While looking through the NPPA listserv I found several extremely exaggerated accounts of him "working" in East Palo Alto where he claims he spent lots of time doing narc raids and car chases in 1996. He also blows the number of homicides way way way out of proportion.
"There are a number of zones in the United States that pack just as much punch as the hot-spot of the week and never get coverage. Look at East Palo Alto, CA, in 1995 it was the homocide capitol of the US with almost 800 "suspicious" DOAs/homocides in this small roughly 2 mile city of 23,500 people, only 40 cops. I was there in 1996 frequently, it was a war zone (been cleaned up, literally by a new Sheriff). New Orleans' underbelly , and of course my home town "combat zone" the projects in Brooklyn."
For the record, East Palo Alto was the murder capital in the U.S. (per capita) in 1992 with 42 homicides. In 1995, they had six murders, not 800. For him to say that it was a war zone in 1996 is pure fiction.
http://articles.sfgate.com/1996-12-24/news/17788372_1_city-s-police-murders-police-officials
Here he talks about being shot at and involved in gun battles in East Palo Alto:
"Not to sound like an ass (which I am sure a number of you think I sound like often), sometimes close & scared is the only way to get the photo. I admit, as I have before, most of my firefight/gun fight photos were taken in NYC, Boston, D.C., Redwood City/East Palo Alto (CA) and other places in the U.S., but gun fight is a gun fight. Most of my gun drawn and aimed photos are on rooftops, in project stairways and backyards, most of the time 18mm-85mm because it is the only way ( I really suggest owning threat level 3 bullet-vest for this). I know it is very different from Nicaragua, but not far off. I know that I have been shot at to many times, and have bee thankul for wearing the Kevlar because I prefer a broken rib to a hole in me"
http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.nppa-l/browse_thread/thread/9260d9ec7a10ef23/6aa5e4bbfb813047?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=steven+frischling+palo+alto#6aa5e4bbfb813047
More talk of "gun play" in East Palo Alto - the HOMOcide capitol
"I have a number of images of gun play upclose & personal, have a few photos of guns being aimed at me, photos of riot situations from inside the riot & so on, I do not need to travel to find the wars, they are here. I spend a lot of time when I can in the inner cities and in heavy drug & homocide areas , from parts of NYC to East Palo Alto (the homocide capitol of the US for 2 years)."
http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.nppa-l/browse_thread/thread/e58f0ddff14081a9/931a0b99d288d5bb?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=steven+frischling+palo+alto#931a0b99d288d5bb
Then he was involved in a high-speed pursuit with the California Highway Patrol that ended in East Palo Alto. A look at 187 articles in the San Francisco Chronicle archive from 1996 yielded NO stories of high-speed chases, especially one involving eight sheriff/police departments chasing a 14-year-old boy through five cities and two counties:
"The California Highway Patrol, Golden Gate Division, is one such department that has lead perps in front of me on purpose durring a bust to make sure I got there face, esspecially is the perp still have the crime evidence in their hands, that way when the images are published the evidence is matter-of-fact. I find the expressions of perps add to the image and make it more dramatic, although sometimes no face is better. One photo where it works was taken in East Palo Alto, CA which had been the murder capital of the US in 92 & 93, the CHP unit I was with was lead on a chase that ended up involving the CHP, San Mateo & Santa Clara county sheriffs and the municipal police from 5 police departments (the chase went through 2 counties and 6 towns/cities). When the car finially slammed to a halt, I mean slammed, the driver drove up to a wall by accident. The photo shows the face of a 14 year old boy trying to hide his gun (later found to have been used in a murder) and conceal about 18 grams of cocaine, he is there looking scared and inncocent with 3 officers with shot guns advancing on him. The boy is guilty obviously, he was charged as an adult for drug trafficing, so in the eyes of the law I did not photograph a minor."
http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.nppa-l/browse_thread/thread/393a55833055927b/ee0cad1b27995132?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=steven+frischling+palo+alto#ee0cad1b27995132
Apparently there were riots in East Palo Alto, although there are no records of any riots there, and a search of the Chronicle archives for 1996 shows NOTHING to support that claim.
"I see Brooklyn a lot (although the IRA bombings in the U.K. were more polite than the riots in East Palo Alto, CA)."
http://groups.google.com/group/bit.listserv.nppa-l/browse_thread/thread/3117b1dee0aaa72c/2eff63043d310151?hl=en&lnk=gst&q=steven+frischling+palo+alto#2eff63043d310151
So Frischling, where can we see your photos of these riots in East Palo Alto and of the boy hiding his gun and cocaine after that epic car chase? While you're searching your archives, can you find the photos of IRA bombings as well?
All these photos certainly sound captivating - why don't you put them on your portfolio?
Of course it's true! I don't understand why anyone would want to see photos of events that never happened before they will agree to believe in them.
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
Andrew Fielding
I wonder if Frischling's soon-to-be cell mates would be interested to know about how closely he has worked with law enforcement in the past?
ReplyDeleteSteven, you've always seen yourself as a law enforcement/fire dept./EMS guy... how does it feel to now have a criminal record and to know that soon you'll be an inmate?
How does that feel? So come on here and leave messages berating us some more over grammar Steven.
In a few weeks we'll all be free to eat steak, have sex, walk in the park, etc. whenever we want and you'll be wearing jail blues and asking some guard for permission to take a piss.
Do any of our "three" regular readers have an archive of the old AOL photojournalism discussion boards, circa 1992-1995 probably, on an old hard drive?
ReplyDeleteThere would be some absolutely incredible FishFoto / Steven E. Frischling gems in there if someone has access to an archive.
