Once again, Mark Vance Halburn has zero credibility!
Over the course of the last couple of months, the investigative team at PutnamLIES.com has accused him of using other people's images.
And now we're doing it again.
Check this new one out on his "Hot Shots" section.
Here's a side-by-side comparison of his latest Adventures in Right-Clicking.
Originally he said it was submitted by someone named Deborah Tyree. I'm not sure she really exists except in his head.
After being contacted by the actual photographer, he was forced to change the submitters name. The photographer didn't really submit it, but no one will ever know that.
Embarrassed? Not Halburn.
He has no shame, conscience or ethics. Doesn't bother him a bit. Never has. Never will.
It's good to be a sociopath.
Halburn says, "Hot Shots is a reader submitted section. Read the disclaimer.
It just says the submitter allows me to publish the picture without compensation. It doesn't say they had to actually have taken the picture.
I don't need permission anyway. I'M MARK HALBURN, GODDAMMIT!!!"
Tate Nutts, President of HAWG (Halburn Antics Watchdog Group) tipped us off to this egregious example of picture purloining.
We broke the story of his theft of the Blue Angels photo in September. And now here's another.
Once again, the thieving publisher and his "editorial board" publish images that clearly do not belong to the submitter.
You've been a bad boy "Hallburn". Santa's going to bring you a bag of switches.
When Mr. Steele advised (and proved to me) that someone had submitted HIS photo, I changed the name of the submitter. I NEVER STOLE THE PHOTO and ONCE AGAIN YOU HAVE LIBELED ME!!!
ReplyDeleteYeah, the photographer had to prove it, but you published it originally without ANY proof of ownership. Real stringent requirements.
ReplyDeleteThe real truth is that Tom Steele NEVER submitted the picture and you know it.
You're covering your very large ass once again.
Tybois:
ReplyDeleteI am glad you're in Virginia. We don't need you here. It's REAL SIMPLE. Someone who has submitted photos in the past decided to slip one in. I wouldn't be surprised if it was one of YOU setting me up. I took someone at their word. As soon as I realized something was wrong, I corrected the situation. End of story. Now you get to show the world what a JACKASS YOU ARE by ranting. GET A LIFE!!!!!!
It's not libel if it's true, Mark.
ReplyDeleteAnd the burden of proof should not be on the photographer who is just protecting THEIR OWN COPYRIGHT. What don't you understand about intellectual property? The part that it's not yours, and without the consent of the actual copyright holder (which the burden is on YOU to obtain that before you publish it) you have no right to publish their material.
I could say I own the Sears Tower, just as you could SAY that you obtained this photo legitimately, but we'd both be liars. And that's a special level of hell reserved for you.
I mean, hell, why do you think this is called Putnam LIES? It's not just because it rhymes... it's because your site is nothing but bigoted commentary, ignorance, things you've stolen (letters to the editor from the Miami Herald as well as from a paper in Oakland, CA; photographs; graphics from legit news sources) and links that you think makes you a member of the media.
And as an aside, Tybois, I have a huge crush on your tangent.
Word.
Hal(L)burn, you didn't remedy the situation. I am the one who took the initiative to contact the true copyright holder and advise him of your theft of his art. He had to contact you. Your due diligence is subpar.
ReplyDeleteYou can't have it both ways, Crisco, either it was someone who has submitted in the past (which you apparently trusted) or it was "one of us" who was "setting you up".
But we all know the truth. Your "image service" is really that you sit around like a troll, checking out flickr to find things that you think no one will ever notice was stolen. In this case, the image was altered just enough to avoid reverse image searches.
But it's not outside the realm of research here at HAWG. It's what we do.
Tate:
ReplyDeleteIf you cared so much, why didn't you contact ME? Probably because it was YOU that submitted it to me. And, no, I DID NOT alter the photograph. I ran it as it was submitted to me. I don't cruise Flickr. I don't have time to cruise Flickr. I have an email address where people send me photos. I've run probably 100 or so. TWO were sent by people that apparently did not own them. When I found out about the issue, I contacted the owners who were happy to allow publication. TRANSLATION: It's a NON-ISSUE to the people that matter. And that DOES NOT INCLUDE YOU OR ANY OF THE OTHER INTERNET FRIENDS OF the scumbag that publishes this blog!
