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Salt Lake City TV News Chokes on Hot Coffee Story

Jun 13, 2006 07:41

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hot coffee, ftc, mainstream media, kutv-2, bill gephardt

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semperar June 13 2006, 12:16:41 UTC

"a kid's game"

yes, generic newsperson, GTA is certainly a children's toy.

goodrobotus June 13 2006, 12:26:02 UTC

Seems to me that certain people in America need to wake up and smell the Hot Coffee, and then realise it went cold a long long time ago.

Ok, I didn't sleep last night. But did I hear it right? fgrump123 June 13 2006, 12:37:32 UTC

"A loophole in a kid's game that could allow the players to see porn?"

I was under the impression that kids are "not yet a teen". And yet this game is Mature- Later teen years and beyond.

Oh well, guess I'm not a "young adult" but a "big kid" now! Off to Toys R Us I go!

Re: Ok, I didn't sleep last night. But did I hear it right? xlorep_darkhelm June 13 2006, 15:55:36 UTC

Isn't that one of the old jingles for commercials for a type of diaper?

Re: Ok, I didn't sleep last night. But did I hear it right? terminator44 June 13 2006, 16:14:53 UTC

Actually, the jingle is for Pull-Ups, some kind of middle ground between a diaper and actual underwear.

Re: Ok, I didn't sleep last night. But did I hear it right? fgrump123 June 13 2006, 17:03:33 UTC

Yea pull ups.
Mommy wow! I'm a big kid now!

ok off to take a bio final.

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rhanlav June 13 2006, 12:45:55 UTC

Is it Sweeps time already? I know news folks get really weird and provocative during Sweeps, and frankly, I wouldn't be suprised it if was. Its almost like that old Saturday Night Live skit where they had a news anchor saying stuff like "Something in your house is likely to kill you, and it only gets more dangerous the longer it goes unchecked. This special report... at 11 o'clock!" And they kept harping on how 'it' was so dangerous, that even the co-anchor was getting nervous and trying to find out what it was.

sir_bissel June 13 2006, 12:48:21 UTC

"With a click of the code-word 'Hot Coffee' players can view nudity and play sex games" That's not how I remember it happening...

cyn1c42 June 13 2006, 23:20:14 UTC

fact checking- a part of journalism rendered obsolete by sensationalism

never_wakeup June 14 2006, 04:31:52 UTC

A sad truth. It's what (we) reporters do sometimes to, y'know...get attention.

jesdk June 14 2006, 04:39:21 UTC

And a part of reality ignored by JT's...