tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post113319366953030848..comments2024-02-19T19:53:01.688-08:00Comments on Cathode Tan: Thompson Heads To TennesseeJoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9611352.post-1133194262607099782005-11-28T08:11:00.000-08:002005-11-28T08:11:00.000-08:00For the BatJack Hunters out there, I sent this to ...For the BatJack Hunters out there, I sent this to the Scotsman:<BR/><BR/>Regarding:<BR/>http://edinburghnews.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=2307772005<BR/><BR/>Your story on the Tennessee shooter being linked to <BR/>video game fails to mention a few truths to balance the content, making it somewhat misleading and inaccurate.<BR/><BR/>This quote:<BR/><BR/>"Now well-known Florida Lawyer Jack Thompson, who previously linked Rockstar game Manhunt to the murder of 14-year-old Stefan Pakeerah in Leicester last year"<BR/><BR/>Fails to mention that the link was never an official part of the police investigation, resulted in a failed lawsuit, and that the victim ... not the killer ... was the player of the game. <BR/><BR/>So in reality, Thompson failed to make such a link.<BR/><BR/>And this point:<BR/><BR/>"n a statement, the lawyer said: "As has happened in other instances, as in the triple homicide in Fayette, Alabama, by an 18-year-old obsessive player of the cop-killing Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, a highly-charged emotional event can serve as a trigger for such a shooting.""<BR/><BR/>Fails to point out that Thompson has been forcibly removed from that case for his outrageous public behavior and tendency to make such inaccurate and unproven links in a public forum.<BR/><BR/>Without this information, this story borders on sensationalism rather than journalism. I hope that your paper would avoid such problems in the future.<BR/><BR/>You can do the same here:<BR/>http://members.scotsman.com/contact.cfmJoshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260309971152360156noreply@blogger.com