Comments on: Media Duped By Urban Legend?

By: tbflowers

tbflowers — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 20:24:03 +0000

I thought it sounded familiar to an earlier story. They need to pay their factcheckers more. Wonder if there are a bunch of folks laughing at the US (& the World) for being duped a 2nd time.

By: Andrew Careaga

Andrew Careaga — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:01:48 +0000

The media were duped, and then gullible bloggers like me bought it. I not only posted it on bloggedy blog, by also my Internet addiction blog, Hooked on the Net. Looks like I’ve got to go wipe some cyber egg off my face.

P.S. – Sorry you didn’t get invited to Justice Sunday. But glad you’re keeping it in perspective (i.e., the 1 Corinthians quote).

By: KGB

KGB — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:43:14 +0000

OOOH! Here’s a better one.

“Infant daughter dies as parents play games
online.”

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200506/200506140037.html

BTW, Korea is one of the most wired countries
in the world, and they have PC cafes literally
across the street from one another. Most are
open 24/7.

By: KGB

KGB — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 01:40:36 +0000

Dudes,

If you check the news in Korean, at
http://english.chosun.com/
you will find the original story in English.

Here’s the direct link.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200508/200508080012.html

Daegu is a medium-sized city about an hour’s drive from Busan/Pusan, where I live.

You’re welcome.

By: HCS's and Gen's Place

HCS's and Gen's Place — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:54:49 +0000

La Shawn Barberâ€™s Corner Â» Media Duped By Urban Legend?

La Shawn Barberâ€™s Corner Â» Media Duped By Urban Legend?
This has been going around the online hardware enthusiast and gaming media as well! Frankly, I dismissed it as bogus just on my own feelings when this “story” first broke.

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By: La Shawn

La Shawn — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:06:45 +0000

The point is that it’s out there for speculation, John. Could be real. Could be fake.

By: John Hawkins

John Hawkins — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 20:04:12 +0000

I don’t know La Shawn. He doesn’t seem to present any significant evidence that it’s not real except that he doesn’t think it’s real.

He even points to stories where it has happened before which are supposed to disprove it somehow.

Unless he has more than that, I’m not sure he has debunked anything…

By: bennellibrothers.com

bennellibrothers.com — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:35:16 +0000

Amusing ourselves to death

S. Korean man dies after 50 hours of computer games SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean man who played computer games for 50 hours almost non-stop died of heart failure minutes after finishing his mammoth session in an Internet…

By: Warrior_King

Warrior_King — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 18:47:01 +0000

DOH! I placed this on my blog! Thanks, Lashawn, for the head’s up and teaching me about the importance of checking sources!