter:

      'have you ever seen a grown many cry? Cause everyone else in this line is about to.'
    • TheTSArt, on 07/14/2008, -3/+3He should have said "no" and then asked the reporter to take his clothes off so he could then say he has.
    • fritzbrown, on 07/14/2008, -1/+4Q: Have you ever seen a woman naked?
      A: Why? Do you want to know what they look like?
  • sherb, on 07/14/2008, -20/+182It truly shows how much the news station knows about the iPhone when they write it on the screen as i-Phone. What's happened to good, solid journalism these days?
    • narcofiche, on 07/14/2008, -2/+35I agree. Adding that extra '-' completely takes away all credibility that KTLA once had. This is a sad day for journalism.
      • kevinwiz, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1This oozes of sarcasm, but I bet most of the people that dugg you up thought you were serious
      • narcofiche, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1I know, isn't Digg great?
    • DaffyDuck, on 07/14/2008, -1/+31Plus, apparently those people are standing in line at the "iphone store"
      • zakatov, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1It's the next logical step from the "iPod Store"
      • kevinwiz, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1It may have actually been a "mac store" or a "cingular store"
    • halfdirt, on 07/14/2008, -4/+9I'd like to think they did it on purpose, making fun of a ridiculous brand name with something as simple as a dash.
    • bradleyland, on 07/14/2008, -2/+5Some shut-in sitting in an editing room with a Chicago Manual of Style in one hand an Strunk & White's Elements of Style in the other just couldn't let it go without the hyphen.

      Grammar nerd voice: "Technically, Apple should have used a hyphen in their trademark. I'll just correct them."
    • seraph582, on 07/14/2008, -8/+1Good solid journalism? When was journalism good or solid? I thought it was pretty much always opinionated, agenda-laden garbage. It's like dumpster diving - you have to sift through a bunch of trash to find useful/good stuff. (Oh please - like you never dumpster-dove behind the book store to get porn mags as a hormone-laden angsty Link Park teen)
    • McMaster88, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2where the ***** have you been?
    • troymccluresf, on 07/14/2008, -2/+2Not to mention "the iPhone Store."
    • WileEPeyote, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1This is a puff piece, not solid journalism. If we still had good journalism in this country, we wouldn't even have heard about the iPhone on the news...
      • kevinwiz, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1So we can't have journalists reporting technology news? I know you understand how big a role technology plays in today's world. Why wouldn't it be newsworthy? There is more to news than crime and politics.
      • WileEPeyote, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1When they come up with a NEW technology, that is news. The iPhone would at best be a note in the financial news. This is a new model of the phone. At best the only news-worthy part of the story is a tie-in with American's constant need for the newest gadget.
  • acevoncash, on 07/14/2008, -9/+101not that i don't agree. its a damn phone and people are dumb for waiting in line that much. HOWEVER, this was just asking for trouble. Its like slitting your wrists and then jumping into the ocean. he just wanted to get someone pissed at him. also he spends half the video in the street.
    • bmdubya, on 07/14/2008, -14/+34I have to disagree with you about people are dumb for waiting in line that much. I didn't wait in line for the iPhone, but I've waiting in lines for midnight releases of video games. To me, it isn't just about the game, it is about being around people that have the same passion you have. I really enjoy midnight releases of games. Plus, these people were excited about the iPhone. Who cares? Are you jealous because you can't afford one, so you have to make fun of them? Or are you just one of those people who don't get excited about anything, and just make people feel like ***** for getting excited about something? This would be same as people waiting in the snow for a front row seat at a basketball game, or waiting overnight for a concert ticket.
      • AlekNovi, on 07/14/2008, -22/+10Jealous because you can't afford one hahahaha :D

        Dude... You guys on that side of the atlantic have been so brainwashed by apple its not even funny. We've had smartphones that do everything iphone 3g does... for over 2 years now. (and a lot more). I think the japanese have had them for 4 years.

