Teen murdered - Bad press for local game store

[bento]

While I was watching the local news this morning a report came on that a teen had been stabbed to death in front of Lone Star Comics, a local game/comic shop in Plano. No real details, but one of those stories that makes you go "hmmm." They showed about ten seconds of video in front of the store.

When I got to work and read the newspaper, the stabbing happened around 4AM (which was not mentioned in the TV report) after the victim was being chased around town by his killer. He just happened to stop his car at that location when he was attacked. The newspaper article didn't mention the store, just the address.

You know the TV piece got plenty of more viewership than the paper. I'm not a fan of LSC, but "sensationalized" news like this gives our hobby a bad name. Anything to tart up the news.

My condolences go out to Brustein family for the loss of their son. Max sounds like he was a really nice kid.

 

[Relique du Madde]

You know the TV piece got plenty of more viewership than the paper. I'm not a fan of LSC, but "sensationalized" news like this gives our hobby a bad name. Anything to tart up the news.

I don't think really think so. The murder happened at 3:45 am and it happened because of an argument about a girl. The game/comic shop was only mentioned because that was where the body fell and this is now a crime scene.

If the person was murdered IN the store during work then it would give the our hobby a bad name but since it happened in the dead (heh) of night, it doesn't.

 

[bento]

The story on the NBC affiliate's web site has more details than how it actually aired. It very much was:

Picture of store exterior show in daylight
"Teen killed by other teen in front of LSC in Plano yesterday. Victim stabbed and assailant was arrested soon after."

When news stories are told in twenty second snippets, lots of important details get left out and are for the left to the viewer to fill-in. Why didn't the TV station just name the shopping center, which has about twenty other stores besides LSC, including a large supermarket? If this happened in front of the dry cleaners two doors down from LSC, I bet it wouldn't have gotten metioned as that doesn't make good news.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Why didn't the TV station just name the shopping center, which has about twenty other stores besides LSC, including a large supermarket? If this happened in front of the dry cleaners two doors down from LSC, I bet it wouldn't have gotten metioned as that doesn't make good news.

Because the location is more specific. Where was it in the parking lot? In front of LSC.

The video I saw on the website, at State Holds Hearings On Six Flags' Alcohol Permit Application - Videos - KXAS, was neutral on the subject. I don't know if this is the same report you saw. I don't think they were trying to be anti-gamer, simply reporting where stuff happened.

 

[bento]

Story next day didn't include location as it started going off in another direction (why? grieving family, etc.).

As for alcohol at Six Flags, I've had enough encounters with jerks at the park to not want to go back there if it is allowed. I've seen a couple of items on the news about it as well and it seems very neutral. But this is all in light of the Dallas Cowboys moving to Arlington (where SFoT is located) and the expected revenues from beer sales. Other "family-friendly" places are starting to jump on the bandwagon. This is in SHARP contrast to about seven years ago when a Hooter's Restaraunt was opened in south Arlington and they were denied a permit. At that time the city council and home owners were aghast that beer would be sold at an establishment that had scantly-clad women a mile or two away from a local high school (although perfectly legal in the state of Texas). The restaraunt got around it by giving away beer free with food purchases. They finally got their permit after several years.

Most "big business" news items usually are neutral in Dallas, as the media (Belo Broadcasting, Fox, Disney, Clear Channel & CBS) is very pro-business. You'll typically see a more critical eye on business in publications like the Dallas Observer.

 

[LightPhoenix]

Story next day didn't include location as it started going off in another direction (why? grieving family, etc.).

As for alcohol at Six Flags....

You know, I only pasted in the URL of the video, vBulletin must have added the link title. Weird. I only watched the one on the shooting.

 

[Kurashu]

I don't think it gives a bad name to the hobby.

A few years ago there was an extremely vicious murder -- the Adrianne Reynolds case; I'll spare the details, you guys can look it up -- that happened in an area I used to live. The body got dumped in Black Hawk State Park. That's an awesome park with a cool museum. The murder didn't sully the name there. Nor of the Quad Cities in general.

Stuff happens. Chances are if it happened in front of the dry cleaners, the news station would have named the dry cleaners. You can't suspect everyone of being on a witch hunt to sully gaming.