In the United States, when we think of software piracy on such a broad level that it might actually destroy an industry, usually our focus shifts to countries in Asia. We think of countries such as: Japan, China, India, etc. — we hardly ever consider South America. Mostly, this is simply due to our own ignorance and the limited amount of media exposure we get in this country to other areas of the world, but now, in the age of the Internet, that’s hardly an excuse not to see what’s going on.

Fact-checking has to be one of the most important jobs a journalist must do, which is why it’s so sad to see what actually passes for “journalism” these days — especially of the variety that comes from Fox News. Of course, mistakes happen. In extreme cases, the facts might never be known, but to report facts that aren’t merely incorrect but are, in fact, bald-faced lies, is going to quite the extreme. In a particularly defamatory segment, Fox News couldn’t have produced a more libelous statement than what they had to report about the game “Mass Effect”.