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[[File:Nutella Stephan Adamow WEB 0.jpg|thumb| Stephan Adamow, CC '15, poses for ''Spec'' as he ladles himself some Nutella at [[Ferris Booth Commons]]]]

'''Nutellagate''' was when misinformation spread that students were stealing $5,000 per week from [[Dining Service]] in Nutella. It was also a link-bait coup for the '''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]''', and got them links from literally almost every notably news site on the Internet.

Basically: Peter Bailinson, a first-year [[CCSC]] rep posted on his [[Facebook]] page that students were stealing tons of Nutella. Said rep (who was also on ''Spec'') later told ''Spec'' that students were stealing Nutella; $5,000 per week of it<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/03/05/nutella-ferris-booth-costs-dining-5000-week-part-due-dining-hall-thievery</ref>. Naturally—give that $5,000 is a nice big round number and that few news sources can resist a good class-baity blog post about Columbia—the ''[[New York Times]]'' picked up the story, as did [[Gawker]] and everybody else<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/nyregion/for-columbia-students-nutella-in-a-dining-hall-may-be-too-tempting.html?_r=1&</ref><ref>http://gawker.com/5989132/report-nutella-theft-a-major-problem-for-dining-services-at-columbia-as-students-gorge-themselves-on-dozens-of-pounds-each-day</ref>. Dining Service person Vicki Dunn vaguely agreed with Bailinson's misinformation—which is how an 18-year-old's unverified Facebook post was printed as fact in the ''New York Times''.

Then—in a press released ''actually titled'' "It's a Smear!", the University said Nutella wasn't nearly so much<ref>http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/university-claims-nutella-cost-2500-in-first-week-less-than-500-after</ref><ref>http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3085</ref>.

[[Kevin Shollenberger]], wanting to show just how much damn fun he was/jump onto the blog-rush bandwagon, made a video of himself eating Nutella in his office (with the help of [[Kat Cutler]], naturally)<ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/</ref>. (Commenters concurred that Shollenberger's idea was funny but poorly executed, ruined by his "look right at the end that says 'can i stop yet' "? <ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/#comment-967322</ref>.

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 '''Nutellagate''' occurred when misinformation spread that students were stealing $5,000 worth of Nutella a week from [[Dining Services]] during March 2013. It was also a tremendous coup for the ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]'', and got them links from literally almost every notably news site on the Internet.
-Basically: Peter Bailinson, a first-year [[CCSC]] rep posted on his class [[Facebook]] page that students were stealing tons of Nutella. Said rep (who was also on ''Spec'') later told ''Spec'' that students were stealing Nutella; $5,000 per week of it<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/03/05/nutella-ferris-booth-costs-dining-5000-week-part-due-dining-hall-thievery</ref>. Naturally—give that $5,000 is a nice big round number and that few news sources can resist a good class-baity blog post about Columbia—the ''[[New York Times]]'' picked up the story, as did [[Gawker]] and everybody else<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/nyregion/for-columbia-students-nutella-in-a-dining-hall-may-be-too-tempting.html?_r=1&</ref><ref>http://gawker.com/5989132/report-nutella-theft-a-major-problem-for-dining-services-at-columbia-as-students-gorge-themselves-on-dozens-of-pounds-each-day</ref>. Dining Service person Vicki Dunn vaguely agreed with Bailinson's misinformation—which is how an 18-year-old's unverified Facebook post was printed as fact in the ''New York Times''.
+Basically: in a monthly meting with Executive Director of Dining Services [[Vicki Dunn]], Peter Bailinson, a first-year [[CCSC]] rep, was informed that Columbia students were stealing tons of Nutella from the dining halls. When Bailinson offered to help spread information to stem the flow of Nutella, Dunn went to a spreadsheet on her computer, typed a few numbers into a calculator, and offered that Dining was currently using Nutella at a rate of nearly $5,000 per week. Bailinson then posted the information on his class [[Facebook]] page using the numbers provided by Dunn. Spec then posted the information<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/03/05/nutella-ferris-booth-costs-dining-5000-week-part-due-dining-hall-thievery</ref>. Naturally—given that $5,000 is a nice big round number and that few news sources can resist a good class-baity blog post about Columbia—the ''[[New York Times]]'' picked up the story, as did [[Gawker]] and everybody else<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/nyregion/for-columbia-students-nutella-in-a-dining-hall-may-be-too-tempting.html?_r=1&</ref><ref>http://gawker.com/5989132/report-nutella-theft-a-major-problem-for-dining-services-at-columbia-as-students-gorge-themselves-on-dozens-of-pounds-each-day</ref>. Dunn declined to disagree with Bailinson's numbers after the story was printed in the Spectator, Gawker, and Buzzfeed.
-Then—in a press released ''actually titled'' "It's a Smear!", the University said that it wasn't nearly so much<ref>http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/university-claims-nutella-cost-2500-in-first-week-less-than-500-after</ref><ref>http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3085</ref>.
+Then, once the story appeared in ''The New York Times'' and intense pressure was placed on the accuracy of the claims—in a press released ''actually titled'' "It's a Smear!", the University said that it wasn't nearly so much<ref>http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/university-claims-nutella-cost-2500-in-first-week-less-than-500-after</ref><ref>http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3085</ref>. Bailinson never called out Dunn on the flip flop. Bailinson went on to become CCSC President a year later, and Nutella in the dining halls lived on.
 [[Kevin Shollenberger]], wanting to show just how much damn fun he was/jump onto the blog-rush bandwagon, made a video of himself eating Nutella in his office (with the help of [[Kat Cutler]], naturally)<ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/</ref>. (Commenters concurred that Shollenberger's idea was funny but poorly executed, ruined by his "look right at the end that says 'can i stop yet?' " <ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/#comment-967322</ref>.

