TLC Crackdown: When journalists report on World of Warcraft

Nothing positive could ever come out of any news article on World of Warcraft if it is by your local current affairs show. Of course, if I were writing something on WoW, I would glorify it and write loads of crap on how it is a positive hobbie to pursue!

Check out how the journalists in this story portray the game as the work of the devil, and how they continue to quote "experts" which are never shown nor even named! Funny how the boy apparently had a job which we can only assume paid for his WoW addiction, but now that he's dropped out of school and work, I guess mum's going to have to pay for it! Isn't it hilaroius how so many parents don't have control over their kids? This kid is only a minor, he's 16 and yet nothing can be done about his addiction.

The Letter C is sitting around laughing at this news story because we believe it has nothing to do with World of Warcraft and is a horrible attempt at scapegoating. The real issue is not the boy's addiction but the mother's inability to discipline her own child. We also believe the external news article on the Chinese boy who committed suicide over the game was very much taken out of context. Oh, let's do a little pan over the headline of the story to show that such a case existed!

We still can't get over the fact that the reporter quotes "expert" opinion. Experts on what? Experts on not showing their face or not having a name? Name the damn expert, damnit! Breakage of journalism ethics there, not attributing your source, filthy scums of the earth. Not only so, but he says, [quote] "World of Warcraft has had such an impact on players that there are chat rooms on the Internet dedicated to addicts." [/quote] LOL? Hello Mr Journalist, there are chat rooms dedicated to EVERYTHING, including furry porn, white chocolate and pineapple plantations on the Internets. I lol'd irl.

And when the kid is explaining himself, he gets cut off! Notice how the rest of his speech was muted and we didn't get to hear him. We only got to hear the most incriminating parts of what he said, to further enforce the fact that this kid is beyond help! Pathetic. This is absolutely pathetic and it happens way too often; journalists cutting and editing the real story to make it work for them. What was with the shots of the kid in dark lighting and the Star Wars poster in the background? Is Star Wars bad too now? How about that shot of the hole in the wall? Why, that really makes him look like a violent thug, considering the rest of the house is in shambles (if anyone noticed).

This is the truth: there are two types of people in this world; good people, and journalists. Absolutely disgusting.