EA pissed off by FOX

[Venkman]

What happened to all that Yellow Journalism stuff from the late 19th century then?

As far as I'm concerned, Fox news is largely irrelevant. I never find myself in a meaningful conversation with anyone who believes the tripe they hear from them anyway (as well as other "news" outlets like some of the near-rag newspapers out there), because I largely ignore folks who are more passion than logic on these sorts of things.

Thanks naum for pulling that info. I think that may not set a strong precedent, given the specificity of the events around it. However, I would wager that if someone did try to make it precedent, it'd garner more attention, and be kiboshed. The political set can't handle media distorting the very truths they're trying to distort

Well, unless they're all in it together, Skull & Bones/Illuminati style

[Khaldun]

Interesting follow-up on this today: Seth Schiesel http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/arts/television/26mass.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=mass+effect&st=nyt&oref=slogin has a piece in the NY Times on the controversy. The part that shocked me? Cooper Lawrence eating crow and agreeing she was completely wrong. The use of reputation systems, review sites, and so on just went up one notch in my system. Lawrence couldn't even complain that the people hitting her book on Amazon hadn't read it, since she was so cavalier in the Fox segment about having not played Mass Effect.

Not that FOX itself is going to apologize. They just don't roll that way.

[Mazakiel]

Wow.  Color me shocked as well that she flat out admits how wrong she was.  Kudos, I suppose, on at least doing that. 

In an ideal world, she'd be back on a follow up segment on Fox where they show that, yeah, they were completely and utterly wrong with the whole segment.  I doubt we'll see a retraction on Fox, and should anyone from EA or anywhere else show up for a follow up, it'll likely be more along the lines of an ambush about something else.  So goes the world, I suppose. 

[Samwise]

Interesting follow-up on this today: Seth Schiesel http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/26/arts/television/26mass.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=mass+effect&st=nyt&oref=slogin has a piece in the NY Times on the controversy. The part that shocked me? Cooper Lawrence eating crow and agreeing she was completely wrong. The use of reputation systems, review sites, and so on just went up one notch in my system. Lawrence couldn't even complain that the people hitting her book on Amazon hadn't read it, since she was so cavalier in the Fox segment about having not played Mass Effect.

Not that FOX itself is going to apologize. They just don't roll that way.

Epic  .

[Strazos]

In an interview on Friday, Ms. Lawrence said that since the controversy over her remarks erupted she had watched someone play the game for about two and a half hours. “I recognize that I misspoke,” she said. “I really regret saying that, and now that I’ve seen the game and seen the sex scenes it’s kind of a joke.

“Before the show I had asked somebody about what they had heard, and they had said it’s like pornography,” she added. “But it’s not like pornography. I’ve seen episodes of ‘Lost’ that are more sexually explicit.”

Owned.

[Azazel]

Think it's likely that Fox News will get her back on for another interview though? Nope, damage done.

[HaemishM]

What do you want to bet that the person Mrs. Lawrence heard "it's like pornography" from was the Fox producer right before she went on the air?

[Yoru]

You know you've gone too far when even Jack Thompson says you're off your rocker. Via that K-named site, an email exchange ostensibly between J.T. and Brian Crescente:

To: Brian
From: Jack
Immediate News Release - January 24, 2008
Grand Theft Auto IV to Be Released April 29; Culture War Begins Now

To: Jack
From: Brian
I like your new glasses.

To: Brian
From: Jack
Wow, as usual you're grasping the real news here.

To: Jack
From: Brian
I'm surprised you haven't been looking into Mass Effect.
http://kotaku.com/348692/ea-fighting-mad-about-fox-news-but-still-no-correction?cpage=2#viewcomments

To: Brian
From: Jack
Why would you be surprised. I don't see any problem with it. The guy who shot his mouth off about it had no idea what the Hell he was talking about.

To: Jack
From: Brian
You mean you're OK with mass effect?

To: Brian
From: Jack
Of course. This contrived controversy is absolutely ridiculous. Report that, why don't you?

[Yegolev]

Jack Thompson being more sane/trustworthy than Brian Crescente is not at all surprising.  Thompson has probably quoted a source at some point in his past.

[Ironwood]

I don't believe that was the real Jack Thompson.  It's....Sane.

[Yegolev]

Upon re-reading it, I see the conversation is sourced from Kotaku, so I agree that it is not to be trusted.

[Signe]

It's the place to go for all your internet game fibbery.