        These smartphones actually cost *more* than the iphone, not less. But they also have 5-6 megapixel (video cameras), mms, internet browsing (full computer-like functionality) and already have a much bigger library of apps.
      • polywaffle, on 07/14/2008, -6/+26Brainwashed by apple? Yeah sure you can pick up a smartphone with all those features, but I doubt you'll be able to find one with a decent interface and touchscreen. Thats why apple products are better. People dont want phone with a ***** computer interface they want a phone.
      • LeeSoong, on 07/14/2008, -4/+5'iPods and iPhones are just a passing fad, no real profits here. Who wants to listen to music on their phone anyway? '

        'Apple has nowhere to go once people move on from their fascination with shiny little toys.'

        'There's no money to be made in such trivial products,
        already people quit iTunes nonsense DRM low quality 128 bit flat, muddy, murky sounding files.'

        'There is nothing new here, Apple's done,
        this is their last product. '

        'Apple should take Dell's advice,
        sell off all their assets and
        give all the money back to the shareholders.'

        ''Microsoft will own the cell phone marketplace.''

        'When Steve Jobs retires, the company will fold in 6 months.'


        - there, every 'Apple doesn't matter' comment that KTLA can simply cut and paste to the teleprompter. They can just continue to ignore Apple's Quarterly and Annual reports...


      • acevoncash, on 07/14/2008, -2/+3for the record i don't believe any of the reasons you listed for waiting in line are really worth it. but for the record it is completely different from a concert ticket or a basketball game. there will be plenty of iphones. you could just wait a couple days and then get one the instant you walk in the store, whereas tickets to an event are limited.
      • eggsovereasy, on 07/14/2008, -1/+3Waiting in lines for hours is stupid.

        That being said, as soon as I don't see a line outside the apple store I'm going in to buy an iPhone.

        When GTAIV came out, I sat in my car and watched a DVD until the line died down, then I went in and bought it.
      • blackinthmiddle, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1acevoncash, you can try and make yourself feel better all you want. All of us decide on a daily basis what to spend our time on. One could easily counter your argument.

        For basketball games, why not watch them on t.v.? Unless you have courtside seats or thereabouts, you'll always get a better viewing experience from home. Now *you* say it's not worth waiting in line for an iPhone and you have every right to your opinion. And someone who's willing to wait in line disagrees with you. You may feel it's worth waiting in line to watch a basketball game. And I'm sure some reporter will also question your sex life because of it.

        Again, stop trying to make yourself feel better and just stop questioning where someone wants to spend their time.
      • WileEPeyote, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Join a club if you want to connect to people.
      • acevoncash, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1@blackinthemiddle: thats a non sequitur.. the iphone you buy without waiting in line on saturday is the same iphone you buy after waiting 6 hours in line on friday. watching the game on tv is not the same as watching it live. Besides the fact, I said waiting in line for a game really wasn't worth it anywho.. I suppose what I mean is i can see why people would do it.

        I don't really see how im 'trying to make myself feel better' I'm just saying that waiting in line for a product you don't have to wait in line for 24 hours later is pretty dumb. I'm sorry if you wasted your time as such. However if you did, and you are commenting me back.. wouldn't that make you the one trying to make yourself feel better? just saying.
    • wacomwacoff, on 07/14/2008, -12/+7If you think the iPhone is "just a phone", you're ignorant.
      • directrix13, on 07/14/2008, -4/+7Its a phone AND an over-priced data plan.
      • acevoncash, on 07/14/2008, -1/+7believe you me, the iphone is awesome. i'd love one. but it IS just a phone. standing in line for over an hour to purchase anything isn't worth it.
      • wacomwacoff, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1Acevoncash: yes, it is an excellent phone. It's also:
        • A mobile computing platform
        • A revolutionary mobile gaming platform
        • An email device
        • A multitouch internet platform
        • A touch-sensitive iPod
        • A handheld video player

        Calling an iPhone "just a phone" is like calling a Mac laptop "just a big calculator".
      • acevoncash, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1no. its like calling a mac laptop a mac laptop.

        hence iPHONE
      • wacomwacoff, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1The whoosh you hear is my point going waaaay over your head.
      • acevoncash, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1I completely understand what you mean. I just don't think a bunch of features on something called the IPHONE doesn't constitute not being just a phone. Me not agreeing with you doesn't mean i don't understand.
      • wacomwacoff, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1So an iBook is "just a book", and an iPod is "just a pod"?

