In a statement respond to the suit, WIRED said, “We stand by this reporting, and plan to vigorously defend it against this baseless and ridiculous lawsuit. We look forward to continuing our coverage of MSG, and on billionaire James Dolan’s use of technology across his entertainment empire. It’s one part of our wider mission and the critical job of journalists, now more than ever: holding power to account.”

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[–] 65 points 1 week ago (1 child)

Why is MSG tracking people to begin with? It’s gross.

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  • [–] 59 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Because James Dolan is a paranoid power tripping dickhead. He had a parent who had taken their children to see the Rockettes thrown out because she worked for a law firm that was in litigation with MSG. She wasn’t even on the case but she got booted from the show regardless. The guy is a total chode, he makes some terrible music, if you want to laugh at him some of his stuff is on YouTube. He has a butt rock song about being friends with Harvey Weinstein and not knowing he was a monster.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    He had a parent who had taken their children to see the Rockettes thrown out because she worked for a law firm that was in litigation with MSG. She wasn’t even on the case but she got booted from the show regardless.

    I remember that case. She was identified via facial recognition too, from what I recall.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 week ago* (1 child)

    That’s right, she was. He has a knack of using that face recognition to ban people who criticize him too

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  • [–] 55 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    The same MSG that hosted a Nazi rally in the 30's? Hmm.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    "While the arena acknowledged keeping information on celebrities’ sexual orientations..." James Dolan, you do realize that this is still quite bad, right ?

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  • [–] 23 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Relevant:

    https://www.theverge.com/news/637228/madison-square-garden-james-dolan-facial-recognition-fan-ban

    The owner James Dolan is an asshole with tons of money and nothing better to do.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 week ago

    Without knowing anything else about it, I suspected that something of this sort happened. People don't jump on defamation lawsuits over published journalism without their egos being hurt in the process.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 week ago

    Ooh, naming names.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    Sounds like it’s time for people to boycott anything and everything happening at MSG.

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