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Cooper Lawrence….admits that she was wrong?

January 26, 2008 in News comments 15

Cooper Lawrence, the woman who bashed Mass Effect recently on Fox News for its supposed pornographic-esque sex scene, has admitted she was wrong in the New York Times.

While you frequently hear about people (”experts”) bashing videogames, it isn’t common when one of them actually admits they were wrong. Yesterday, I made a post about the Cooper Lawrence/Fox News/Geoff Keighley incident, where Mass Effect was described as depicting “full digital nudity and sex” amongst other inaccuracies. Well, it seems that Cooper Lawrence has admitted she was wrong in the New York Times, saying

“I recognize that I misspoke. 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. But it’s not like pornography. I’ve seen episodes of ‘Lost’ that are more sexually explicit.”

Yay! I am so glad to hear that. While it was still wrong for her to talk about a subject in which she obviously had no knowledge about, this will certainly help redeem her (at least in my eyes). People *bleep* up, but it certainly isn’t as common as one making a mistake as it is when one admits doing so.

As for the others on this specific Fox News program….


You could learn from her.
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  • 0
    black doom Jan 26, 08
    Reasonably fair play on her part.
  • 0
    Play ISDF Jan 26, 08
    Well it's nice that she admits she was wrong. I just wonder if she realized she was wrong because of all the backlash from the gaming community.
    • 1
      Bri Jan 26, 08
      Getting your book trashed is a fairly good motive. Authors of negatively-rated books usually don't do well in other areas, if they're discredited in print, they're discredited on tv, in film, whatever else. Media is actually very connected.

      But yes, good to see she's at least tried to fix the problem.
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    The New Era Jan 27, 08
    About time, glad someone was the man... er, girl
  • 2
    Donnelly Jan 27, 08
    Hell isn't frozen over yet, but an air conditioner has definitely been installed.
  • 0
    SUPREM_KITE Jan 27, 08
    now she just needs to get on the news and apologize so the world doesn't have one more thing to hold against us gamers.
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    The New Era Jan 27, 08
    Actually, a worldwide apology could take it to far...
  • 3
    Miss Razz Jan 27, 08
    Good on her for admitting she was wrong, at least. Not many people actually bother to do that, especially admitting they're wrong to gamers. Not many "game bashers" take gamers seriously enough to do that.

    Now if only she could get back on Fox and set the record straight on TV in front of all the people who watch her.
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    L0Kl Jan 27, 08
    If you read her actual statement, she does not apologize. Rather she shifts the blame to the person who prepped her. I checked a variety of sources, including the original NYT story and never in any of the articles do I see the words "I'm sorry".

    As far as I can tell, this is simply a bs pr combover in an attempt to distract people from the fact that she has not apologized.

    It is because of people like her that my children are not allowed in some people's homes because they hear that video games are all bad and since I work in the game industry I must be one of the amoral types who want kids to play the "hot coffee" patch of GTA SA.

    I won't be satisfied until she spends at least one day with people in the game industry on her radio show, which is on M-F 7p-10p and can be reached at 877-6-cooper
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      Storm* Jan 27, 08
      Right on the money there, L0KI. She seems to just want people to get off her back, mainly gamers. Still, I agree with GG, Lawrence should bring this up on TV to make an even bigger step forward, and actually apologize. At least she admits she was wrong, though.
  • 0
    BradSK Jan 27, 08
    Fair play, takes guts to come out and say that you were wrong.
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    Slumpy monkey Jan 27, 08
    Shes still a whore in my eyes
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    Zero and X Jan 27, 08
    Thats great! Iam glad she realized she didnt know what she was talking about, and apologized for it.
  • 0
    m xdogz Jan 28, 08
    About time she apologized !!!
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    Ares81883 Jan 28, 08
    Until people learn to take responsibility for their damn children, people will always be screaming "Think of the children when you make your games!" Please that is why there are ratings, if parents can't purchase the appropriate games for their kids that is their problem not the video game producers problem.

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