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- Born June 11, 1957IMDb: Roger Friedman filmography
- Producer and editor, Only the Strong SurviveIMDb: Roger Friedman filmography
- Friedman was often accused of getting facts wrong by blogs in the Gawker networkIdolator: Roger Friedman tag
- Referred to American Idol winner David Cook as a "ringer"Idolator: Roger Friedman tag
- Wolverine work copy leaked online on April 1, 2009Dark Horizons.com: Wolverine leaked, fallout ensues (April 1, 2009)
- Wolverine official release date: May 1, 2009Dark Horizons.com: Wolverine leaked, fallout ensues (April 1, 2009)
- Review contained no spoilersRope of Silicon: How is Fox News' Roger Friedman Not Fined... (April 3, 2009)
- Friedman claims he could see actors using a harness in the print he viewedRope of Silicon: How is Fox News' Roger Friedman Not Fined... (April 3, 2009)
- Friedman says he also found Top 10 films, plus TV shows and commercials streaming for free onlineRope of Silicon: How is Fox News' Roger Friedman Not Fined... (April 3, 2009)
- Pirated copies of Wolverine are said to be near-DVD quality
- Blog "Rope of Silicon" has republished original, pulled reviewRope of Silicon: How is Fox News' Roger Friedman Not Fined... (April 3, 2009)
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Roger Friedman formerly wrote the Fox411 gossip column for Fox News. On April 2, 2009, Friedman published a column on FoxNews.com in which he reviewed a pirated copy of the film X:Men Origins: Wolverine that had been illegally leaked on to the Internet. Four days later, Friedman was terminated by Fox for viewing and then praising a pirated film.Huffington Post: Roger Friedman Fired Over Leaked Wolverine Review (April 6, 2009)
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Friedman, who had worked for Fox as a freelancer, will no longer be working with News Corp., which quickly condemned the writer for "promoting a pirated copy of Wolverine and referred to his behavior as "reprehensible."Deadline Hollywood Daily: Fox News Fires Showbiz Columnist for "Promoting" Piracy (April 6, 2009) In the largely positive review, which has since been removed from the Fox News website, Friedman noted that the print he viewed was only 95% complete, and that some of the effects work was not quite finished.Rope of Silicon: How is Fox News' Roger Friedman Not Fined... (April 3, 2009)
