andyt andyt:
Seems you've posted a number of bullshit stories. To be expected when you're trawling the slime pool of the media.
You know I was going to take it easier on you, because it's so easy to knock you back it almost feels like bullying, but if you're determined to make it personal, screw it. It's on.
You don't want me using the Vancouver Province now? Why not? I've seen you use it. Has something changed? It isn't news now until Neil MacDonald at CBC has a feeling about it. Is that it? Then it's safe for even a purist like yourself to post, is it? Cause CBC editorials are the real news, right? I've seen you post a few of those as news.
And the next time you post a story that's 3 years old as news I shouldn't just politely correct it and move on as I've done in the past, I should do my best to make you squirm - is that the new rule?
In any case the description of "Hoax" here may be hyperbole.
I should have used the Daily Mail.
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The schoolboy who 'won a month in a hotel with a porn actress' says he is planning his first date with her amid suspicion that his prize was a stunt or a hoax.
The Russian online game company which offered X-rated star Ekaterina 'Katya' Makarova to the 100,000th visitor to its website is also now stressing that the deal certainly does not involve sex.
This is despite a claim by the actress herself that 'life is life' and 'it is a usual thing when inexperienced boys are looking for more experienced girlfriends'.
More doubt was cast on the prize as images emerged of documents indicating that winner Ruslan Schedrin, reported as being 16, is in fact only 14.
Ruslan is a child actor, which has led to claims in Moscow that the entire competition may have been staged as a publicity stunt for him, the online company, and possibly the porn actress too.
Whatever the truth, the boy has been quoted in the Russian media saying he is excited about meeting Makarova, believed to be in her mid-20s, who is based in Vladimir Putin's home city of St Petersburg.
'Oh, I have great plans,' he said about their first date, having earlier claimed she had 'good sizes' and that he was 'boiling inside'.
'We'll go to dine in a restaurant,' he added.
'Then I want to show Moscow to Katya, to walk around Red Square, and in the park. I will behave in a way that she is my girlfriend.
'Maybe she will come to my school to pick me up after lessons.'
He appeared to hit back at his mother who has been quoted as being opposed to him spending time with the actress.
'I am confused that my parents do not like it - but this is my prize. So I will make up my mind myself,' he said.
His mother Vera, 38, claimed her son has a lucky streak when it comes to competitions - he once came home with an iron from a shop opening event, and another time won a teapot.
'He always gets something in lotteries. But I don't know what to think about a live girl as a prize.'
She added: 'Ruslan is a good student. He has often won prizes in knowledge competitions.
'Of course, he is big enough to decide what to do. But both his father and I are against it - and we will try to talk him out of it.
'The organisers have assured us that this Ekaterina will only go to the cafe or cinema with him.
'But is this normal, after all? My son has spoken to her on Skype. I have seen her too online.
'She looks like an adequate enough girl. But how could she agree to such a thing?'
Money maybe the reason - it is suspected she has already received several thousands pounds for the project.
A spokesman for the company behind the stunt has admitted that Ruslan was not the first 'winner', while at the same time insisting sex is not part of the agreement.
'At first we planned this prize for Valentine's Day', said Oleg Voronin.
'A young boy was the winner.We contacted his mother and told us to f*** off.
'So we had to replay it for the 23 February holiday [on which Russians honour the Armed Forces].
'At the beginning we did not allow those under 16 to take part because they are under the age of consent.
'Now Ruslan's mother tells us to pay them money instead.
'But we have already paid this porn star - several hundred thousand roubles.'
It is also unclear how both boys could be the 100,000th visitor.
Asked if sex was involved in the prize, he said: 'No, we have paid her only for meeting the winner.
'And now everyone is saying that we are seducing underaged boys - but there will not be any sexual contact.'
Perhaps fearing legal action, he insisted about the prize - one month in a hotel with the porn star: 'We did not offer anything intimate.
'It is not prostitution.
'The girl and the boy will just communicate for a month.
'You see, this is just a website for gamers. These are people who rarely meet real girls. It is cool for them just to go out with a porn star.'
The actress has also said: 'We will negotiate it with his mother too if he can live in a hotel with me, or fly with me somewhere.
Another spokesman hit back at claims the entire prize was a hoax, insisting they had not realised he was a child actor at the time he was selected.
'To be honest, we found out about it after report in LifeNews [Russian news site],' he said.
'We immediately realised that there might be certain trust problems because of that. But what could we do at that stage?'
Ruslan has insisted this week to the Moscow media that he is 16, and was born in December 1999. His mother was also quoted describing him as 16.
However, serious doubts have emerged over his age.
An official Moscow residential database, apparently based on official information, indicates he was born on 8 August 2001, as does one actors' database.
Another actors' database lists as being born on 2 December 2001.
In either case, he would now be 14. His main social media account also suggests he is 14.
Writing on the Russian version of Facebook, VKontakte, he stresses that his year of birth 'is not 1999 but 2001'.
The age of consent in Russia is 16.
His mother also made clear she was against his computer game hobby, and use of this website where he 'often' bought 'virtual weapons'.
'My husband and I tried to fight with this hobby but it is just impossible,' she said.
'All his friends and classmates are in this game.
'Ruslan says that if he gives up playing this game, he will have nothing to talk about to his friends.
'I've heard that they help each other with homework in return for new virtual weapons.'
So it sounds like even the great Gawker may not have given all the facts.
I don't know, I guess you never know for sure what news is until Neil MacDonald at CBC has one of his famous feelings, right Andy?
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