One particularly genius exchange that I can remember involved a very junior FishFelon calling out one of the most respected photojournalists from Vietnam as a coward. You know, that photojournalist that made the extremely famous photo, one of the two most famous photos of the war. I think there is some sort of Workshop that he started, held in upstate New York every October, oh gee, what's his name again?
Needless to say, Junior FishFelon was shouted down by many very respected members on that board.
I sure hope one of our three readers could pull this out from the archives, it would be amazing reading.
Holy shizzle! He called Eddie Adams a coward? That should have ended his "career" right there.
ReplyDeleteAs for his adventures in East Palo Alto, who the hell was he working for? And why weren't people telling him he was full of shit at the time?
Wasn't he still a teenager when all of this "action" was going down? And where is the foul mouthed grammar police to rip HIS writing to shreds?
ReplyDeleteHey slick, I was there and it wasn't Fish. Please get your facts straight before making such a ludicrous statement.
ReplyDelete"I miss daily news, I miss hard news, on the other hand I like knowing I am creating a future for my kids."
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=22211
4:29 = Steven Frischling.
ReplyDeleteI live in San Francisco and I've never seen Frischling's name associated with any California newspaper or heard of him working for any agency here. It's certainly not on his resume.
ReplyDeleteI've never looked before, but the NPPA listserv seems to be a treasure trove of Fish blather. A random click pulled this up:
ReplyDeleteFrom October 16, 2000
"Other times I have had people stand in front of me to block my shot.
When I lived on Long Island I had a cop knock me off my feet while
shooting an accident involving a Nassau County Police cruiser. So I
think people want to hit photogs a lot."
Looks like his brother was drinking the Kool-Aid ® a one point:
ReplyDelete"Steven has that rare 'no fear' gene that enables him to charge into fires before the firemen to get the best photo. A freelance photojournalist in New York, Steve prefers chasing ambulances to any of that papparazzi crap."
http://www.frischling.com/wedding/attendants.htm
seems like nobody in the Frischling family is drinking the Kool-Aid anymore. Would love to hear what the straw was that broke the camel's back. How much does he owe each of them? Five figures?
ReplyDeletecongratulations Fielding! You made it on FYSS!
ReplyDeletehttp://fuckyeahsportsshooter.tumblr.com/post/10605659570/additionally-i-have-experience-shooting-both
Andrew,
ReplyDeleteTime to change your major man. You're done.
Steven Frischling on FlyerTalk:
ReplyDelete"My blog is actually a known news site within the airline and aviation security industry. Its frequently quoted by major news outlets."
Done? He can't be done....he just beat the AP to the wire by at least 30 minutes! BOO YAH!
ReplyDeleteWait. He beat the AP to the USPW wire? OK, and WHO the hell sees that? So he sent some shit-tastic isolated action shots to a fake news wire. Maybe he can get paid $1.27 for some web usage. Good job kid.
ReplyDeletewow, congratulations Andrew! That's $1.50 more in photo sales than Steven Frischling has made in all of 2011.
ReplyDeleteIs that going to support you when you get out of college and mommy and daddy stop paying the bills??
HAH!!! Andrew is great at telling STORES! He's a digital Native American too, because he's used the Internet for 70 percent of his life. (The other 30 percent he was at fat camp.)
ReplyDeleteAndrew Fielding's Summary
-Nikon User
-My knowledge of my subject matter allows me to develop a photojournalistic perspective to tell a store either alone or when accompanying copy.
-Big believer in community service and in corporations giving back to their community.
-Digital Native, internet user for more than 70% of my life.
-Social Media savvy, knowledgeable in various aspects of social media
Specialties
Sports Photography
http://www.linkedin.com/in/fielding
5:54, being faster at taking a dump on the wire isn't anything to be proud of. Is that how you define beating the AP? It's also not accurate, because A) no one really cares, it's from unranked Tennessee State vs unranked Air Force, and B) those photos were submitted to the AP from the Colorado Springs Gazette photographer, who would outshoot Fielding any day of the week. Nice try, though.
ReplyDeletebut 6:31, do the Colorado Springs Gazette photographer's photos tell STORES?
ReplyDeleteIt's just sad and amazing that Steven has been spewing his made up garbage his entire adult life.
ReplyDeleteMaybe if he had gotten the proper medical treatment for his disorder instead of getting made up medical treatment there would be some hope for him.
Maybe he will get real medical help in prison.
the only medical help he will get is his ass sewed back up after a romantic night with Bubba.
ReplyDeleteBut Steven is a hero... heros don't go to jail.
ReplyDelete6:31 - Just repeating AF's twitter posting from earlier. His words, not mine.
ReplyDelete7:14, thanks for the clarification. It's even douchier that he puts that crap out on Twitter. That guy is never going anywhere.
ReplyDelete"Maybe if he had gotten the proper medical treatment for his disorder"
ReplyDeletehow do we know what he even has? I guess antiosocial personality disorder is the only one that fits
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antisocial_personality_disorder
ReplyDeleteThe Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM IV-TR), defines antisocial personality disorder (in Axis II Cluster B) as:[1]
A) There is a pervasive pattern of disregard for and violation of the rights of others occurring since age 15 years, as indicated by three or more of the following:
failure to conform to social norms with respect to lawful behaviors as indicated by repeatedly performing acts that are grounds for arrest;
deception, as indicated by repeatedly lying, use of aliases, or conning others for personal profit or pleasure;
impulsiveness or failure to plan ahead;
irritability and aggressiveness, as indicated by repeated physical fights or assaults;
reckless disregard for safety of self or others;
consistent irresponsibility, as indicated by repeated failure to sustain consistent work behavior or honor financial obligations;
lack of remorse, as indicated by being indifferent to or rationalizing having hurt, mistreated, or stolen from another;
B) The individual is at least age 18 years.