        If you don't understand what an iPhone is all about and just lump it in as "just a phone" because of its name, well, that's kind of sad.
      • directrix13, on 07/15/2008, -0/+1Well, if you want to go by the classical definition of a device that makes phone calls, then no it's not just a phone. But no phone-like device created anytime in the past decade could be classified as just a phone. The iPhone is nothing novel.
  • DigiDave, on 07/14/2008, -11/+6This is why I hate broadcast journalists and why I've made my career about turning journalism into a participatory process. Yeesh!!!
    • DigiDave, on 07/14/2008, -3/+1Was it the "yeesh."

      I know, Diggers hate any kind of self-referential pats on the back, but I couldn't help myself. This REALLY is a great example of why I hate broadcast journalists.
  • Revolution101, on 07/14/2008, -12/+90he must feel like such a tough guy...
    • masterkenobi, on 07/14/2008, -1/+4First off, the reporter was a douche for asking that question. Not sure if he was even trying to be funny.

      Secondly, the response from the guy on line was hardly even witty, just came off as a "I've been waiting here for 4 hours, don't ***** with me or I'll eat your children" kind of response.
  • fugazied, on 07/14/2008, -23/+14Oh god why didn't it go like this...
    "Have you ever seen a woman naked?"
    "Yeah, yo' momma fool!"
  • da_bradler, on 07/14/2008, -6/+33i dunno if I support this video, the reporter was clearly trying to get the exact type of reaction he is getting. Aka free publicity for verbally abusing a bunch of people standing in line.
    • SteveIsTheDude, on 07/14/2008, -1/+6I agree. The fact that the station even posted the video, shows that they got what they wanted. They are savvy enough to try and make a viral video and we are just digging it up to their delight. The douche bag reporter is probably excitedly checking the hit count on youtube right now....
    • jazzbeaux, on 07/14/2008, -2/+5Hell, I'd have asked it, too. Can't find an easier target than a boatload of Apple fanboys quietly jerkin' it in queue.... :-)
    • DarthKozy, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1free publicity? so his goal was to get everyone around the globe watching the local Hollywood news?
  • Xraven92, on 07/14/2008, -12/+5what a jackass
  • zarcu, on 07/14/2008, -4/+49I want him to go up to one of the women and ask if they've ever seen a man naked. xD
    • dxpsteve, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2"You ever been in a cockpit before?"
      "No sir, I've never been up in a plane before."

      ...
  • snareguy17, on 07/14/2008, -4/+168Where's Triumph the Insult Comic Dog?
    • halfdirt, on 07/14/2008, -1/+3I'd assume a lot of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog's interactions are as lame as that, it's just that he is always able to edit the videos for maximum funny before we see them.

      Well, not even editing could have saved that reporter's attempts at humor. He wasn't willing to take it far enough or mean enough.
    • shuckl4k, on 07/14/2008, -0/+21which button calls you mother to come pick you up?
      • stealthc, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1That's why they're in line to get a phone!
    • dcollins, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8Give me your iPhone...FOR ME TO POOP ON!
    • CSharpSauce, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2fa_1180156799
  • eminor, on 07/14/2008, -14/+8"just your wife and mother in the same bed.
  • c0nv1ct, on 07/14/2008, -8/+333You call that "Strike back" ???...
    • Firehed, on 07/14/2008, -0/+24Yeah, that was a severe let-down. I was expecting for his blackberry to get smashed, have that book thrown at him, a punch thrown, any sort of "yes, your wife, last night"-type remark, anything.
    • MrSarcasm, on 07/14/2008, -0/+24I dugg you down first, just so I could digg you up twice.
    • dexter411, on 07/14/2008, -0/+10That's what happens when Star Wars serves as title inspiration for Digg submissions.
    • JamesMatt, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1a "strike back" would be a swift kick to the face.............wheres Chuck Norris when you need him...............
    • mrASSMAN, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1I was waiting for a pie in the face.. or someone stealing his mic or anything exciting.. oh well. The internets have let us down this time.
  • wukillabee, on 07/14/2008, -37/+21Windows is for men

