<![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Edison was a quack.

Annnnnyway last I checked the NEWSpapers were supposed to report news, again they should be banned from reporting this sensationalist twadlle.

Loki

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I remember just a few months ago there was an article about a man who shot his friend while they argued about what music they should play on a PS2.

The tabloids completely ignored what facts were relevant and showed headlines like "Friend murders over PS2".

This is the same, but infinitely worse, using a child's death as an advantage to a "good looking" headline.

The real question to look at here is if the charger was defect, because the breaker should short-circuit before the child suffers. If the charger was indeed faulty then, even as wrong as it is, they can go back to blaming the GameBoy.

Scarleth

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> >> Haverc

To set the record straight, the US does use AC on its power lines. At least, from substations to the power outlet. There WAS a scare by scientists loyal to Edison's school of DC and tried to turn Tesla away from AC because of it's known dangers, but his success at the 1893 World Fair in showing that AC power can be safely used without blowing up the fair to kingdom come helped establish AC as the de-facto system of electrical power. It was also a more efficient system over DC.

DC is still commonly used by electronics with brick transformers changing AC power to DC power due to the requirements of solid-state electronics.

sanjiyan

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> A more accurate headline would be "Lack of Parental Supervision Kills Kid".

Oh, my bad. Most accidental childhood deaths can be attributed to that.

JadedOne

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Awful that only ONE of the THREE headlines actually mentions that there was water involved!

Clearly leaving that out is irresponsible to say the least.

XgamerM

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Phuket is pronounced "poo-ket" and was hit extremely hard by the tsunami a few years back. My family was supposed to vacation in a villa on the beach on Phuket but decided against it at the last minute because I didn't want to take the horrible flight to Thailand. Anyway, to make a long story short, during our planned vacation that didn't happen, the tsunami hit. The villa we almost reserved no longer exists.

Thailand, I think, uses 240 volt outlets. Interestingly, these are actually SAFER than American 120-volt outlets because the reflex to pull your arm back from the outlet upon electrocution is much stronger, and you spend much less time being electrocuted. In the United States, sometimes the reflex isn't powerful enough to even cause the person being electrocuted to withdraw from the circuit.

bruins01

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> you people do realise that the media are jumping on the 'kids die in forign country' band wagon like a few months ago in the UK where two kids died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Also the case of the father killing his kids in some forign country.

the longest a gaming story i have seen capturing the UK audience was the rule of rose one and it has never been mentioned ever again.

no one actually cares about gaming in the UK that much apart from gamers.

if this story does get mentioned again it will be more aimed towards 'bad wiring kills british kid'

UK_citizen_and_gamer

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> After taking a dip in the pool, there's nothing quite like curling up next to my favorite electrical appliances. But they have to be plugged in. That's the secret.

skeetervalentine

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> A good number of countries in Asia use 220-240V straight prong sockets and 110V circular prong types. Thailand's one of them.

Not sure if that does anything to explain what happened, but just in case, that's some info for you.:(

VictorB

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I don't know why this erk me but it does, I have sympathy for the unfortunate death but for some reason it reek of shifting blame.
The other problem is how the media titled the story, the more reputable sites list is it as electrocution which suggest an accident, But using the word kill is strange, to kill meant it was intentional. Then again it sells papers so the tabloid choose to word it wrongly.
Heck I was told by a former newspaper editor that 90% of all news is opinion.

Etherser

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Loki: To maintain our freedom of speech we gotta take both the good and crap like this.

DeusGear

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> yes ninjaball

a very special level of hell. A level they reserve for child molesters and people who talk at the theater...

Spartan1308™

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Sad but true, sensationalism sells papers, I really wish there was a law against it though.

Loki

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Shoot, the first headline I had read this morning was worse:
Kid Killed by Nintendo DS

I'm so sick of sensationalism. If you can't make a headline without spinning a lie, then leave the article nameless.

Mogbert

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> hah next up you'll see things ling 'child dies, played videogames'

thejakeman: visit my site!

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> So since 1984, has there ever been the headline for, "Child dies by fungus poisoning, trying to get a 1-up"?

Because its long overdue.