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 [[File:Nutella Stephan Adamow WEB 0.jpg|thumb| Stephan Adamow, CC '15, poses for ''Spec'' as he ladles himself some Nutella at [[Ferris Booth Commons]]]]
-'''Nutellagate''' was when misinformation spread that students were stealing $5,000 per week from [[Dining Services]] in Nutella. It was also a tremendous coup for the ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]'', and got them links from literally almost every notably news site on the Internet.
+'''Nutellagate''' occurred when misinformation spread that students were stealing $5,000 worth of Nutella a week from [[Dining Services]] during March 2013. It was also a tremendous coup for the ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]'', and got them links from literally almost every notably news site on the Internet.
-Basically: Peter Bailinson, a first-year [[CCSC]] rep posted on his [[Facebook]] page that students were stealing tons of Nutella. Said rep (who was also on ''Spec'') later told ''Spec'' that students were stealing Nutella; $5,000 per week of it<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/03/05/nutella-ferris-booth-costs-dining-5000-week-part-due-dining-hall-thievery</ref>. Naturally—give that $5,000 is a nice big round number and that few news sources can resist a good class-baity blog post about Columbia—the ''[[New York Times]]'' picked up the story, as did [[Gawker]] and everybody else<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/nyregion/for-columbia-students-nutella-in-a-dining-hall-may-be-too-tempting.html?_r=1&</ref><ref>http://gawker.com/5989132/report-nutella-theft-a-major-problem-for-dining-services-at-columbia-as-students-gorge-themselves-on-dozens-of-pounds-each-day</ref>. Dining Service person Vicki Dunn vaguely agreed with Bailinson's misinformation—which is how an 18-year-old's unverified Facebook post was printed as fact in the ''New York Times''.
+Basically: Peter Bailinson, a first-year [[CCSC]] rep posted on his class [[Facebook]] page that students were stealing tons of Nutella. Said rep (who was also on ''Spec'') later told ''Spec'' that students were stealing Nutella; $5,000 per week of it<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/03/05/nutella-ferris-booth-costs-dining-5000-week-part-due-dining-hall-thievery</ref>. Naturally—give that $5,000 is a nice big round number and that few news sources can resist a good class-baity blog post about Columbia—the ''[[New York Times]]'' picked up the story, as did [[Gawker]] and everybody else<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/nyregion/for-columbia-students-nutella-in-a-dining-hall-may-be-too-tempting.html?_r=1&</ref><ref>http://gawker.com/5989132/report-nutella-theft-a-major-problem-for-dining-services-at-columbia-as-students-gorge-themselves-on-dozens-of-pounds-each-day</ref>. Dining Service person Vicki Dunn vaguely agreed with Bailinson's misinformation—which is how an 18-year-old's unverified Facebook post was printed as fact in the ''New York Times''.
 Then—in a press released ''actually titled'' "It's a Smear!", the University said that it wasn't nearly so much<ref>http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/university-claims-nutella-cost-2500-in-first-week-less-than-500-after</ref><ref>http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3085</ref>.

