Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Dungeons and Dragons and Dan
Memogate wasn't the first time 60 Minutes buried the truth in favor of the sensational. Here's legendary game designer Gary Gygax--of Dungeons and Dragons fame--on the brand of yellow journalism currently practiced too often at CBS:
Splash, out
Jason
Hat tip: Balloon Juice.
In many ways I still resent the wretched yellow journalism that was clearly evident in (the media's) treatment of the game -- 60 Minutes in particular. I've never watched that show after Ed Bradley's interview with me because they rearranged my answers. When I sent some copies of letters from mothers of those two children who had committed suicide who said the game had nothing to do with it, they refused to do a retraction or even mention it on air.
Splash, out
Jason
Hat tip: Balloon Juice.
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