C) There is evidence of conduct disorder with onset before age 15 years.
D) The occurrence of antisocial behavior is not exclusively during the course of schizophrenia or a manic episode.
blo·vi·ate
ReplyDeleteverb /ˈblōvēˌāt/
bloviated, past participle; bloviated, past tense; bloviates, 3rd person singular present; bloviating, present participle
Talk at length, esp. in an inflated or empty way
And the poster child for this word would be?
Thoroughly check out this from the folks at Mashable:
ReplyDeletehttp://mashable.com/2011/09/24/social-media-career/
Now that you see what an actual social media strategist must know and and how they must execute to be successful, you can only reach the conclusion that our guy is once again an abysmal failure in yet another career choice. Is social media big in jail?
And after checking out Mashable, have a look at our Little Fish Fielding latest twitter.....
ReplyDelete@skyvan
Fielding
I think i'm seriously going to hire an assistant...I don't have time for invoicing and following up. Need someone in Denver.
there is a possible job opportunity for Frischling somewhere in here....
Or else Fielding is playing an old Frischling 'Look at me, I'm so busy' card.
What serious professional in any occupation twits this kind of dribble? Dont have time to invoice? Give me a fucking break. Its all eyewash and bullshit. The fucker stayed in bed until 1pm yesterday. I'M CALLING BULLSHIT.
It's hard to get out of bed and do work when you need to spend 18 hours a day eating.
ReplyDelete"flyingwithfish Flying With Fish
ReplyDelete@RunwayGirl I haven't been upgraded on US, or flown in US F (domestic) or J (TATL) since 2008 when I left Dividend Miles."
So the lack of travel experiences that the rest of us frequent fliers regularly deal with somehow makes him an expert commentator on the subject? Is this really how these travel bloggers roll?
Mr. Fielding, Even the closest are not your friends. You were sussed out well before your rise in Frischling Fame. Its your inflated ego and that Frischling-like waistline is your ultimate downfall.
ReplyDeleteWhat gave you the right to insult working professionals while all you do is spin stories about how popular, talented and busy you are. Sorry to say this Andrew but you Sir are a fucking mess.
Three days outta bootcamp and I got sent to the Redhook Projects in Brooklyn to do a double-truck for Interior Living Magazine on the CIA's involvement in a possible kitchen counter design incident at the pad of the Notorious B.I.G.
ReplyDeleteWhile riding shotgun in a lowrider with 2Pac, I was able to get some amazing wide-angle action pics of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg- arms outstrectched... MAC-10s blazing sideways. It was pretty intense. I think Biggee may even have been hit.
Later that afternoon I boarded a Concorde for HO, with stops in BAG, FUL, OF, SHT. I parachuted out over the Sinai becase of an amazing hummus recipe that a local bedouin guide told be was located on Jebel- Al Douchebag- and I knew I had to have it!
It was my intent to shoot a portrait of Yasser Arafat while under fire in his Ramallah compound while in the Holy Land but had to settle for a training run with Magen David Adom and a tactical insertion into Beirut with Zohan. Let me tell you, Beirut is no Red Hook. These Arab locals with suicide vests, RPG's, and Kalashnikov's have nothing on the projects of New York and Montreal.
Did I mention that I won awards for my wedding photography while in Beirut? Zohan was able to cover me while I handheld my 2000mm F22 Nikkor mirror lens to shoot the ceremony from over 800 metres away at night- just before a tidal wave came in. They had the wedding on top of a huge rock, so all of the participants survived the tidal wave! (I always knew shooting pix of giant rocks would come in handy some day.) I moved those wedding/tidal wave/Zohan shots for almost 20 large....
I am a tank. I am Steven FRISCHLING and my tank is full... like the Preface to my latest book extolls. After winning my civil suit against Braniff for being stupid enough NOT to have a social media coordinator BEFORE the internet was even commercially unveiled(wow are they stupid, if they would have just listened to ME!)- I used my 2.2 million peso payday fr them to start the Steve Frischling Emergency LifeBoat Co., thinking that- if no-one wants to hire me to do photo assignments- then I'll just have to rescue ppl while taking picture of my incredible coolness saving them. Wow. I rock! I wonder why no-one else thinks so? I'm sad now, because everyone sucks except for me. If everyone would stop sucking so much my life would be way better because then you'd be listening to me since OBVIOUSLY I'm smarterer (sic)
Thanks
^^ Magnificent....A bit understated by Frischling's standard, but still, magnificent.
ReplyDelete"I need an assistant" is a bunch of crap. What about just doing it yourself? If the idea is that you're trying to market yourself as a hard working photographer, then work the extra hours and not pawn off work. If I was hiring a photographer, I don't want to see 50 tweets a day because I'm going to assume that they're dickin' around on the internets instead of working for their clients.
ReplyDelete"but you Sir are a fucking mess"
ReplyDeleteSpoken from a true... I'm sorry, what did you say you do? Oh that's right, call out others while hiding behind yet another anonymous post, imagine that. Oh boy, another little man-panion waiting to be picked up thru Craigslist.
"If I was hiring a photographer"
Yeah IF, tuff to do between those burgers you're flippin' ain't it.
Oh you little fucks are so fucking easy!
What's new on the Fish and 'drew blogs and their twitter posts, can't wait.