    Linux is for geeks/nerds

    Macs are for women/fags/kids/idiots
    • CanadaMan87, on 07/14/2008, -8/+12And Digg is not for you.
    • atliberty2say, on 07/14/2008, -11/+4'Windows is for men' - And you like men don't you wukillabee. Perhaps you can play with another 'Window mans' floppy drive if you ask him nicely. And remember wukillabee, It's ok to be confused about your sexuality and you'll find all the support you need here at digg.
    • bmdubya, on 07/14/2008, -4/+9Owning a Mac that has Windows installed on it = best of both worlds. I like how you grouped nerds/geeks into the Linux category. I know quit a few nerds who only use Windows, or only use Mac, or use both. OS flame wars is the same as video game console flame wars. Just pick the OS you prefer, and STFU.
      • tacohead, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2"Owning a Mac that has Windows installed on it = best of both worlds"

        You still get a one button mouse, particularly on the laptops.

        That's irritating.

        Apple makes good hardware, I just wish they would drop this "buttons are evil" philosophy.
    • MonkeyFarts, on 07/14/2008, -0/+11Crud, I use all three platforms. I couldn't possibly be a woman/fag/kid/idiot, geek/nerd, and man all at once! My identity is so confused!

      Or maybe you're just a tool. Well, for my identity's sake, I'll go with the latter. Whew. Dodged another idiot bullet.
  • Soave, on 07/14/2008, -21/+34What a douche. Let people buy what they want and leave them alone.
  • SpectreFire, on 07/14/2008, -12/+68That guy was a journalist?

    What has become of this profession?!!!
    • DCGaymer, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1He's a KTLA reporter...they're not known for professionalism. They're known for being un professional. They goof on people. It's what they do.
    • Shiftyeyedgoat, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1It was a morning news show; calm down people.
  • DivisibleByZero, on 07/14/2008, -19/+227If by "strike back" you mean "dodge the question"....
  • SlashNot, on 07/14/2008, -5/+33kinda funny that one of the anhors at the desk laughing used to work for TechTV (Michaela Pereira) she must never get laid either!
  • highps3, on 07/14/2008, -19/+26Do reporters actually consider themselves good people? They are scum of the earth and I would take anyone standing in line for the phone over any reporter.

    Funny he implies they have no lives but yet is sitting there reporting on it!!!!! Cancel all media news programs and the US would be a lot better off..

    What a jack -
    • crazzy88ss, on 07/14/2008, -0/+9Not to defend the idiot, but he is getting paid to stand there and report on it.
      • pintomp3, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4he was probably pissed about having to report on such a non-story.
    • Prathik89, on 07/14/2008, -4/+5By your logic.
      iPhone = Benefit for society.
      Reporters = Worse for society.

      Right.
    • tobsterius, on 07/14/2008, -0/+7This guy isn't a reporter. Chances are he just took the gig because he was an out of work actor and needed to pay the bills. Real reporters/journalists actually respect their line of work and attempt to practice good journalistic ethics... something that is becoming increasingly hard to do in today's corporate controlled world.
    • equinoxChild, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1are you suggesting that reporters are worse than lawyers?

      blasphemy!