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 [[File:Nutella Stephan Adamow WEB 0.jpg|thumb| Stephan Adamow, CC '15, poses for ''Spec'' as he ladles himself some Nutella at [[Ferris Booth Commons]]]]
-'''Nutellagate''' was when misinformation spread that students were stealing $5,000 per week from [[Dining Services]] in Nutella. It was also a link-bait coup for the ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]'', and got them links from literally almost every notably news site on the Internet. It was not a proud moment for [[Columbia University]].
+'''Nutellagate''' was when misinformation spread that students were stealing $5,000 per week from [[Dining Services]] in Nutella. It was also a tremendous coup for the ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]'', and got them links from literally almost every notably news site on the Internet.
 Basically: Peter Bailinson, a first-year [[CCSC]] rep posted on his [[Facebook]] page that students were stealing tons of Nutella. Said rep (who was also on ''Spec'') later told ''Spec'' that students were stealing Nutella; $5,000 per week of it<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/03/05/nutella-ferris-booth-costs-dining-5000-week-part-due-dining-hall-thievery</ref>. Naturally—give that $5,000 is a nice big round number and that few news sources can resist a good class-baity blog post about Columbia—the ''[[New York Times]]'' picked up the story, as did [[Gawker]] and everybody else<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/nyregion/for-columbia-students-nutella-in-a-dining-hall-may-be-too-tempting.html?_r=1&</ref><ref>http://gawker.com/5989132/report-nutella-theft-a-major-problem-for-dining-services-at-columbia-as-students-gorge-themselves-on-dozens-of-pounds-each-day</ref>. Dining Service person Vicki Dunn vaguely agreed with Bailinson's misinformation—which is how an 18-year-old's unverified Facebook post was printed as fact in the ''New York Times''.
-Then—in a press released ''actually titled'' "It's a Smear!", the University said Nutella wasn't nearly so much<ref>http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/university-claims-nutella-cost-2500-in-first-week-less-than-500-after</ref><ref>http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3085</ref>.
+Then—in a press released ''actually titled'' "It's a Smear!", the University said that it wasn't nearly so much<ref>http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/university-claims-nutella-cost-2500-in-first-week-less-than-500-after</ref><ref>http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3085</ref>.
 [[Kevin Shollenberger]], wanting to show just how much damn fun he was/jump onto the blog-rush bandwagon, made a video of himself eating Nutella in his office (with the help of [[Kat Cutler]], naturally)<ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/</ref>. (Commenters concurred that Shollenberger's idea was funny but poorly executed, ruined by his "look right at the end that says 'can i stop yet?' " <ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/#comment-967322</ref>.

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 [[File:Nutella Stephan Adamow WEB 0.jpg|thumb| Stephan Adamow, CC '15, poses for ''Spec'' as he ladles himself some Nutella at [[Ferris Booth Commons]]]]
-'''Nutellagate''' was when misinformation spread that students were stealing $5,000 per week from [[Dining Services]] in Nutella. It was also a link-bait coup for the '''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]''', and got them links from literally almost every notably news site on the Internet. It was not a proud moment for [[Columbia University]].
+'''Nutellagate''' was when misinformation spread that students were stealing $5,000 per week from [[Dining Services]] in Nutella. It was also a link-bait coup for the ''[[Columbia Daily Spectator]]'', and got them links from literally almost every notably news site on the Internet. It was not a proud moment for [[Columbia University]].
 Basically: Peter Bailinson, a first-year [[CCSC]] rep posted on his [[Facebook]] page that students were stealing tons of Nutella. Said rep (who was also on ''Spec'') later told ''Spec'' that students were stealing Nutella; $5,000 per week of it<ref>http://www.columbiaspectator.com/2013/03/05/nutella-ferris-booth-costs-dining-5000-week-part-due-dining-hall-thievery</ref>. Naturally—give that $5,000 is a nice big round number and that few news sources can resist a good class-baity blog post about Columbia—the ''[[New York Times]]'' picked up the story, as did [[Gawker]] and everybody else<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/nyregion/for-columbia-students-nutella-in-a-dining-hall-may-be-too-tempting.html?_r=1&</ref><ref>http://gawker.com/5989132/report-nutella-theft-a-major-problem-for-dining-services-at-columbia-as-students-gorge-themselves-on-dozens-of-pounds-each-day</ref>. Dining Service person Vicki Dunn vaguely agreed with Bailinson's misinformation—which is how an 18-year-old's unverified Facebook post was printed as fact in the ''New York Times''.

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 Then—in a press released ''actually titled'' "It's a Smear!", the University said Nutella wasn't nearly so much<ref>http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/spectrum/university-claims-nutella-cost-2500-in-first-week-less-than-500-after</ref><ref>http://news.columbia.edu/oncampus/3085</ref>.
-[[Kevin Shollenberger]], wanting to show just how much damn fun he was/jump onto the blog-rush bandwagon, made a video of himself eating Nutella in his office (with the help of [[Kat Cutler]], naturally)<ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/</ref>. (Commenters concurred that Shollenberger's idea was funny but poorly executed, ruined by his "look right at the end that says 'can i stop yet' "? <ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/#comment-967322</ref>.
+[[Kevin Shollenberger]], wanting to show just how much damn fun he was/jump onto the blog-rush bandwagon, made a video of himself eating Nutella in his office (with the help of [[Kat Cutler]], naturally)<ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/</ref>. (Commenters concurred that Shollenberger's idea was funny but poorly executed, ruined by his "look right at the end that says 'can i stop yet?' " <ref>http://bwog.com/2013/03/08/keho-eats-nutella-too/#comment-967322</ref>.
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