Tomorrows Brattleburro Headline: Fieldings parents acquitted in repeated taserings of son, Judge orders Andrew deported to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso to serve out his "stop tweeting like a tard" sentence.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I guess that would be new.
11:53 Andrew is a VERY hard working photographer! I daresay, being Frischlings ASSistant brought new meaning to the term: Hey we're on our way to the stadium- did you bring your kneepads?
ReplyDeletehttp://uspresswire.com/sets/112786
ReplyDeleteDid anyone actually look at Fielding's set that he got in before the AP (who didn't have a photographer there?)
10% of his transmit was fisheye. Seriously?
I saw three pictures I wouldn't immediately delete.
12;15
ReplyDeleteFrischling, you are so predictable, it is almost humorous. Where are your award winning images hiding? Where are the wedding pictures as paid for? Where is the proof of all your engagements?
Your word is simply not good enough. In former times that statement was tattooed on the villainous, not the disadvantaged.
Your tattoo is due soon. Oh, and Andy baby, you last USPW shot will be the one in your foot.
"Dear #Airline #SocialMedia Executor, When someone tweets you saying they hard a "horrid experience" the correct answer is "how can we help""
ReplyDeleteWhat is the correct answer when it is a bride with a "horrid experience" with her wedding photog?????
I love how he explains his lack of US Air upgrade experience by saying he 'left' Dividend Miles in 2008. His lack of upgrade experience couldn't be attributed to lack of flying could it? Nah.
ReplyDeleteThe guy never flies, simple as that. A joke of a junket that still has Lufthansa seeing red is all I can recall. Oh and the one Denver trip where the Twitter universe was updated with every little aspect of that exciting domestic flight.
Dear #airline#socialmedia executor, don't take aviation or social media advice from someone who has no experience with either.
Maybe we can get our guy to roll down to Brooklyn and continue his gang coverage:
ReplyDeletehttp://tinyurl.com/43cftn5
^Maybe our boy wonder wrote the story.
ReplyDeleteFrom the third graf: "have been take over by street toughs, "
1:19. Good (Great) on you.
ReplyDeleteThe Fish Fraud Department of Fish and Fraud never rests!
" flyingwithfish Flying With Fish
ReplyDeleteSo, the COO (wife of the CEO) of an agency you'd love to work with follows you on Twitter. Do you (A) Say hello (B) Just act normal? :0) "
Oh by all means act your "normal": lie about your experience for 15+ years all over the internet, fail to deliver paid for content and get taken to small claims court for it on your way to that BBB F rating, get charged with forgery and larceny by a client in CT state court and tweet mindlessly each day, all day to ensure you land that big account...#successfulbusinesstrack
Sound judgment yet again (er, maybe not...)
ReplyDelete"flyingwithfish Flying With Fish
.@dgr_dgr @Fidget02 I don't think (C) Seduce/Proposition is the correct answer in the case of being followed by a COO you want to work with "
eeeeeeewwwwww
Who here thinks that Fishman will miss his appearance on Friday, claiming that he had to be on one of the first flights on Boeing's new dreamliner (with Al Gore of course)?
ReplyDeleteHas Fishman claimed to have digitized the Discovery Channel Online? Shades of Al (let me crank up the wattge to light my house) Gore! See post No. 59 in this thread: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=488608&page=3 . Holy smokes, he has more ceredentials than a UPSW or Southcreek shooter, leading the IOC in their digitization of the 2002 Winter Games in SLC. You guys had better back off, because obviously, this man IS digital media content personified.
ReplyDeleteAndrew,
ReplyDeleteI'm quite a bit older than you and I'm a successful, professional photographer. I can tell you, without a shadow of a doubt, that not accepting that guy's offer for the $200.00, and then coming on here and mocking him, is something that you will eventually look back on and count as one of the biggest mistakes of your life.
That guy threw your career a lifeline and you, out of ignorance and arrogance, mocked him. He was, as far as I can tell, being very generous and even if his offer wasn't real, the advice was still sound.
What you're doing is insanity. What you're doing is wasting your parents' money and wasting your time. MARK MY WORD, you will NEVER be a real photojournalist unless you make a complete 180 degree turn right now.
Are you really that stupid?
'drew is so busy he has to hire an account just to manage the billing.
ReplyDeleteFolks,
ReplyDeleteType Steven Frischling into a google search and you end up here...#winning
8:33, you come across as so very mature and professional, so you will definitely make it far even without the $200 you threw away.
ReplyDeleteNow can you tell us why your mentor claimed to shooting riots in East Palo Alto in 1996 when a) there is no evidence a single riot has ever occurred there, ever and b) again he has no photos of said riots?
Why don't you call the East Palo Alto police department and ask about their mid-'90s riots? http://www.ci.east-palo-alto.ca.us/police
look at the search key words here: http://www.showsiteinfo.appspot.com/sites/stevenfrischling.com
ReplyDelete"steven frischling pedophile"
Hey there 4:01! I think if someone is able to resurrect the old photo chat rooms from AOL there would be so much more fodder. I also recall Fishy insulting another respected photojournalist and then being drummed out by the members and AOL included, only to return under another seafood name.
ReplyDeleteThe AOL boards were a goldmine of Frischling idiocy, but they seem to be long gone. Can you believe he lists being a moderator on his resume?
ReplyDeleteIts amazing how much 'drew is a Steven Frischling clone in the airline business as well.He's tweeting nonsensical comments on airline routes and its clear that he's clueless:
ReplyDeleteBUR-JFK is a route I'm surprised doesn't have any real premium service. Studio people demand in BUR to go to NY.
