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Shortly thereafter, Bushman’s video was flagged and removed from Mark Q. Patterson’s YouTube account on the grounds of copyright infringement. The claimant was Christopher Gene Mooney, who proceeded to flag all copies of the video circulating on YouTube in an attempt to fully remove it from the public spotlight. Seemingly overnight, Bushman’s disclosure had gone from YouTube hit, achieving upwards of 1 million streams per day at its peak, to YouTube urban legend, becoming increasingly difficult to locate.
ParaSci reached out to Chris Mooney, a Tucson Photographer, to ascertain the circumstances in which his copyright claims had been placed. In his response, Mooney asserted that he was the videographer and rightful owner to the Boyd Bushman interview, and that it was published by Mark Q. Patterson unbeknownst to him. Mooney further asserted his goal of preserving Bushman’s legacy in a positive light with no intention of suppressing any of the information in Bushman’s final interview. After further inquiry, Mooney indicated his current inability to discuss the matter any deeper, although he hoped to be able to do so soon.
ParaSci also reached out to Mark Q. Patterson, the independent aerospace professional allegedly responsible for leaking the video to begin with. No response was received.
It’s worth reiterating that Mooney and Patterson both reside in Bushman’s hometown of Tucson, AZ.
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Chris Mooney is an award winning author, science and political journalist, and experienced trainer of scientists in the art of communication. He works as a correspondent for the Climate Desk and a contributing writer at Mother Jones magazine, where he covers science (especially climate science) and co-hosts the popular podcast Inquiring Minds (along with neuroscientist and opera singer Indre Viskontas). Inquiring Minds was recently singled out as one of the “Best of 2013″ podcasts on iTunes—you can learn more here.
dan leonard4 weeks ago
Chris, why did you yank the Boyd Bushman video via a copyright claim?
originally posted by: funbox
a reply to: Phage
ide say that some strange irony is going on, If this guy has nothing to do with it
originally posted by: funbox
a reply to: CosmicRay
I think he played a part somewhere , maybe he feels the urge to fix the scientific illiteracy in America ,
Shortly thereafter, Bushman’s video was flagged and removed from Mark Q. Patterson’s YouTube account on the grounds of copyright infringement. The claimant was Christopher Gene Mooney, who proceeded to flag all copies of the video circulating on YouTube in an attempt to fully remove it from the public spotlight. Seemingly overnight, Bushman’s disclosure had gone from YouTube hit, achieving upwards of 1 million streams per day at its peak, to YouTube urban legend, becoming increasingly difficult to locate. ParaSci reached out to Chris Mooney, a Tucson Photographer, to ascertain the circumstances in which his copyright claims had been placed. In his response, Mooney asserted that he was the videographer and rightful owner to the Boyd Bushman interview, and that it was published by Mark Q. Patterson unbeknownst to him. Mooney further asserted his goal of preserving Bushman’s legacy in a positive light with no intention of suppressing any of the information in Bushman’s final interview. After further inquiry, Mooney indicated his current inability to discuss the matter any deeper, although he hoped to be able to do so soon. ParaSci also reached out to Mark Q. Patterson, the independent aerospace professional allegedly responsible for leaking the video to begin with. No response was received. It’s worth reiterating that Mooney and Patterson both reside in Bushman’s hometown of Tucson, AZ.
originally posted by: Frank12345
" Kicked-Off Wikipedia "
Apparently it's contagious ...
wikipedia.org/wiki/Above_Top_Secret
Fails GNG - promotional/vanity article. This article about the conspiracy theory message board Above Top Secret (ATS) has 28 references, of which, 16 are to the site abovetopsecret.com itself, 4 are back to Wikipedia, and the substance of the rest are to conspiracy blogs like illuminatirex.com and members.fortunecity.com/groom51. One RS ref to WIRED and another to Scientific American contain only passing and incidental mentions to specific posts on ATS. Several other references to RS sources don't actually mention ATS at all (e.g. a citation to MSNBC in a paragraph mentioning that the Terri Schiavo case was discussed in ATS is used simply to source the fact Terri Schiavo died). We have placed a verification tag on this article for the last 4 years and it has not improved in that time. A thorough search for RS finds nothing of the substance or breadth that would justify this message board's inclusion (note there are numerous references to the unrelated book titled "Above Top Secret" from which this message board takes its name but has no direct relationship). BlueSalix (talk) 17:36, 22 November 2014 (UTC) Automated comment: This AfD was not correctly transcluded to the log (step 3). I have transcluded it to Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Log/2014 November 22. —cyberbot I NotifyOnline 18:00, 22 November 2014 (UTC) Note: This debate has been included in the list of Websites-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica1000 20:54, 22 November 2014 (UTC) Note: This debate has been included in the list of News media-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica1000 20:54, 22 November 2014 (UTC) Note: This debate has been included in the list of Delaware-related deletion discussions. NorthAmerica1000 20:55, 22 November 2014 (UTC) Delete per nom. Dbrodbeck (talk) 22:30, 22 November 2014 (UTC) Delete as above. Nickm57 (talk) 23:46, 22 November 2014 (UTC) Delete A conspiracy theory message board that reliable secondary sources have failed to give serious and in-depth coverage to. - LuckyLouie (talk) 19:40, 23 November 2014 (UTC) Note: This debate has been included in the list of Conspiracy theories-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:02, 24 November 2014 (UTC) Note: This debate has been included in the list of Paranormal-related deletion discussions. • Gene93k (talk) 00:02, 24 November 2014 (UTC) Delete GNG fail. — ArtifexMayhem (talk) 03:58, 24 November 2014 (UTC) Delete; if a topic has little coverage by independent sources, and it's in WP:FRINGE territory, then it's impossible for us to maintain a neutral article. bobrayner (talk) 23:59, 24 November 2014 (UTC) Delete per nom. Insufficient coverage in reliable sources. It should be noted that much of the article is WP:OR, based on nothing beyond contributors' own analysis of the website. AndyTheGrump (talk) 00:31, 25 November 2014 (UTC) Strong delete - simply fails to meet any of our standards, either of reliability or of notability. --Orange Mike | Talk 01:40, 25 November 2014 (UTC) The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
originally posted by: CosmicRay
a reply to: Char-Lee
No, that's not the same person. I updated my post above with some more info.
EDIT: www.chrismooney.com...
twitter.com...
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That's the Chris Mooney that filed the copyright claim on the video.