      =P
  • btschul, on 07/14/2008, -14/+6He should have whipped out his original iPhone and gone to wikipedia and read the reporter the entry on "Journalistic Integrity" and said "That's why I'm waiting in line, bitch"
    • Danzinger, on 07/14/2008, -1/+19Pretty sure that sounds a lot cooler in your head than it would actually be in real life.
      • btschul, on 07/14/2008, -10/+3No, I am pretty sure that would have been ***** riot-inducingly funny. (The laughter would instantly subside when someone further back in the line yelled "LOL!" or "Powned!", however)
      • stevetrojanman, on 07/14/2008, -2/+2I agree...that would have been the 5 most boring minutes of television ever.
  • ryanonfire, on 07/14/2008, -3/+20what the hell does he say? sounds like Isn'tjackassnuff
  • Evolve, on 07/14/2008, -4/+71How exactly is that a "strike back" ?
    • inkswamp, on 07/14/2008, -5/+8By not giving the pretend journalist the response he was fishing for.
      • jjuanchow, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3Meh! he just dodged the question... "Isn'tjackassnuff?"
  • unknwn, on 07/14/2008, -21/+28Dugg for the guy in line thinking on his feet, and putting the reporter in his place...
    • Misinformant, on 07/14/2008, -1/+5Hah, you think the reporter is the one who looks foolish...?
  • cvprosperoust, on 07/14/2008, -21/+16that reporter is a ***** cockstain.
    • kiantech, on 07/14/2008, -5/+1a cockstain....really?
    • stevetrojanman, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1WTF is a cockstain? That doesn't even make sense.

  • nmnnotmyname, on 07/14/2008, -15/+12The reporter is kinda a *****...
    In defense of Apple fans, as an unusual moment for me, I hope he gets his ass beat for something alike this.
    • lickmyback, on 07/14/2008, -2/+10By who? The Apple fans?

      lol...
      • heliox, on 07/14/2008, -6/+2They could. You know...pull out thier one button mouse and beat him with it.
      • oliversan, on 07/14/2008, -1/+0Godamnit, for the last time, Macs have had two button mice for a long time. I've never owned a Mac with one mouse button and I'm a long time Mac owner.
    • voodoozombie, on 07/14/2008, -1/+2If you resort to violence when you are insulted you are an idiot. I wouldn't be surprised to see you waiting on line to buy a phone.
      • nmnnotmyname, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1...
        Which is ironic, because i never do ***** like that. I don't resort to violence, I let someone else.
      • Antixian, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4wtf is the "waiting ON line" *****? i'm sick of seeing people type ***** this way. it's IN LINE. waiting IN line.
  • Namingway, on 07/14/2008, -6/+28I fully expected to see a ***** venti carmel macchiato splash that reporter in the face....buried as inaccurate!

    I bet this still gets to front page... you ***** lame bastards.
  • BMANZZS, on 07/14/2008, -7/+93"This is kind of jackass, no?"

    Wonderful response.
  • Redseele, on 07/14/2008, -8/+84The guy in line raises an extremely serious question... "is this journalism to you?".
    Seems like to a lot of these idiots (the ones on television) the fact that they are on air is enough to call anything journalism.

    Jeez, what happened to a once respectable career?. Either that, or people in America have sadly lowered their viewing standards in the last 40 years of television journalism.


    ... and btw, it's not only these douchebags that I'm talking about. CNN is as stupid (but they know how to cover it so that it sounds intelligent).
    • Theycallmetak, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2Where have all of you been expecting "real" journalism on TV? This is from KTLA. Have you ever watched any LA news? This is nothing new or shocking.
    • farmazone, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2Consider the program, it is not exactly " face the nation"
    • WileEPeyote, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2People are all over this journalist not being respectable...blah...blah...blah...I don't think the people in line have much self-respect. They are standing in line to be cool.

      Let's just call it, an idiot asking a bunch of other idiots an inapropriate question.
  • jstack, on 07/14/2008, -7/+29I would have responded with "only your mom".
    • Antixian, on 07/14/2008, -9/+2i wouldve held my fingers up to his nose and said "smell that *****? mmm" and then licked them. "your mom tastes niiccceee"
    • lucutus, on 07/14/2008, -0/+8Or "Why, are you about to strip?"
    • caseycoold, on 07/14/2008, -2/+4And I have to ask: Did you read any of the previous posts before you decided your opinion was worth posting?
    • elementop, on 07/14/2008, -2/+2Or, "Why? Are *you* wondering what they look like?"
  • TheLogic, on 07/14/2008, -1/+11Anyone with any ability at all would have been able to a) get a humorous piece out of those people without insulting them and putting them on the defensive, and b) snap back at the guy who calls him a jackass instead of backing off and looking like an idiot.