Hey Crisco (sorry Tate, gotta use it), I rant because you annoy me that much.
ReplyDeleteWhen I operated my news site, I earned the respect of my peers and that included TV3 Winchester and The Winchester Star, along with the other radio stations in the area. I worked with them and got their respect. That is what a good journalist does.
When I wanted to use something that another site has made, I wrote for permission and posted that permission where all could see. I didn't steal something and pass it off as my own. I didn't make excuses that "someone else sent it in"...BULLSHIT! You stole it and you got caught...again! Real journalists don't do that, that is that whole ethics thing again.
You can spout lies all day. "I didn't steal", "someone sent it in", "it came from the publisher", whatever. At the end of the day, I still have more journalistic skills than you will ever have....and I proved it.
Now I have a life outside the news, I work with Autistic children and parents. What do you do all day? Troll websites for stories? Suck down a bucket of chicken from Walmart or KFC? I have a life, a pretty good one....and the journalism skills to boot.
Even though I got out of the business, I still have the contacts I earned with my site and the trust of those people. Do you have that Markie? Can you honestly say you can call any of the local TV stations and get them to take your call? Call the local newspaper and work with them on a story side by side? Call any number of people and use them as a QUOTED source on a story? Call any elected official and actually talk to them on a story? Actually go out with a real bonafied press crediential and work a story? Can you? No, you are a hack sitting at your greasy keyboard stealing pictures. You as a gutless, souless, ethicless hack. I rant, because I can. I have a life and I am proud of it.
Side note: Lenny, glad I made your day with my rant a couple spaces above. Hope this one makes it even better. :o)
Tybois:
ReplyDeleteCongrats on working with autistic children. That's a noble vocation.
And, yes, newspapers, TV and radio stations take my calls regularly. And they often publish stories after I break them first.
You assume that I care if you respect me. I could care less. I haven't seen your news work. But I've seen your tasteless, negative rants that are filled with false accusations. I am glad you are out of the news business. We're better off because of that. Great move!
Hal(L)burn:
ReplyDeleteI don't contact you because you're psychotic. You would have accused me of "setting you up", as you already have in this post (which, by the way is libelous). You would have claimed up and down that the image was the property of Deborah Tyree and that swear up and down that I am a liar.
Instead, we here at HAWG go through proper channels, first verifying the proper owner of the stolen property, and then notification of the copyright holder. It is up to the owner of the copyright if they wish to persue, in this case, the copyright holder decided to take action on their own upon notification that their property had been stolen, altered and passed off as someone else's.
But most of all, we at HAWG operate in this fashion because we like to see your ass handed to you by the very people who you attempt to defraud.
As opposed to your brand of news which includes stealing letters to the publisher, photographs and stories from legitimate news organizations? Oh, yeah, we're much better off with your kind everywhere. Dick.
ReplyDeleteThey take your calls? It's more like, "Hey it's that whackjob "Hallburn" on the phone. Someone talk to him so he doesn't come to our office and harass us."
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that media outlets are scrambling to publish the stories that you "broke".
Like they want to cover a consignment shop, car wash or pawn shop opening. Don't you mean that YOU often LINK to stories that others break?
Because that's what your blog is. A collection of others' links.
That's some real hard hitting "journalism".
The only "ism" you see is the jism dripping off your chin.
You say "we're better off" like you're actually IN the news business "Hallburn".
You aren't in the news media, you're a nut.
Halburn:
ReplyDeleteYou'll learn all about the services for "special" kids once your little retard spawn is able to gnaw through the floorboards that are covered in chicken fat to escape you.
Ty-- Your rants are golden. Love it. Also, kudos on working with special kids. I volunteer, and it breaks my heart every single time I have to leave the kid I work with.
ReplyDeleteOK, Mark... give us any "news item" that you've "broke" that another, legitimate news outlet has credited back to you. Just one. None of this "Putnam(L)live said this first" you like to put in your "stories", but an actual event you and you alone were at, wrote about, and had used by any of the standing news sources in the greater Charleston/Huntington area.