Danj3ris: man of many overlooked ideas.

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> ROFL ... man you have to love the fear mongering media.

EnigmaNemesis

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Everybody thank JasonR for our italics.

Thank you JasonR. :)

Now let's all thank the webmaster for not fixing this glitch a year ago.

Thank you webmaster. :)

Now everyone thank the media for blaming a system that isn't even sold anymore since the DS came out.

Thank you media. :)

DaveKap

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> @reecord2: But he didn't die because "He was near an outlet and soaking wet," he could've done that for hours -- he died from trying to unplug his Gameboy.

n00b f. nation

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> The voltage definitely matters. The current is what kills you, but the current is the voltage divided by the resistance. If you double the voltage, you double the current.

br549

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I wish there were more "iPod killed [insert victim]". that thing needs to die real soon....the entire industry needs a new focus and refresh.

joncoffee

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> The gameboy didn't kill him, the F*CKING OUTLET KILLED HIM. I'm sorry, but that's how frusterating this is. You could jump into a pool while holding your gameboy if you wanted to, and nothing is going to happen. Except that you're going to need to buy a new gameboy. He was near an outlet and soaking wet, and it's very very tragic that this had to happen.

reecord2

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I have to agree with you about responsible journalism. Although now it seems that whenever media (news and print) report on the Gaming Industry or a gaming event it always starts with a sensationalized header. It seems that responsible reporting goes out the window when a tag line can get in readers or viewers. Even if it's totally incorrect. That is mostly because the industry does not do enough to promote the good things it does. So instead, mr.public (or mrs.) gets used to hearing another bad thing about the gaming industry.
I wish things like Childs Play and other events were as widely published.

trina

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Well, that *is* how he died. I guess Fahey wants to remove any kind of detail to protect his hurt fanboy feelings. Those papers being so mean to Nintendo, maybe they should be forced to headline every single death as "______ ______, Age __, Died of Lack of Oxygen to the Brain."

And yeah, this is nowhere in the same universe of bad journalism in which Kotaku exists for running that "Microsoft Rep Says HD-DVD 'The Next Betamax'" headline. Hilarious.

n00b f. nation

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Whoever laughed at the "Nintendo POWER" comment should check out the comments by Jerk Face in the same story on Joystiq. I nearly spit out my coke at my desk.

Comments are #2 and #16.

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/05/nintendo-responds-to-gam...

xMidnightxEyesx

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Maybe I'm not the best person to be preaching about responsible journalism

Damn right!!!

Anyway, what else do you expect from tabloids? Its a shame, but it happens.

Condolences for the boys family. Its devastating to loose your child at the start of a new year, let alone any time.

joncoffee

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> its a tragic story but regarding the press; its not their job to be responsible and objective, its their job to sell units - and more often than not that comes through sensationalism in the short term (yes i know they would sell more if they were ethical and informative in the long term), it comes down to the reader really. learn to be media literate. its a kind of escalation but you can stop the rags from being that way so the best defence is learning to read the truth from their half-truths.

Rajio

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> You are right there sanjiyan, the voltage is irrelevant, it is the current that kills you. Whether it was 110v or 230v wouldn't have matter. It was probably a combination of poor wiring and an accident.

By the way Tesla knew that high voltage wasn't dangerous, to the point he experimented on himself. He used himself as a conductor for 40kV+ in one experiment.

Tesla=a very cool man

cocomo

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> At least he was a gamer. R.I.P. Little guy!

Earthslide

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Thailand's voltage is 220-240AC, 50 Hertz.

schvitzatura

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Falconfire says:
If there is one country that makes even our sensationalist journalism look good, its Britain where even their dignified newspapers look like the Sun.

Maybe, but there's really no British equivalent to Fox News - the most shockingly biased load of crap you can watch.

Haverc

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> While I'd love to blame the kid for being so damn stupid, I suppose it is the parents' fault, if they never taught him that "water and electricity don't mix", as others have said. My own parents drummed that particular mantra into my skull from as early as I can remember. Anyway, it's sad that the press have chosen to use the incident to slam Nintendo, rather than reinforcing the need for kids to learn home safety.

