GamerDad And The Action News Team

Last week we reported on a travesty of journalism; A local newsteam decrying the Pictochat DS program for being dangerous to children. Well, it turns out that respected family gaming site GamerDad actually told them they were wrong before they even reported the story. From the article: "When contacted for the story, I talked for a good fifteen minutes about the possibility of this situation occurring and what might have to take place to facilitate it. I specifically explained that turning on the DS in a public place has never turned up a Pictochatter. Never. I've tried a bunch of times to see if anyone attempts to use it in public. I also said at least three or four times that Pictochat was not Internet enabled, even after I received a call-back asking if it were possible for this to happen at one of Philadelphia's 'Wi-Fi hotspots' which are also mentioned in the article."

errr no..

[Steve_Jobs_HNIC]

If he had to explain it to her many times then I guess it's not "no nosense" now is it?

Even in the article he said ,"I went even further and speculated that the child would almost certainly have to have prior contact with a person about where to meet in order to make this possible."

My thinking is that she heard "possible" and ran with it, but I don't know that, and you don't know that. Only she does.