  • FrozenDeception, on 07/14/2008, -12/+2I agree 100% with the reporter!!!
  • BiIlyMays, on 07/14/2008, -2/+38I kept waiting for someone to come up behind him and hit him with a large blunt object, but it never happened. When he talked to the second guy I thought there might be some hope. That was no retaliation, over-hyped title.
    • chadpyle, on 07/14/2008, -4/+3It was a line of Apple fanboys, not heterosexuals. Perhaps someone could've scratched his eyes out...
  • HolyJaw, on 07/14/2008, -6/+8haha - I love that morning crew. Used to watch them every morning.

    I'm just surprised Michaela Perreira (on the left in the studio) didn't speak up... She kind of used to host a show for TechTV =/
    • welliwonder, on 07/14/2008, -0/+10So that's who that woman is! I miss ZD/Tech TV, now it's G4, it's brainless $hit. :-(
    • CandiLain, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2ZOMG!! Someone else remembers too!! She co-hosted Internet Tonight. I'm so glad she's still on TV. I miss my TechTV.

      She spoke up a little. She seemed happy when he got ripped by one of the geeks standing in line. "That's Right. Those are my peeople" was the line I believe. The reporter is a total douche and he got what he had coming.

      Most people may not realize it, but the age of the Socially Graceful Geek is upon us. ^_^
  • danharlow, on 07/14/2008, -8/+13Looks like everybody in the video is a moron. The reporter is a condescending ass and the people waiting in line for a telephone are way too touchy. I've waited in lines for crazy stuff before but it's all in good fun - we all know we're nerds and there's no need to get all defensive about it.
    • inkswamp, on 07/14/2008, -5/+6I didn't see him getting defensive. I saw someone refusing to play along with a retarded and intentionally insulting line of questioning. Kudos to him for turning the tables on yet another entertainer pretending to be a journalist. If more people did this, we might have better reporting out there.
      • danharlow, on 07/14/2008, -6/+3Sure, the reporter was not going to get an invite to do 60 Minutes features anytime soon, but everyone needs to get a sense of humor. The guy in line could have replied with something other being a smug jerk.

        And the lack of good reporting has nothing to do with how smug the general public is on a day to day basis.

        Also, I suppose you never poked fun at anyone where you work, right? I'm sure it's all super serious whenever Mr. Inkswamp is around, right? Hell, I bet you are actually Mike ***** Wallace himself patrolling the depths of Digg to keep up the smug quotient and the journalistic integrity of a local news station.

        Oh well, I better let you get back to work because super duper serious Mr. Inkswamp has some super important work to do that requires no sense of humor in the slightest for anyone within a 10 mile radius of his smug cloud.

        Ass.
        .
      • ThaDRD, on 07/14/2008, -0/+4The guy in line act like a typical Apple jack-off with no sense of humor. Self important ass that needs a gadget to validate his existence.
    • Antixian, on 07/14/2008, -0/+2i just watched them have a friday morning dance after this "reporting". it was more gay than 2 dicks rubbing together inside another mans ass.
    • dzw120, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1Grow a spine. Having a sense of humor is one thing, but when a jackass reporter comes up to you and thinks that he can get away with saying that you've probably never gotten laid because you're standing in line for a gadget, it's not funny. It's not a joke - was anyone else laughing when they saw the video? It felt awkward watching this "reporter" try to propagate his idea of the nerd stereotype on TV, and it felt good watching him realize that he can't push people around just because he has a microphone in hand and a cameraman in tow.
  • aenegeling, on 07/14/2008, -3/+14There's no need to offend others like that. These guys are harmless.
  • iddybiddy, on 07/14/2008, -9/+6Whilst the reporter is a bit of a douche a good many people think folks waiting in line for hours for a phone are schmucks and therefore fair game.