@skyvan it's the size of plains they can get in and out of BUR that is the limiting factor how will I know the issue
@woodyp that's not the issue at all. It's that none of the legacies care about the market. It can take widebodies.
@woodyp But unlikely to be a widebody route. I mean a 737-800 with a premium product to JFK would be money. But A/L prefer LAX for scale
^10:02: Brilliant!!!
ReplyDeleteAndrew Fielding calls himself a "Professional" !! I can't stop laughing. What an idiot.
ReplyDelete"My work has been seen in Sports Illustrated, FOX, Dallas Morning News, USA Today, CORBIS, CNN, University of Denver Magazine, Baltimore Sun, ESPN.com, and a variety of other entities."
Yeah. Had Been.
look at the search key words here: http://www.showsiteinfo.appspot.com/sites/stevenfrischling.com
ReplyDelete"steven frischling pedophile"
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I've got to admit that I did that. I think they pull recent keywords. I googled him with pedo after and clicked on his website. I would love for Google to autofill in that one. Hilarity ensues.
@Andrew Fielding 9:58
ReplyDeleteGood grief, pal. If anyone RIGHT NOW needs to voice of civility and professionalism on this blog, it has to be you. Forget Frischling, he has completely lost the plot, the hounds of bullshit over the years is circling his campsite. He is done.
But 'Drew, you have to stand back and get off the radar. Your association with Frischling and emulating his style of public media communication will haunt you forever.
I remain Anonymous because of the deflective tactics Frishling and his cronies will engage in the hope of redirecting the questions of his past felonious and fraudulent actions. Years of scamming people have come to light during a time when you were in kindergarten. Why you would want to get caught up in this mess is beyond all professional photographers who read this blog, and believe me buddy there are thousands.
Posting obscenities only reinforces your connection to a man who seeks comfort from tweeting with teenagers and will eventually serve time for fraud. Have a break, drew. Reflect on your future, not Frischlings.
You got to wonder why people like Fielding stick up for such an obvious fraud. Even if you took the liberal view on his felony charges the rest of the evidence has to make a reasonable man wonder if it's worth maintaining a relationship with this guy. Even his other friends like Shashank dumped him after seeing how toxic he is.
ReplyDeleteIt seems dealing with SF is contagious. Some can withstand a brush and not get infected, while others come down fast. Pity young Fielding. But don't focus on the symptom.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/26/us/tough-sentences-help-prosecutors-push-for-plea-bargains.html?_r=1&hp
ReplyDeleteThis is a great trend for FishFelon! Maybe he actually will be charged with treason!
Remarkably, there are other photographers still friendly with Fishfuck. Such as Sports Shooter member Byron Hetzler. You may want to take what he has to say with a grain of salt given his Tweet-buddy status with SF.
ReplyDeleteHe does not have any friends in the aviation community except for fellow fanboys who don't know any better.
ReplyDelete"flyingwithfish Flying With Fish
ReplyDelete@airport_girl I spend the bulk of my time mining data from Twitter, then comparing it to other #SM channels to get a big picture. #SMtravel"
Because researching and writing original journalism makes my head hurt...how can anyone use this guy as a media source?
Steven, Andrew, SunnyVulva.... please keep doing what you're doing, it keeps me entertained.
ReplyDeleteA few words from some of Steven Frischling's 5,464 Sports Shooter posts.
ReplyDeletemuscles spazems
Wierd
hay-wire
defnate
definately
Truma
incriments
mis-counted
over turned
salavaged
esspecially
documenty
vinetting
Malasian Airlines
scoulding
competion
aquiring
grammer
silloutte
exicuted
navugating
amature
Parliement
Consistantly
versitile
U.S. Boarder Patrol
technics
invaluble
viewerers
teamate
respectible
sprayes
satalite
alcohal
"-My knowledge of my subject matter allows me to develop a photojournalistic perspective to tell a store either alone or when accompanying copy."
ReplyDeleteTo tell a store. Wow.
I would have thought that a seasoned professional photographer that has been shooting since he was 12 years old would know how to spell words that are common to photography, like vignetting, silhouette and documentary (not vinetting, silloutte and documenty).
ReplyDeleteI would have also assumed that a air travel specialist would certainly know proper way to spell Malaysian Airlines.
Lastly, what EMT/Fighter doesn't know how to spell trauma and muscle spasms? Muscles spazems? seriously?
Malasian airlines, now defunct, was a very bad airline in Asia.
ReplyDeletePity he's not using the bulk of his time working or looking for work. Maybe this site has made that impossible in his preferred fields.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sorry, his problems are his creation and then he chose to amplify his foolishness by doubling up using aggression. He is surely unemployable at this stage.
His sole productive output is the entertainment of the three people on this site! Thanks Fish, you ass. Keep it coming.
11:35 pm, no, but reposting his comments under his real name will happen going forward.
ReplyDeleteHow about this exchange that Fish had with @flyingphotog.
ReplyDeleteA "client." Right. That's believable.
flyingwithfish Flying With Fish
A7 I write tweets daily starting with 'Dear #Airline #SocialMedia Executor" tearing into a specific unlikeable airline in #SM. #likeablechat
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@flyingwithfish Does the target of those anonymous tweets realize they're the target, or are you just spinning your wheels?
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@FlyingPhotog The target of those tweet is a client. This is a way I came up with them seeing exactly what they are doing wrong.
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@flyingwithfish I'm just wondering why that's not kept a private conversation.
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@FlyingPhotog I started making the tweets public to make a point to them. Their boss thought it was a good idea to keep doing it
Last week Fish bragged that he was going to be on a plane and would miss the premier episode of PanAm.
