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join:2002-09-13
MA | truth is more scary "(you have to be within 30-100 feet to connect with anyone)"
That should scare people more than an internet connection from someone 1000 miles away.... | |
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insomniac84
join:2002-01-03
Schererville, IN
| Re: truth is more scary The truth means it's not happening. They thought it was possible to be sent porn over the internet, so they made up a story that would make it seem like it was actually happening. The problem is their information was wrong and it proves they made their story up.
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| | ibpitcher2
join:2003-10-29
New York, NY | Re: truth is more scary should get investigators to find out if those responsible for the story use PSPs or got a few for free ;p | |
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join:2005-02-09
Herndon, VA | "All the news that's fit to invent." | |
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| smcallah
join:2004-08-05
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| Not to mention, to even connect from 30 to 100 feet away, both people have to be running the PictoChat app at the same time.
Most people aren't just running PictoChat and waiting for someone to walk by that is also using it.
Of the 1 out of 100,000 times that this scenario may happen, what are the chances it is a child predator finding a child? | |
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danclan
join:2005-11-01
Midlothian, VA
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"Nintendo confirms what happened to Emily is possible but the company claims that person must also be using another DS system and be within 65 feet."
so what they didnt say is that the odds of a pedo being that close to any kid and running a ds or other game and linking to said kid and sending said kids porn or enticements are astronomically high.....
and what they also STATE QUIET CLEARLY is that this whole incident with 'emily' all took place in a PUBLIC HOT SPOT with her parents.... | |
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Jason Levine
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join:2001-07-13
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| The reason why "1000 miles away over the Internet" is scarier than the "direct connect within 30-100 feet" is that it extends the reach of the pedophile. Joe Pedophile can harm a lot more children over 1,000 miles via the Internet than he can by trying to get within 30-100 feet of a child who happens to have a DS running Pictochat.
The "pedophiles are using Nintendo's DS to harm children" story was hyped up by the "news organization" (using the term loosely) while ignoring expert evidence that it just wasn't possible the way they were describing it. Can't let facts get in the way of a good story, now, can we?
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rileyjam514
There You Go Again...
join:2005-06-26
Kearny, NJ
| WPVI messed up!!! Come on guys!!! Is this what you do when ABC lets you keep the best theme song ever? You mess it up by ignoring facts???
Air a retraction, fix this!!! PHILLY PRIDE!
*sings theme song to myself*
*can't find link for MP3 of WPVI theme song*
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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join:2002-05-02
Mount Airy, MD
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| Re: WPVI messed up!!! said by rileyjam514  :Air a retraction, fix this!!! PHILLY PRIDE! LOL... maybe they will resort to the "fake but accurate" defense of the article. It worked quite well for SeeBS!
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There You Go Again...
join:2005-06-26
Kearny, NJ
| Re: WPVI messed up!!! But but but....
WPVI was the one last news source I would actually listen to. I HATE NEW YORK STATIONS. I HATE THEM. I HATE HATE THEM.
Now all is lost... a part of me has died today with this story.
Still got a swingin' theme song, though. So "revolutionary".
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ret369
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join:2004-06-03
Warminster, PA
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| Re: WPVI messed up!!! said by rileyjam514 :But but but.... WPVI was the one last news source I would actually listen to. I HATE NEW YORK STATIONS. I HATE THEM. I HATE HATE THEM. Now all is lost... a part of me has died today with this story. Still got a swingin' theme song, though. So "revolutionary". WPVI IS a Philadelphia "NEWS" channel NOT New York | |
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There You Go Again...
join:2005-06-26
Kearny, NJ | Re: WPVI messed up!!! I live in Kearny, hence I get the New York stations. I used to live in South Jersey, where I got the Philly stations. | |
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cableties
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join:2005-01-27 | Yeah, and send Jerry a hamster...bah bah bah badadad dadhdadaaaa ba bah bahhh, | |
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actor90
Phillies 2008 World Champions
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join:2003-07-21
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1 edit | Make it two, lmao.
For those that don't know. Back in the early 80's a Philadelphia news anchor was caught in a Baltimore hospital with a dead gerbil in his rectum. In Wikipedia they claim it is an urban legend, however, I remember quite clearly when Philadelphia news legend Jack Jones, the first black news anchor in Philadelphia reported on KYW-3 news that Jerry Penacoli was in a Baltimore hospital after a gerbil died in his rectum from a cocaine over dose. The story is a fact.
After the incident Jerry was demoted at channel 3 and when his contract was up, it was not renewed. Soon after this incident was when all the fake Richard Gere stories started.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbilling | |
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SubTexel
Keyboard Commando
join:2003-11-20
Hampton, VA | Re: WPVI messed up!!! Thats because the sheeple are too busy doing other things...
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actor90
Phillies 2008 World Champions
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join:2003-07-21
L.E.H.T., NJ
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| Re: WPVI messed up!!! It did happen. I saw the newscast. You got to love all this revisionist history. The reason I know the story happened was KYW-3 Eyewitness News, the people Jerry worked for broke the story. Jerry's boyfriend drove him all the way to Baltimore hopping he wouldn't be recognized. No one wants to talk about it now, that was involved, but it did happen.
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ropeguru
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join:2001-01-25
Bridgeport, WV
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| Just goes to show... the sad state our media is in. Used to be that you had to have multiple sources of correct facts before publishing/airing anything. Not it has gotten to the point of just publishing/airing anything to make a story.
Media is just as bad a politicians these days. You cannot trust any of what they say.