European mains voltage is indeed twice as large as US voltage, but the US supply is DC (direct current), meaning it always flows in one direction. This means that if you get a shock, it "grips" you, so you can't let go. The EU supply on the other hand is AC, which constantly switches direction and doesn't "grip", so you only get a brief shock.

Haverc

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> The UK's press is even more disgusting than the US. On the other hand this kind of crap doesn't keep getting printed without the audience creating a demand for it.

Cell9song

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Kid gets wet, touches a wired appliance. Tragic story. I live in the UK but as far as I can tell all parents seem to be informing kids about the dangers of water + electricity, even if it isn't fatal over here.

Hardflip

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Steveht, the Jaguar had a catastrophic death toll, though.

dowingba

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Well, if she's saying that now, then it is to take the blame off of her, make her kid loook less ignorant, and sets her up to file lawsuits. If the kid was wet, it makes her look irresponsible and she'd have a hard time suing anybody.

Mezodon

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I think we should all play a gameboy gaming round for him! his death was in service of his hobby, and we, as hobbyist in the same hobby, should take notice and play a good session!

Or at the very least, instead of playing a session, have a moment of silence and go enjoy a family moment! (or those with Wii's may be able to have both!)

nootau

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I'm not sure how Phuket laws are arranged... but I thought it was NECESSARY to have a GFCI protecting any area around pools/hot tubs etc.
One simple measure could have saved the kid.

Yet I still think the parents are partially responsible. This is something every child should be taught... much like the fact that electronics should not be unplugged by pulling on the cord, as this too could lead to electricution. It's a luxury that has become so common that people have lost a fear for it.

YouReflectionBG

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> >>A GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) outlet would have saved him.

I'm not so sure about its availability/utility in Thailand (IIRC, that's where Phuket is)...I was reading an article on power outlets last night on Wikipedia (meh, at least it's a mundane and undertouched article) and one plug I saw in it supports both standard North American dual blade or dual blade + ground plug and most dual plug style european plugs.

My understanding is that since most euro plugs are set for 220-240V, it's particuarly lethal if you end up getting shocked. Even if you are wet and you end up getting zapped by something like a light switch here in the states (110-120V), it's enough to give you quite a jolt, but not kill you.

Or am I wrong and it's not the voltage that kills, but the amperage?

Either way, this is particularly painful...no parent should ever have to lose their kid, especially like this, especially on vacation.

sanjiyan

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> @dowingba - Hahah, the same thing happened to me only it was when I was trying to unplug my computer monitor when I was 15 or so. It was like stuck in the damn outlet and I was pulling, and readjusting to get a better grip. Well I had pulled it out enough that when I went to grab it again, my finger went inbetween the plug and the wall and bvvvvvvvvvvvvttt.

It more or less just felt like my arm was vibrating but there was no pain. Regardless, I've been pretty damn careful about unplugging shit since then.

amazinglarry

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Dam posting

Triggster

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I picked up the mirrorat work today whilst on my break and it read this:


"She said Connor was aware of the dangers of electricity and denied claims he plugged in the charger while still wet from swimming."

Triggster

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I seen this story last night on Tv was at work today so luckily picked up the mirrio on my break.

Distraught mum Kathleen Curry, 45, who found his lifeless body on the floor, said: "We're all devastated." Kathleen, who bought the charger in Thailand, said: "My son was only unplugging his Game Boy - he does it all the time at home.


"She said Connor was aware of the dangers of electricity and denied claims he plugged in the charger while still wet from swimming."

Meh?

Triggster

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Condolences to the family for such a tragic accident, a bright light of hope passing away.

Concerto

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I can't help but think this wouldn't have happened with a Gamegear, or a Wonderswan.

Scuba Steve

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> When I was a kid I once plugged in a lamp while my hands were wet, and to top it off, somehow I managed to be touching the actual prong of the cord as I was doing it. Got a shock that made my arm numb for 5 minutes or so. Moral of the story, whether or not the parents taught the kid about electrical safety, sometimes shit still happens.

dowingba

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I was looking around and this article auctually states that the wiring in the hotel was faulty.

http://www.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=131...

