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Fox blames another death on video games

February 22, 2008 in News comments 14

Fox news blames video gamers for leaving a 5-month old baby in a car for 8 days.

I personally highly doubt they were playing videogames for 8 days straight. There were probably many other factors involved, but, FOX just zeros in on the real issue at hand.

While the headline for the actual story reads "Parents of Baby Left Alone in Car Seat for 8 Days Face Murder Charges", Fox News decided to go with the much classier "Video Gamers Leave Baby To Die" on the front page of their website today to direct eyes towards the story of a Peoria Illinois couple who left their 5-month-old baby strapped to a carseat in a crib for 8 days while they were home "playing video games, watching TV, feeding and caring for themselves." A truly horrible crime, but why the video gamer hate? As tipster Orrin points out, why not "TV Watchers Leave Baby To Die?" Simple. Because irresponsible video gamers are big news.

Check out some of the other headlines I have found for this story across the web:

Parents of 5-month-old face first-degree murder charges - Illinois Daily Herald
Parents Charged with Murder - Central Illinois Proud
Parents face first-degree murder in death of baby bound last week - WTHI News

Not one other news outlet I can find focused on the gaming like Fox News did. Are they holding a grudge over the Mass Effect debacle or what? As more and more people start playing video games, will every headline start to read like this? "Man Who Played Video Games Robs Bank." "Video Gamer Dies In Car Crash." This is getting pretty damn ridiculous. Is there a video game angle? Sure. Is it the only angle? Of course not. How about "Irresponsible Young Parents Leave Baby To Die"? Bah. I'm going to go punch something and blame it on gaming.
Deathsythe via foxnews.com »
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  • 0
    Dine_Agoti Feb 22, 08
    Bloody hell. They just don't know when to quit, do they? You'd think they'd give it rest, but apparently the more we try to fight it the more B.S. they spew.
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    kik36 Feb 22, 08
    I didn't find that headline on their page, so maybe they changed it? "Parents Who Left Baby in Car Seat for 8 Days Charged With Murder" was what I found on their main page.
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    Sonic Flash Feb 22, 08
    Has Fox news ever produced any thing that hasn't made the internet laugh at them? Do they KNOW that they're ridiculous and the laughing stock of credible journals of opinion?
    • 0
      Ameer Feb 23, 08
      Unfortunately as shown by the 2000 presidential debacle, they have the power to twist anything.
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    Zero and X Feb 22, 08
    No......way.....fox news.... wow......
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    Stitch Feb 22, 08
    How can they forget a baby for 8 days?
    And blaming it on videogames?
    This is ridiculous, there is something more going on here if they left a baby for 8 days in a car.
    They just can't go to bed without thinking of the baby, they did this on purpose, this has nothing to do with a videogame, I'm sure of it.
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      kik36 Feb 22, 08
      Oddly enough, they did much worse than leave it in the car......it was in a car seat, left in the baby's crib for 8 days!!! So the baby was in the car the whole time probably screaming it's head off!! So these bastards were beyond sick.......there is no blame to put on anything other than on the parents!!!
  • 0
    ali3n Feb 22, 08
    This is just desperate...
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    Play ISDF Feb 22, 08
    This is just *bleep*ing sad. Fox, have all your employee's jump off a bridge. Blame us if you must, but least we wouldn't have to listen to your pathetic shit anymore.
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    BANDITO ATTACK Feb 23, 08
    what does a baby and a pizza hut box have in common?

    they both been in my car for 8 days =O


    but you know its so easy to just get into a 'thing' and play videogames for more than an entire week straight. i do it every day.
  • 1
    black doom Feb 23, 08
    It sickens me less that they blame computer games than it does that they could twist this... this which is already so sick and twisted.
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    DragoniteBallZ Feb 24, 08
    They are the number one rated cable news network in America right now. Meaning more idiots here in America dig their sensationalistic bullshit than the other networks. And Ameer is right. They unfortunately do have a lot more media-related power when it comes to weighing down the side they pick on the political spectrum.
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    Vermillion* Feb 24, 08
    They won't give up, but this shows that they are desperate for trying to get a fake point across.
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    Chekkaa Feb 24, 08
    This isn't about video games, it's about the parents being irresponsible. I bet people's views would be different if they were making model airplanes for a week instead of playing video games.

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