    I think its good that at least one member of the media showed it from another angle and took them to task rather than just drinking the Kool-Aid and giving Apple yet more free publicity and enabling the sheeple.
  • Zephyr350, on 07/14/2008, -4/+6Yes it is a phone, I wouldn't wait in line for such a thing, but to each and their own. His professionalism or lack of professionalism is just sad. Looked like I was watching a high school dare contest instead of the news. Some crappy journalism coverage there, meanwhile not a lot of Americans were informed on the IndyMac situation since every news outlet was busy covering this.
  • cybertron, on 07/14/2008, -1/+6Since when is a line outside a retail store considered "News?" Media sure has gone down hill. Of course, this isnt new news.
  • JohnnyKdiggs, on 07/14/2008, -1/+34This video is strangely devoid of, you know...striking back.
    • inkswamp, on 07/14/2008, -7/+3The guy in the video struck back the best way possible by not lowering himself to the reporter's childish level.
  • TaintBrush, on 07/14/2008, -4/+17"This is journalism to you?"

    Perfect. I used to hate the journalism majors in college, because they just wanted to be on TV, they cared nothing about delivering facts and information.
  • sonar1, on 07/14/2008, -3/+109this is how its done:

    http://www.devilducky.com/media/2536/
    • DrunkTomato, on 07/14/2008, -1/+5hell yes. triumph is a triumph/
    • welliwonder, on 07/14/2008, -3/+4That was funny and just in good fun instead of angry like the douche of this main digg post. (the news guy)
    • nosecohn, on 07/14/2008, -0/+12Including perfect examples of why you should never try to beat a comic at his own game.
    • mrASSMAN, on 07/14/2008, -1/+1That was ***** hilarious. I've never been a fan of triumph until this.
  • goteki45, on 07/14/2008, -1/+9That was hardly a strike back, I was expecting someone to throw something
  • wildsnake, on 07/14/2008, -3/+15The iPhone 3G is not make the long lines. The activation process did.
  • geardosdotnet, on 07/14/2008, -3/+5Maybe he should be a real news reporter and not a bad imitation of 'stuttering john' from the howard stern show.
  • brickbat, on 07/14/2008, -2/+14That was a really stupid question. The right question was "Have you ever seen a woman naked in real life?"
    • LiquidShield, on 07/14/2008, -0/+1The dude said that it was asked by viewer not him self... Me personally I would have asked "Since you have been waiting several hours in line for a phone. Have you EVER been laid?" The fact of seeing a women naked is irrelevant. Any virgin can go to the web and search for that and see millions of pic, and video of naked women.
  • inkswamp, on 07/14/2008, -13/+7This reporter is typical of people his age. Tech is no longer geeky in the same way it was 20-30 years ago. A gadget/computer geek back then couldn't get laid unless all the planets lined up. Nowadays... well, modern technology like the iPhone has a certain amount of sexiness to it that appeals to a much wider audience than the old-time geeks. The reporter was not only an ass but talking from an outdated stereotype. I would have reacted pretty much the same way the guy in the video did, not dignifying his stupidity by playing along.
    • kwirk, on 07/14/2008, -3/+8Buried for equating consumer goods with "sexiness."
    • PhildoVT, on 07/14/2008, -1/+5keep telling yourself that buddy... whatever works for ya
    • Multipurpose, on 07/14/2008, -0/+3I have some friends that work in the advertising business that would be squealing with glee if they read that.
    • stealthc, on 07/14/2008, -2/+1I agree. He's playing off an inaccurate stereotype. Not just nerds like the latest-and-greatest gizmos anymore, and even if that were the case, it's cool to be a geek now.

      No matter what the reaction from the people in line, the reporter embarrassed himself.
  • FreeTalkLIve, on 07/14/2008, -12/+21Have you ever seen a naked woman? Well, I am a Gynecologist and it's part of the job.

    I would imagine you have seen naked men, with your being a professional ***** and all that jazz. or is it jizz?

    • junkwheel, on 07/14/2008, -0/+13Too weak for the length, this is live tv, all you need is "I ***** YOUR mom!"

      See where they go with that.
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