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Update! News Corp also condemns Friedman. Earlier today, to the shock of the online community, FoxNews.com's Roger Friedman posted an early review of the leaked X-Men Origins: Wolverine film that hit the web earlier this week.
{sidebar id=1}A shock went through the online community after most reputable websites had refused to post any reviews on the pirated copy. Immediately, the online community condemned Roger Freidman's actions and were all surprised that FoxNews.com would allow his piece.
The IESB was quickly in contact with 20th Century Fox to ask for a comment regarding his posting. The following comment was sent over and the original article at FoxNews.com was quickly removed.
From 20th Century Fox:
"Weve just been made aware that Roger Friedman, a freelance columnist who writes Fox 411 on Foxnews.com an entirely separate company from 20th Century Fox -- watched on the internet and reviewed a stolen and unfinished version of X-Men Origins: Wolverine. This behavior is reprehensible and we condemn this act categorically -- whether the review is good or bad."
Update from News Corp 4/4/09:
Roger Friedmans views in no way reflect the views of News
Corporation. We, along with 20th Century Fox Film Corporation, have
been a consistent leader in the fight against piracy and have zero
tolerance for any action that encourages and promotes piracy. Once we
learned of Roger Friedmans post we asked Fox News to remove it, which
they did immediately.
Final thoughts? Myself, along with the majority of our online colleagues demand that Roger Friedman to never be allowed to write for any News Corp company. The damage that he has done to X-Men Origins: Wolverine is unrepairable and sent the wrong message to the entire movie going audience, that movie piracy is acceptable.
Bottomline, Roger Friedman MUST be fired.
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