I went over about 5 of them on google news before I seen this.

-Luke

xpnet

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> If there is one country that makes even our sensationalist journalism look good, its Britain where even their dignified newspapers look like the Sun.

Falconfire

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> This is standard UK media crap, most people know not to take things by the headlines anymore

KineticOnline

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> @JasonR - Yeah I was going to say, reminds me of http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/360/microsoft-rep-says-hddvd-...

amazinglarry

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> A GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) outlet would have saved him. A GFCI outlet monitors the current on both prongs of the outlet. If the current going in differs from the current coming out, the GFCI circuit interrupts the path. If the current goes through you, into the ground, the power is cut almost instantly.

More info:
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/gfci

GFCI outlets are very easy to install and aren't that expensive. So who is really at fault here? The builder? The owners of the pool? No, nobody is. It is a horrible accident that could have been prevented, but accidents don't have to be anyone's fault.

Rectangle

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]>
Phantum Zero says:
Sad story. I'm sorry but the island of Phuket...Had to giggle a little.

It's only funny if you don't know that it's pronounced poo-ket. (I agree, sad story.)

superbad

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> AlteredBeast says:

Gadgetron says:

This gives a whole new meaning to "Nintendo Power!"

Damn! You made me laugh out loud at work!

I second that..

xpnet

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Meh! that's British tabloids for you, and let's face it ITV news is pretty much a televised tabloid. Only the Broadsheets show much sensitivity nowadays - as far as that goes. BBC is still good for straight news, but even they are verging towards sensationalism. Still it's not as bad as some of the so called 'news' you American's have to put up with.

Jambolia

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Very sad indeed. I don't know the specific details, and my sympathy is totally with the parents, but why did a 7 year old kid get so close to an electrical outlet while being wet?


Kids that age need definitive supervision. At least that's my take based on my outrage.

GSGomez

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> "....unprofessional sensationalism."


You mean like:


"Microsoft Rep Says HD-DVD "The Next Betamax"

JasonR

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Gadgetron says:

This gives a whole new meaning to "Nintendo Power!"

Damn! You made me laugh out loud at work!

AlteredBeast

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Blame the water! We all should ban water from our lifes because it kills 7 year old kids! Also, lawsuit all energy companies!After all it was electricity that killed him! But do NEVER and I say NEVER blame the parents for letting a 7 year old kid around a electric socket, wet!

MakubeX

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> There aren't too many other objects that a child would actually be plugging or unplugging from an outlet other than video game consoles. Most toys still use conventional batteries which I guess saved my life as a kid, pumping 4 AA batteries every few hours into my 3lb spinach colored screen gameboy.

It is still neglectful of a newspaper to slam "GAME BOY" into every title as kids still get shocked to mental retardation and or death by playing with electricity. Its also neglectful of the parents to not teach their kids about water + electricity = dead.

DashTheHand

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> am I the only one that thinks this is a serious non-issue? I think a lot of videogame fans are really looking to be persecuted...

Parents aren't as dumb as you might think. This won't "kill sales" of anything. Even the "real" controversies (Hot Coffee, etc) usually end up having little to no effect. Everyone should just chill out.

miraimatt

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Wow, for the people not reporting that the kid was soaken wet ... seriously unprofessional journalism.

dead_red_eyes

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Blame the water! We all should ban water from our lifes because it kills 7 year old kids! Also, lawsuit all energy companies!After all it was really the electricity that killed him! But do NEVER and I say NEVER blame the parents for letting a 7 year old kid be around electrical sockets wet!

MakubeX

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I await the Daily Mail's comment with baited breath.

Seniath

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> The Toaster industry is next...

Yossarian

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I agree - unprofessional journalism!

Earthslide

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> do you think they would've had the same title if he had been unplugging a laptop? i don't. that's ridiculous, incredibly. it's like they are encouraging lawsuits. altho this didn't happen in the u.s. so i'm sure Nintendo has nothing to worry about. i feel so bad for that family.

omgjuicyjuice

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> ginrei724.

not sure about the added voltage of water, but water is a conductor. besides not sure if you are in america or not but American plugs are 110-120 volts. where most european plugs are 220-240 volts.

