The rest of us, however, are immune.
Runner up for the award: Dust Storm Hits Baghdad … if only because it could then be followed up with “BAGHDAD (AP) — Administration officials denied any link between the huge storm that has enveloped this strife-torn city and recent bomb attacks.” Or there’s the FOX TV version: “Administration officials pointed to press coverage of the storm as yet another example of negative news being blown out of proportion by the media. Following the announcement Dick Cheney complained that all this dirt was interfering with his aim.”
Elsewhere in press news: It’s always been said that any semi-competent chimp could be a reporter, how about a semi-competent chip? As in micro. Quoth the AP:
Professors at the University of Minnesota have turned the fantasy computer game “Neverwinter Nights” into a tool for journalism students. Instead of slaying monsters and gathering gold, the players tackle sources and gather information. When we initially did the game, it still had lava pits, the editor looked like an ogre — stuff like that. The librarian had breastplates,” said Nora Paul, director of the university’s Institute for New Media Studies.
Sounds pretty realistic to me. Sadly the game has been modified since this initial version. Now intrepid reporters prowl the streets of a modern day town where a train has derailed and spilled toxic ammonia. “They dig up information by going to the library, government offices or talking to a retired train engineer at the bar.” I use my +4 notebook and fiery pen of truth to record what the guy says!
The team had initially planned to have a crowd of game characters milling about the accident scene, but the game wasn’t amenable to that. A bug in the program meant that any time a player approached a group of people, he was immediately attacked and killed.
This is a bug?
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