ReplyDelete"Ghost" writing doesn't count...
btw... you are known here where I work... my boss says "if Hallburn calls, I am not in. If he shows up, always say 'no comment'"
ReplyDeleteYour reputation precedes you...
This blog is revolting.
ReplyDeleteWow. Two anonymous pro "Hallburn" posts from the same Library within 4 minutes of each other.
ReplyDeleteWe wear your contempt as a badge of honor. fuckstick.
You would know all the worthless nerds in high school since you were the biggest whiner there.
At the library trolling for underage kids again fatty?
Halburn: In your unsolved crime series you say the sheriff's office didn't give you the video from the speedway robberies but gave them to other news media outlets. HELLO BEING AN ASSHOLE WITH A BLOG DOES NOT MAKE YOU A NEWS MEDIA OUTLET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete::goes to open his mouth and realizes all that needs to be said has been said, so he opts for that famous line in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure::
ReplyDeleteSan Dimas High Football Rules!
::crowd cheers::
P.S. Tate Nutts rocks the casbah!
News bulletin: When you have an ARMED ROBBER on the streets YOU GIVE THE PICTURES TO EVERYONE! That's if you're a COMPETENT Sheriff! And the above posts weren't "Pro-Hallburn" they are ANTI-YOU!!!!
ReplyDeleteStamper:
ReplyDeleteNews outlets in Charleston don't normally credit competitors for beating them. But here are two:
1) WOWK credited me for breaking the story of the FBI searching Delegate Joe Ferrell's Logan office years ago.
2) Daily Mail credited me for breaking the Walmart story.
Want a (short) list of stories that I broke that others covered days later?
1) Stan Farley's no-contest DUI plea.
2) Gary Walton's arrest.
3) Arrest of Pepper Eren.
4) School bond passage.
5) Gino's Pizza robbery and suspect arrest.
6) St. Mary's doctor's office.
7) The new Joy FM radio.
8) Stover siblings arrest.
And, no, Stamper, I don't know or care where you work.
Tyler:
ReplyDeleteForget the movie's line, it's the San Dimas High School baseball team that rules. CIF champs! Congrats to the Saints!
And the horse you rode in on also putnamblob.
ReplyDeleteOMG I would sooo watch that, heck, I would pay to watch that on one of those $50 HBO pay per views.
ReplyDeleteYou should seriously think about it Mark, you would get some great publicity for your blog.
You know what's revolting, Hal(L)burn? The fact that you think we are dumb enough to believe you have supporters.
ReplyDeleteYou should get therapy for your obvious case of Schizophrenia.
Kinda like the "Letter to the Publisher" I "wrote" you back when, eh?
ReplyDeleteAgain... you worked for the Daily Mail for a brief stint. That's public knowledge (btw... what happened to that gig?) The rest? I highly doubt any news organizations read your blog, then sent a reporter out to cover them.
Sorry, you're not important... pack it in and move on...
Harry:
ReplyDeleteWhat happened to The Daily Mail gig? When Hurricane PD screwed up and falsely arrested me after I called a contractor about his unli;censed blaster The Daily Mail cut me loose. When I was acquitted the publisher of The Daily Mail refused to reinstate me. Ethical publications stand behind their reporters when they are falsely accused. And why did Sorsaia use the courts to harass me and dismiss the righteous citation against the unlicensed blaster? Because Putnam County's "Leaders" sold their souls to Wally World!
I just wanna say...
ReplyDeleteI had this dream where I sat down to this nice Thanksgiving dinner, and when I stuck my fork into the turkey it yelled out, "BREAKING NEWS!!! SOME FAT KID IS ABOUT TO EAT ME!!!! SOMEONE GET MY A LAPTOP AND JAM IT UP MY ASS!!!!"
The mashed potatoes were good, though...
This doesn't have anything to do with a blaster having a license or not.
ReplyDeleteIt's about YOU behaving like a 2 year old.
I'll bet your spawn acts more mature than you do. Unless you've already warped him.