Phantum Zero

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> It was an accident, and unfortunately accidents like that happen.It's not any person,video game handheld,or corporate entity's fault the little boy got electrcuted.The little guy made a simple mistake people make every day.Unfortunately it's a mistake that often costs people hteir lives.

I feel horrible for his parents.

Tezs

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> At least it'll only kill GameBoy sales and not DS. *shrugs* As for Johann's comment on parents going over electricity safety with their children, I agree completely. Hopefully parents won't take the "I'm not buying my child a GameBoy" route.

As for the UK media, that's them all over. They just pull everything out of complete context. They did the same thing with the Wii-remote and the "wrist strap issue" on channel 4 news @ 7.

Random J

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> damn....... Xmas present.

Twenty5

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> holy crapstick what kind of voltage runs to outlets there? certainly not 120, which isn't *that* dangerous

I'm guessing there was probably no circuit breaker either?

Jabbertrack

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> "If it bleeds, it leads."

Sadly, the mainstream media will likely never change from this fear mongering and reality distortion. It's all about moving papers after all...who needs the facts?!?

LunarDuality

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> The headlines are a bit sensationalistic, sure. I wouldn't go so far as to worry about what under-informed headline-reading parents are going to think, though.

Frankly, headlines like that will probably make parents take notice. And maybe some of them will go over electricity safety with their children. Sounds like a good thing to me.

Johann

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Horrible thing to have happened to a kid... But that was one of the first lessons my parents EVER taught me: Never stick anything in an electrical outlet, or get any water near any.

Kids will be kids though, I guess. My brother actually stuck a fork in an outlet once, was shocked for a good 7 seconds, and he turned out (relatively) okay... Jeez, how much more does being wet actually add to the shock?

ginrei724

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> @harkonnen

Hilarious Family Guy reference!!!! Peter Rocks!!! Only secong to Stewie!!!

But this is very sad that the media has to do that. But its their job...what else could you think!!

NINTENDO FANBOY VIEW(just for kicks): First off condolences to the family, but in the end...this is all a setup by Sony...they saw they was losing to the Wii...and especially to the DS, so to give us(Nintendo) a bad image, they made sure the media told them it was a GAMEBOY...not just an electronic device.

I'm A Gamer Type Guy!!

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> 'Gameboy shock' kills wet boy - itv News

I try to avoid all articles about wet boys in phuket. Could get me in trouble at work.

Frodo

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I still can't get over the name of the island where they were vacationing....who thought naming that island Phuket would be a good idea?

jkwest

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Sad story. I'm sorry but the island of Phuket...Had to giggle a little.

Phantum Zero

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> All right, uh, I couldn't find your toys, so, uh, why don't you just play with this blow dryer and these rattles.

Well, guess that's it. Well, you probably want me to get out of your hair, so, uh, here's the Drano in case there's a clog. Soap's right there next to the radio and, uh, towels are on the roof. So, uh, good night.

harkonnen

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I woke up to this this morning and was pretty shocked that the headline.

Only think more shocking was the fact that it wasn't the Daily Mail leading the charge.

Thoughts goes to the family. Not a nice thing for any parent to deal with.

ophicuhus

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Poor Video Games, they don't get a break this year it seems.

Maybe people will eventually start focusing on issues that actually are a problem in society rather than diverting their attention to what is easiest.

Like Racism! I for one hate Jews. There...talk about that.


(Coincidentally I am Jewish)

William of Spain

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> This gives a whole new meaning to "Nintendo Power!"

Gadgetron

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> I agree with you on this one 100%. What was on the other end of that power cord makes no differences whatsoever. With anti-videogame hysteria being what it is, the papers have snapped it up like the jackals they are. Hell has a special place for people who falsely make use of a child's death to further their own selfish goals.

TitillatedOcelot

]]> <![CDATA[Child Killed By Water and Electricity]]> Wow, only one of those 3 headlines mentions the kid was wet. That's one of the first things I learned in my Media Writing Class - make sure your headline doesn't change the context of the article you are reporting on.

While it is bad normally, that is just reckless sensationalism.

darklight

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