Man, where's Howard Philips? Nintendo should sue the station for slander. Especially when they have someone saying that they told this reporter all the facts and the reporter chose to ignore them to make their story. I would have the station apologize in the opening of their broadcast, maybe even advertise something about new information on their DS story, and fire that reporter.
When I read about this story, one could see there was wrong information but it left me wondering other questions. For instance, what name could be so offensive that they couldn't show it, yet also be only 10 characters long? Maybe others could think of something but my brain can't seem to go that low. Alos, how could the girl who owns the DS be so braindead that she doesn't know that Pictochat is not online. Even she should have known this. Then again, it seems she only has a DS to draw pictures in Pictochat. Hey, if she gets bored with that, there's always Ping Pals. Or a really great invention, paper and a pen. Alright, maybe I'm being harsh on her but I just get the feeling that it was done for attention.
Finally, I wanted to comment on scary news. It's done all the time, like on Dateline or 20/20. Generally, though, you can tell when the report is just trying to make a big issue out of something that isn't even a problem and just force the issue. For instance, I remember watching one investigation on one of those shows about the shipping of meat. They were makeing a deal about how a person get food poisoning from meat that isn't kept cool and thaws or just sits around for awhile. The news angle's big issue was: what about the meat you buy at a store or deli.
They followed this truck that was loaded up in the morning with a huge order of frozen meat. Some in boxes and all encrusted in ice. They made a big deal of how the truck had no air conditioning and the meat wasn't loaded into a freezer. Then they talked about what a hot day it was while the truck was delivering the meat. At the end of the truck's delivery run, as they're unloading meat, the reporter comes up to the workers ands asking them why isn't your truck keeping the meat cool? One of the delivery men tells the reporter to check the meat in the truck. The reporter does and admits that the meat was still frozen. But I guess since the reporter had already put this much time into the story, the report kept going. The reason I bring this up is because it was just one of the few times I remember laughing through an investigative report because it was so dumb.
The language used to hype up the story and the way they tried to vilify the workers. It was so stupid. I'm sure people who are doing their jobs and have done nothing wrong are happy to have a camera stuck in their face and some jack-ass asking them all these questions and accusing them of not doing their job properly. I know I'd really want to talk to the reporter. It was also one of the few stories I remember watching and my whole family and I would bring up points that countered all the arguements the report brought forward. Not to mention that they never proved there was any direct link between people buying meat in a store and getting food poisoning afterwards.
Bottom line America: Nintendo should sue Station 6, the meat story was about showing a problem where there was no problem, there should be an investigative report on investigative reporting, and Cartoon Network should bring back Cowboy Bepop with it's soothing jazz music.
Actually, that last part is more Pierre Bernard's bottom line.
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