Nobody wants a psychotic working for them. Too much liability.
Mike:
ReplyDeleteThe only one behaving like a toddler is ME!
I don't want to deal with facts, I ONLY want to deal with baseless and immature accusations because I simply do not have any brain cells and don't like myself. Meanwhile, my business continues to shrink, more advertisers run away, and that makes me even crazier than I already am! I enjoy my suite at the mental institution, but I am off to continue to eat a living!
I don't know of any media outlets that have a single writer/editor. You know why? Because it shows as bias, and it's a fucking retarded idea, fatcunthalburn.
ReplyDeleteYou are NOT A LEGITIMATE NEWS SOURCE. I hesitate to even call your bigotted rants and stolen content a blog... because bloggers have original content... they don't need to copy another's links and try to pass them off as their own Wild, Wonderful, Wacky links. You know what I'm talking about, too. How everytime GoW puts up an amusing link, within minutes, it's up on your shithole.
I'd rather read about nail polish, or the contents of dog vomit.
I would pay $500 bucks in a heartbeat just to see the look on the poor wife swap woman's face whin teh "Stay Puff Marsh-mallow Man" showed up at her door. Would she call Ghostbusters or Rotorooter?
ReplyDeleteSo you twisted another post. Proving once again that you can't deal with the TRUTH!
ReplyDeleteTATE!!! It's been ages! I love that you've found your way to this blog. Entertainment at its finest. As for the stolen images, here's some advice Halburn, with one L. STOP PUBLISHING PHOTOS THAT ARE ALLEGEDLY SENT TO YOU BY ALLEGEDLY RANDOM PEOPLE YOU DON'T KNOW AND ACTUALLY PAY FOR THEM ON STOCK PHOTO SITES OR GET OFF YOUR BUTT AND TAKE THE PICTURES YOURSELF! All you do is blame everyone else for you stupid behavior. What you're doing is stealing. And you always give the same lame excuse ... "uh, well, golly gee, Gomer. Some random reader sent it to me so I totally thought it was fit to print without paying any royalties. How was I supposed to know? It's not like I'm a real journalist. I just play one on the Internet."
ReplyDeleteHey, Miss Fantasyland:
ReplyDeleteReader submitted photos are just that. READER SUBMITTED! At NO POINT did I claim to shoot them. The submitter has been contacted and advised of the issue and to only submit photos that she took. I don't believe she meant any harm. But it gave all of you something worthless to do with your abundance of free time. Now, Joanne, move back to WV or learn to mind your own business. I'm betting you do neither. You have too much fun being a nosy busybody.
But it's YOUR responsibility,lardass. You're the so-called publisher. You don't have to claim that you shot them.
ReplyDeleteBy printing them, you've stolen them.
You obviously have no problem publishing items that belong to others. And you seem to do it on a regular basis.
It is the worst kind of laziness to claim that a reader sent it in, so it's OK for you to publish it.
I'd like to suggest that YOU move back to California AND learn to mind your own business.
I'm betting you do neither.
Asshole.
Doesn't look like our wishes will be granted for the holiday season and Putnamblob moving back to California.... no one is going to make any offer that his wife and mother in law will accept... the enduring Walmart blog has been resurrected on Putnamblob's blog, I'm surprised he isn't slamming the realtor yet. How many offers so far Putnamblob? Over or under one?
ReplyDeleteWe will accept an offer of $350,000. And we will leave Putnam County and I will sell PutnamLIVE.com. Here's your chance to make it happen!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you would.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that nobody's going to make the offer.
Your wife should have taken the first one but you wouldn't let her, greedhead.
She never was given an offer! YOU LIE!!!
ReplyDeleteReally?
ReplyDeleteThat's not what your lawyer Mike Clifford said when he fired you.
And I quote,
"The fact that you were once offered a buy out, but refused it because you thought the property would have more value after the completion of the Wal-mart is both troubling and inconsistent with your arguments that you need to move."
Bad move, asshole. You should have taken the money and run.
*crickets*
ReplyDeleteWaiting on a response for that there Mark-o...