ReplyDeleteHe definitely wasn't on a plane, but he also didn't tweet about the show. Think his cable got cut???
I do.
Friday can't come too soon.
ReplyDelete@2:38 said
ReplyDelete"One wonders what else you pricks are rewriting and editing on this shit-blog to support your own fucking agenda."
sorry, when the folks at fishfraud provide links to posts on message boards written by none other than steven frischling, you can't rewrite or edit that. frischling does a great job at creating his own reality that is permanent record on many websites, ff is merely reposting his lies.
"flyingwithfish Flying With Fish
ReplyDelete@airlinewriter I liked @PanAmABC, but all I paid attention to were the 707s and DC-6s. #avgeek"
He is acting like he watched the show...
"This thread has gone way off topic. I posted about baggage policies, then answered a question with a simplified answer to an extremely complex question.
ReplyDeleteI am not here to debate my knowledge of airlines and the system in place. I make my replies simplistic here because this discussion has nothing to do with sports photography. "
Steven Frischling, defending his airline expertise.
someone else is nailing yo mama??
ReplyDeleteOh no! And you seemed to be doing so well right up to about that point. So sorry. Too bad.
You could have done so much better, but I think all the books in that tiny library of a brain of yours have been checked out.
From Sportsshooter thread #33895
ReplyDelete" Yes, my blog is one of the very few non-Gov't resources listed on the TSA's Blog as a resource for travellers..."
The only flyingwithfish on the TSA blogsearch hits are his bs comments. In fact their only links are .gov or .mil Did they ever post civilian links?
" I am just a very good airline industry journalist. ...I am also working for Aviation Week, CFO Magazine, Forbes, MSNBC, ABC News and quite a few other major news outlets who quote me and/or frequently reference me. "
Kind of sounds like Dustin Hoffman in "Rainman' in that one. Do they quote him or does he "work" for them? Doesn't work involve getting paid by these same organizations and wouldn't that make them clients he could list on a resumé?
Spit take - "...since I temporarily left my full-time career as a photographer to take my significant knowledge if a complex industry and create a consulting business catering to the industry we are discussing. "
" This writes like butter, there is butter flowing from the pen! " - columnist Michael McDougal in "The Paper" 1994.
Winner of the 2004 Quien es mas Macho Contest:
ReplyDelete" When it comes down to it, nothing is as complex as avoiding incoming debris, bullets, artillery, while trying to make your photos, and get out with yourself in one unopened piece. "
Artillery? Really....? Incoming!
Sportsshooter thread 8882
4:19, valid point(s)
ReplyDeleteThe only point in those comments is the top of his head.
ReplyDeleteNice try, 5:08.
2:47, that's exactly what I was going to say. All the content on this blog is pretty much linked to Frischling's OWN WORDS. Are you going to accuse them of making these stories up and planting them online for the past 15 years? How do you explain Frischling's lies that are well documented?
ReplyDeleteI don't know how anyone can doubt the accuracy of this blog. It's not original content, it's taking the words of our beloved Fish and posting them. So for Andrew to come along and a) defend Fish and b) insulting us with really lame comments is even more pitiful than 15+ years of pathological lying.
ReplyDeleteAndrew's personal statement on Twitter:
ReplyDelete"I would like to clarify I have not posted to the FishFraud blog in the comments and do not. They are impersonating me."
FF: perhaps some screenshots of the IP address to the posts to support the authenticity
it's one thing to be unaware of Frischling's lies (like most of his Twitter followers), but to have full knowledge of them and still support him? My vote is on retarded.
ReplyDelete8:24, how convenient. How would he even know about them?
ReplyDeletethis explains a lot. of his insane comments... Fielding has bipolar disorder? Sad.
ReplyDeleteskyvan Fielding
Since September first my @Klout score has plummeted. Sort of funny how my Klout score basically charts my bipolar.
16 Sep Favorite Retweet Reply
awwwww! Did FishMan dump ButtBoy?
ReplyDeleteskyvan Fielding
@Flyingwithfish why don't you follow me anymore?
Ah, 8:49, you beat me to it.
ReplyDeleteSee Fielding and Frischling, you fuck with us and we will pay attention to you. Can you feel our eyes staring at the backs of your necks?
^8:49
ReplyDeleteAndrew has been dumped. How sad. Maybe he will learn from this.
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ReplyDeleteHmmm. Just looked through The Fishters followers and I don't see Andrew Fielding anymore.
ReplyDeleteI still smell something fishy, but it would be damn funny if the simplest explanation were the truth: Butt Boy got dumped by Fish Fucker.
$200 bucks down the drain
ReplyDelete9:35: My thoughts exactly. He could have gotten those $200 back last week, but he chose to be a douchebag. Now, the guy who took his money and who he was standing up for has deserted him. Hahahaha.
ReplyDeletemaybe Frischling didn't appreciate Fielding's profanity-laced rants here as much as we did??
ReplyDeleteSo I just came across this thread on SS> http://www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=37247
ReplyDeleteThe thread is started by a guy who shot on spec and realized that it was a terrible mistake, he also explains how he made an ass out of himself in several ways etc... and then he owns up to his mistakes like a MAN and falls on his sword in an effort to warn others. It was a great post!
This is where it gets funny: Our buddy Andrew Fielding comes on there and offer this gem of a post: "I'm with Mark, great post, highly recommended for everyone."
Did this dumb shit actually read the post!? Maybe he should go back and re-read it.
This just keeps getting weirder and weirder. Everything and everyone associated with Fishfuck is a trainwreck.
