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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 2133017" data-attributes="member: 151">I think the complaint is that the reporter merely took the district attorney's comments at face value, without digging at all on the source of the suspicion.&nbsp; This would be more acceptable were in to coming from the district attorney, who is not a police detective investigating the case, but an elected official attempting to garner media attention.KYW's reporters didn't ask or report on why they believe that the accused murderer was influenced by Dungeons and Dragons, other than his rather ramshackle quote on the matter.&nbsp; Consider this: if he had said, &quot;well, we believe the crime was a hate crime&quot; or &quot;we strongly believe that this was a drug deal gone bad&quot;, you'd look for and expect coroboration of that suspicion.&nbsp; The flimsy coroboration that was presented was not challenged nor was more details sought.&nbsp; If, for example, he had answered the challenge to one of my hypothetical statements here with &quot;well, he was a white guy from Camden...I mean, c'mon! Deadliest city in the U.S., right?&quot; or &quot;Well, he was from South Philly.&nbsp; The Merlinos operate out of there, obviously.&quot;....you'd think he was flailing.&nbsp; And that's what his flippant reply sounded like.&nbsp; Let's look at it again:&quot;I mean, you have many, many stab wounds and those 'Dungeons and Dragons' fantasy games involve swords and knives and daggers and things of that nature. There may be a connection but I can’t say for sure.”Now, if he'd explained that there was more reason than just this, it would not have come across as a logical fallacy.&nbsp; He didn't defend that statement, and KYW didn't press him on it.&nbsp; I think that's the irritating point: it was accepted ON IT'S FACE.&nbsp; If the revelation that they were all members of the same gaming group is true, it lends legitimacy to the claim....but it wasn't presented very well by the man who is going to be prosecuting this tragic crime.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 2133017, member: 151"] I think the complaint is that the reporter merely took the district attorney's comments at face value, without digging at all on the source of the suspicion. This would be more acceptable were in to coming from the district attorney, who is not a police detective investigating the case, but an elected official attempting to garner media attention. KYW's reporters didn't ask or report on [i]why[/i] they believe that the accused murderer was influenced by Dungeons and Dragons, other than his rather ramshackle quote on the matter. Consider this: if he had said, "[i]well, we believe the crime was a hate crime[/i]" or "[i]we strongly believe that this was a drug deal gone bad[/i]", you'd look for and expect coroboration of that suspicion. The flimsy coroboration that was presented was not challenged nor was more details sought. If, for example, he had answered the challenge to one of my hypothetical statements here with "[i]well, he was a white guy from Camden...I mean, c'mon! Deadliest city in the U.S., right?[/i]" or "[i]Well, he was from South Philly. The Merlinos operate out of there, obviously.[/i]"....you'd think he was flailing. And that's what his flippant reply sounded like. Let's look at it again: [i] "I mean, you have many, many stab wounds and those 'Dungeons and Dragons' fantasy games involve swords and knives and daggers and things of that nature. There may be a connection but I can’t say for sure.” [/i]Now, if he'd explained that there was more reason than just this, it would not have come across as a logical fallacy. He didn't defend that statement, and KYW didn't press him on it. I think that's the irritating point: it was accepted ON IT'S FACE. If the revelation that they were all members of the same gaming group is true, it lends legitimacy to the claim....but it wasn't presented very well by the man who is going to be prosecuting this tragic crime. [/QUOTE]

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