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# ABC news alert: “Predators are using Nintendo DS”
- URL: https://jasontucker.blog/abc-news-alert-predators-are-using-nintendo-ds/
- Published: 2006-02-15T16:07:49.000Z
- Updated: 2006-02-15T16:07:49.000Z
- Author: Jason Tucker
- Tags: #wordpress

I’m jacking this word for word from Joystiq.com since most people dont click links I post 🙂 Man, I hate the media.. why isnt anyone fact checking shit like this? YOU CANNOT CHAT USING NINTENDO DS (at least in its stock form).  
[![Pictochat (DS)](http://www.joystiq.com/media/2006/02/dspictochattin.jpg)](http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=special%5Fcoverage&id=3905371&ref=jasontucker.blog)An ABC affiliate in Philadelphia recently broadcast an “important warning for parents” regarding the Nintendo DS: *“Strangers can use this toy to lure unsuspecting children to dangerous places”* 
  
There’s no doubt that parents should be aware of the capabilities of any toy or device they purchase for their children, but to suggest that the Nintendo DS is being used by *predators* to *lure children* into their clutches is poor journalism. Most notably, the report implies that DS users can chat together via Wi-Fi hotspots. Nope. And do we even need to mention that there’s been no real child abuses here—just a dirty user name? Yes folks, it’s sensationalism at its ~~best~~ worst.

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