ReplyDelete"" flyingwithfish Flying With Fish
ReplyDeleteSo, the COO (wife of the CEO) of an agency you'd love to work with follows you on Twitter. Do you (A) Say hello (B) Just act normal? :0) "
this seems like it would be pretty easy to figure out since apparently this person just started following him. so, if you worked backward on this list of his followers (which are listed by the date they started to follow) until you find a female who might happen to be the COO of an agency we could send her a link to this site to make sure that he is never hired by that agency. see what a felony and years of lying will get you frischling.
Dear Loud Mouthed Mediocrities,
ReplyDeleteI sure hope you're not photographers and don't intend to be one. If you are, your posts sure don't show what it takes to understand what a good photograph is. No grace, no style, no wit, no nothing. Just profanity. When you look at an outstanding photograph, what do you see? Do you see an attitude that says you're all shitheads? Do you see an attitude that says yo momma is a skank? If that's your language, then I'll bet that's the language of your photographs, and I'll bet you never rise above the level of a poor imitation of the most mediocre of photographers. I'd take the old geezer's advice. He knows of what he speaks.
Instead of taking sound advisement from the string of professionals here, it seems Fielding has made his final career damaging mistake.
ReplyDeleteIf he had removed all association with Frischling, if only he had publicly and professionally explained his situation and quietly drop off the fish radar, he may have salvaged a sliver of character. But it is unfortunate he chose the other route to support Frischling's self destruction and then publicly ask Frischling why he is no longer twitting together.
Andrew, you really do need to refocus, regroup retract and remove all contact with that fraudulent, lying bullshitter.
I simply do not understand your motive hanging out with a scumbag. I mean, you seem to be a good kid, albeit a bit odd.
" Mediocrities "
ReplyDeleteSay What?
While Aristotle continued to be confounded by the pursuit of excellence, Mediocrities arrived at the conclusion that perhaps "average" is good enough.
ReplyDelete^6:17 Nosecoffee
ReplyDeleteWhew. The dynamic duo is back together. From three hours ago:
ReplyDeleteflyingwithfish Flying With Fish
@skyvan Twitter had been dropping people ... Following
Now, I don't know about y'all, but I have never heard about Twitter accidentally dropping people. How oddly coincidental that the only person dropped was Andrew Skyvan Fielding. Or maybe it's just another lie in a string of lies that go back to the day Fishtard learned to talk.
@skyvan Fielding
ReplyDeleteThis bed I bought from West Elm is a nightmare. Slats just wont stay in their places and the bed collapses. Twice in one week!!!!
I could make a joke about his weight, but that would be too easy.
Twitter's Craigslist equivalent straight from The Fishes Mouth.... He is looking for job. Anyone here who doesn't understand boundaries shouldn't hesitate to reach out with a tweet. $200.
ReplyDeleteWANTED: #SocialMedia Strategy & Execution Project. Preferably with client that doesn't understand what boundaries are. #SM #job #SMtravel
Touche U.A. Thank you.
ReplyDelete@skyvan Fielding
ReplyDeleteFeeling extremely nauseous
He must be A) thinking about his chances of becoming a professional photographer B) looking at Fish's jerk off photo C) thinking about his future and seeing only the plight of pathological liar Steven Frischling or D) all the above.
Fish tweets:
ReplyDelete"It Is OK For Me To Have Everything I Want ..."
No, its not OK. Get a job first!
...especially legal boundaries
ReplyDeleteflyingwithfish Flying With Fish
WANTED: #SocialMedia Strategy & Execution Project. Preferably with client that doesn't understand what boundaries are. #SM #job #SMtravel
skyvan Fielding
ReplyDelete@flyingwithfish Do you have a peanut allergy?
flyingwithfish Flying With Fish
@skyvan If you consider peanuts resulting death an allergy ... yes
20 Sep Favorite Retweet Reply
"Sometimes you feel like a nut..."
And what is up with this? Another 48 oz cancerous mass removed from a neck or do these guys have real chronic/fatal illnesses that may induce bad decision making and delusional behavior?
"skyvan Fielding
Some nights all I can do is cry. I hate this disease."
What compels these people (Fish Skyvan) to live their lives in public? (What disease exactly?) Do they actually have illnesses/disease or injuries or rather some pathological need to create this victim/patient persona to aggrandize their lives online.
A person in my family with a chronic incurable illness hides the handicapped parking placard and only hangs it in the windshield when they are sure no one will notice...
Scary that they want to work in any facet of journalism.
what exactly is his "disease"? Is it being a douche?
ReplyDeleteI'm baffled by why people would tweet about their medical problems. What could possibly be more personal, yet at the same time, something most people don't really want to hear about?
ReplyDeleteImmaturity and insecure. Seeking sympathy and love online is a desperate cry of help. Its quite tragic that a young man like Andrew Fielding has been exploited by Frischling.
ReplyDelete^ especially when it seems, in the case of Fielding, it's mental illness. He alluded earlier to being bipolar.
ReplyDeleteAt the intersection of travel and photography one finds a freakfest
ReplyDeleteI guess he's pretending to be Jewish now too, just like his buddy Frischling?
ReplyDeleteskyvan Fielding
@ezrabutler I get no shana-tova emails...I guess I'm not jewish enough.
This guy is tooooo much like Frischling. Maybe they are long lost bruthas?
ReplyDeleteHe is just a mamas boy, a fucking college kid with no brains, one day he'll grow out of it and look upon this blog thrashing as a blimp in his small journalistic career.
ReplyDeleteThe real focus is on Frischling, that piece of shit. One would think that after all the reminders he received about paying back the money he swindled from wedding coverage, he would reach into those crap stained dockers and settle up.
