“Mike Daisey, a longtime Apple critic and monologist, has turned his sights on All Things Digital’s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher over their interview this week with Apple CEO Tim Cook,” Don Reisinger reports for CNET. “‘Kara and Walt — do you really think you asked hard questions tonight? Goodness, you got Cook to admit that Ping was a failure! That’s amazing,’ Daisey wrote on his personal blog yesterday. ‘If only you had another hour, so you could get him to tell us who he liked best on Dawson’s Creek and what kind of ice cream is best: vanilla or cookies and cream. (Trick question: it’s always cookies and cream.)'”
“Swisher didn’t take the criticisms lightly. Shortly after Daisey published his post, she took to her Twitter feed, telling him that his ’15 minutes were up already,’ adding that it was a ‘good effort to make yourself relevant.’ Mossberg tweeted that ‘being attacked by an admitted liar is sort of a badge of honor,” Reisinger reports. “Daisey has become a bit of a lightning rod in the Apple world. To Apple fans, he’s widely viewed as an instigator and someone who takes aim at the company for little or no reason.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Although we figure approximately half of one will do the job, we encourage you to send Twinkies to the obviously famished Mike “The Fat Fscking Liar” Daisey in the hope that he’ll simply explode and we’ll never again have to cover anything he’s says or marvel at his chin count (email him for his address at dilettante@mikedaisey.com).
That photograph of Daisey makes us want to watch WALL·E again.
Yeah, yeah, we know: He has a “thyroid problem.” (It keeps prompting his brain to compel him to eat like a garbage truck and do nothing but sit on his massive mattress ass all day dreaming up lies.)
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Daisey is showing his desperation and making mistakes.
He only got big because the press was originally on his side (re: the NYT using him as a ‘source’, American Life program etc ).
Attacking one of their own like Mossberg alienates the press whom he needs for his b.s. Having Mossberg – a staid mainline journalist – publicly say he’s a liar isn’t good.
I find making fun of him for his weight beneath the usual level of critique provided by MDN. In an attempt to stoop to his level you shot too far and reached new depths. He has enough faults in his logic and reasoning that there was no need to make it so personal.
A Daisey a day makes the facts go away!
I’m not wild about picking on him due to his weight, as that seems irrelevant. However, that expression in the picture, if it’s characteristic is of someone I’d have nothing to do with, the absolute iconic portrait of a self-righteous ass, who bloviates and stretches the truth where he doesn’t just outright lie. Given his history, there’s a good chance the photo captured him perfectly.
If he really does have a thyroid problem, that might explain why he’s such a fscking asshole. Thyroid problems can seriously affect your demeanor.
I had a cat with a thyroid problem, it made him an asshole. We put him on meds for it and he was a sweet lovable kitty again.
C’mon fanboys, he’s not worth all the effort. He probably doesn’t like Microsoft either. And he’s not reading these posts so post about something really important like “will Apple get rid of PING”? Or will Apple bring back the Newton? I want my Newton!
Mike Daisy, or is it Mike Elephanti? Talk about Jabba the Hut!
One big fat liar.
What a bunch of petty pricks you all are. I hope your kids develop thyroid problems, perhaps it will teach you about compassion and the general lack of it in America.
This fat pig is farting again.
So much hatred. You criticise it, yet you spew it forth … Open your eyes.
He needs to spend less time attacking Apple and more time on a treadmill.
Never heard of the guy.
Where does he come from? Writing for some magazine or website? Why is he famous?
Ha ha this is another funny take from MacDailyNews. I especially liked the mentions of the quadruple chins this slob has or is getting.