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| ke4pym
join:2004-07-24
Charlotte, NC
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| Re: Just goes to show... said by ropeguru :the sad state our media is in. Used to be that you had to have multiple sources of correct facts before publishing/airing anything. Not it has gotten to the point of just publishing/airing anything to make a story. Media is just as bad a politicians these days. You cannot trust any of what they say. We're also in the middle of a ratings book month. Gotta pump up those viewer numbers! | |
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TScheisskopf
World News Trust
join:2005-02-13
Belvidere, NJ
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| Re: Just goes to show... Aha! Sweeps time! I knew it! Say the "P" word and see a ratings bump.
Nintendo should sue. Hell, Sony should sue too, just for WPVI's gross stupidity.
Of course, ananxiolytic usage by suburban moms in the Philly viewing area just went up by orders of magnatude.
Another sordid chapter in our Culture of Fear. | |
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| phaqu
join:2005-05-26
Marietta, GA | Just remember.........
good news = no news story
bad news = a better news story
horrible news = a fantastic news story | |
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tapeloop
1959. I try to kick the ball. I miss.
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join:2004-06-27
Airstrip One
| Good Lord.
I knew that there was a reason I only watch local news for its tabloid value. The other night the story sequence was death, murder, murder/rape, murder, car chase, commercials, weather (SNOWSTORM! WATCH OUT!), death in other countries, commercials, Olympics, more death, commericals, new diet, sports, pets for adoption. 
I just cringe whenever they cover anything technical.
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DiscardedVet
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join:2005-04-06
Sturgis, SD
| said by ropeguru :Media is just as bad a politicians these days.
And here all along I thought the politicians WERE the media !!
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jhboricua
ExMod 2000-01
join:2000-06-06
Minneapolis, MN
clubs: | Here's hoping Nintendo sues their pants. I would expect nothing less. | |
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join:2004-01-12
Council Bluffs, IA | Re: Tell them what you think Done  and stayed civil about it and pointed out the flaws in the story | |
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Transmaster
Don't Blame Me I Voted For Bill and Opus
join:2001-06-20
Cheyenne, WY
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| The Story I would like to see I am surprised some enterprising cub tv reporter doesn't have big story about the pornographic names of the common hotdog. Look at what is on the shelf, Big Beefies, Plumper's, Jumbo Beefies, Redhots, Footlongs, bun length,
Ball Park, Hardwood smoked, etc. :D
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join:2006-02-16
Nashville, TN | Re: The Story I would like to see Bryan's Juicy Jumbos were always my fav. | |
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Mchart
Super Joe
join:2004-01-21
Gurnee, IL | Re: The Story I would like to see On the topic of that, my favorite are the 'Big Az' subs that are sold in vending machines in public schools. | |
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join:2006-02-16
Nashville, TN | Re: The Story I would like to see To be honest, I don't eat hotdogs very often. I just had this one incident in high school where a girl pointed out the name of the hotdog "Bryan's Juicy Jumbos" to me, since my name is Brian. Ever since then I've associated hotdogs with that name. | |
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join:2006-02-16
Nashville, TN | Re: Tell them what you think I also told them what i thought about their BS. Parents should be more worried about XBL using video chat soon. | |
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Shamayim
I already have a Messiah.
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join:2002-09-23 | ABC "We concoct. You decide." | |
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GilbertMark
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join:2001-05-02
Gilbert, AZ
·Cox HSI
| You know this is just a day in the life of a typical TV news station. Getting a tech story wrong because the reporters either have no knowledge of anything technical or the producers pushed them to create a hype story and blurred the facts to help out the ratings a bit this week. Sad but true. Happens every day.
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actor90
Phillies 2008 World Champions
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join:2003-07-21
L.E.H.T., NJ
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1 edit | Action News feeling the heat WPVI channel 6, Action News, is a network owned affiliate of ABC. ABC can't put this off on some affiliate, they own the station and control it. Also, WPVI was the flagship of Capital Cities the company that owned ABC before they sold to Disney. It has been moving further and further to the left. They bash Bush more then any other of the stations in Philadelphia. They are liberal reactionaries with an aging ex-hippie news staff and are starting to feel the ratings heat from the other news outlets in Philly. They've been number one in the market with the "Action News" format since the early 70's, but the rust is starting to show and NBC 10 is creeping up on them. You will see more and more outlandish, fact-less stories from them this ratings sweeps month as they nervously hope that this isn't the ratings period that NBC 10 doesn't knock them off the top spot.
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| rileyjam514
There You Go Again...
join:2005-06-26
Kearny, NJ | Re: Action News feeling the heat Yeah but you can't knock the theme song.
All other objections are valid. | |
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actor90
Phillies 2008 World Champions
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join:2003-07-21
L.E.H.T., NJ
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| Re: Action News feeling the heat said by rileyjam514 :Yeah but you can't knock the theme song. All other objections are valid. You got a point there, I love the theme song. Best news theme song ever. "Move closer to the world my friends...." lol.
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MDReferee
Federal Flack
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join:2001-10-21
Germantown, MD
·Verizon FIOS
| Re: Action News feeling the heat Check this out:
»www.southernmedia-nmsa.com/
Search on WPVI...
That is most definitely the best theme song ever... so good, they haven't really changed it since 1972...
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rodst
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join:2002-10-06
Victoria, BC | ... There is a greater chance of a predator drawing something illicit on a piece of paper and throwing it at a kid. | |
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