Keep up the pressure, boys and girls. Something is going to give.
Felony arraignment just around the corner. i'm hoping its for real this time. No more delays.
ReplyDeleteWould LOVE to see his picture in front of the judge submitted to "Fun Pix."
ReplyDeleteWhat are the odds of another postponement?
ReplyDeleteHey everybody, lay off Andrew Skyvan Fielding. He is not posting here. How do I know? He Tweeted it so it must be the truth.
ReplyDeleteskyvan Fielding
I would like to clarify I have not posted to the FishFraud blog in the comments and do not. They are impersonating me.
26 Sep
^ Yeah, right.
ReplyDeleteFielding needs to publicly remove Frischling from his contact...not FishFraud.
http://m.eagletribune.com/eagletrib/pm_101675/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=H6q9pXqI
ReplyDelete@1:30 I was surprised no one mentioned Fish in the thread about that article on Sportsshooter (http://www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=38928)
ReplyDeleteAt least the couple in this case is trying to get pictures to the brides they ripped off.
Fish is just an asshole.
This blog is not about Andrew Fielding, but he did shine the light on himself by choosing to come on here in the manner he did.
ReplyDeleteIf he's truly mentally ill, then we will consider removing comments referencing him on this blog.
The same way we've said if Steven Frischling were to reveal he is mentally ill (and agree to stop pretending to be a journalist), we would take down the blog.
@2:39. Ask and ye shall receive.
ReplyDeleteoh no! Andrew is threatening legal action on Twitter:
ReplyDelete"I have never posted on FishFraud and they are impersonating me. I don't have time for that. But my lawyers now do. Have fun."
How long until potty-mouth gets on here and trashes a photographer from Phoenix.....I mean PHX?
ReplyDeleteHis "lawyers"? Yeah, he has more than one. Mmmhhmm. Riiiigghhhtt.
ReplyDeleteand what crime was committed?
ReplyDeleteAndrew, forget your lawyers, maybe you should call 911!
Isn't Friday coming up soon?
ReplyDelete^ yes. We lost the URL to that countdown widget, dammit. Two days!
ReplyDeleteSeems like things have drifted a bit off target.
ReplyDeleteWhile the profanity laced tyrades are humorous on a certain level, and it is indeed baffling how someone can apparently attempt to defend SF's past behaviors of not following through on commitments, misrepresenting himself, etc., many of the comments in response seem to stoop to a similar level.
^ Thanks for the input. Maybe all the profanity-laced rants should be deleted.
ReplyDeleteIt's official. The Red Sox Nation is blaming the September Swoon on Steven Frischling's negative fan karma. Steven, in addition to every real photojournalist in the USA despising you and your lies, now the city of Boston, the entire state of Massachusetts and the rest of New England wish you nothing but ill will. Congrats, you've earned it!
ReplyDeleteIts not that the profanity laced posts should be deleted, but rather that the level to which the replies have fallen is not in keeping with what I understand the purpose of this blog to be, and I believe it harms the effort.
ReplyDeleteI too would like to see a reasoned response from whomever is posting the profanity laced rants, as to why they believe SF deserves defending on these issues, but that's not likely to happen. The responses, and changing the identity from Anonymous aren't copacetic.
I love how every thread on Sports Shooter now gets derailed with inside Fish jokes:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.sportsshooter.com/message_display.html?tid=38904
So the Tweet Wonder tweets:
ReplyDelete"flyingwithfish Flying With Fish
Woo Hoo ... Flying With Fish picks up even more syndication ... #avgeek #SMtravel"
Funny how he brags about more "syndication" w/out naming the media outlets allegedly picking up his useless blog. Also last time I checked "syndication" is something you get paid for, right?
Who would believe that this is an effective use of SM? Wouldn't it be better to direct his followers to the media that are allegedly picking up the blog? Isn't a big part of SM strategy about driving traffic to sites that you are allegedly linked to?
I guess that unlike our hero I am not a social media expert...
So tomorrow is the big day. I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve.
ReplyDeleteAlso, has anybody noticed that the swear-laden posts that defend Frischling and talk about pants pooping have been conspicuously absent since the FishFraud bloggers decided to assign Fielding's name to those posts? Interesting huh?
^ yes, what a coincidence the rants suddenly stopped. And they will probably start again as soon as he realizes this has outed him.
ReplyDeleteworried about tomorrow's hearing?
ReplyDeleteflyingwithfish Flying With Fish
I wish I could sleep
^ I'll bet some newlyweds wish they had their photos. How about spending some time returning them?
ReplyDelete10am EST comes sooner than you'd think...
ReplyDeleteBut I guess all three of us on the internet shouldn't worry since he said that the charges were dropped and it's all part of a vast conspiracy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKITYu7z-AY
ReplyDeleteBring this man to justice
ReplyDeleteSo... what happened?
ReplyDeleteas usual, nobody knows. He isn't tweeting about any vindications, only sent about 50 tweets with the word "randon" in it. My guess is yet another continuance.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet another half day without a pants pooping post... very interesting.
ReplyDeleteI just got an electronic notice...
ReplyDeleteThis e-mail is to inform you that there is an upcoming court event involving the defendant STEVEN FRISCHLING and docket number K10KCR110313446S. A hearing has been scheduled for 10/28/2011. Please be aware that there is often more than one case scheduled for a particular date in this court. The hearing you may be involved in will take place some time during that day.
This will take place in GA 10 Courthouse, at the following address: 112 Broad Street, New London, CT 06320.