Fox's KDVR News Calls Xbox the 'Sex Box'

I'm terrified of the Sexbox. . .

At least now I know why my wife won't let me get one.

I am not surprised at the sensationalism that TV and news services try to create. I am often irritated that no balanced view is presented.

I love how they refer to the Xbox as if it's a company. "[she] reported the unwanted encounter to XBOX."

I also love how they cite one example and suddenly it's a big problem. Don't get me wrong, sexual predators do use Xbox Live (or rather the internet) as a medium to contact children/women/men, but you could just block them. If you play/surf smart, rape initiated by online services would be a lot less common.

On another note, reading this report felt like I was reading something written by a sixth grader.

Wonder if it's just in the money. TV will eventually become obsolete, with streaming and the ability to run your comp to your television.

Should have called it the crapbox cause its outdated since 2008, people even still buying this? and why? Garbage get a real gaming system either a PS3 or high end PC or get nothing.

"It's my sex box and her name is Sony!" lol reminded me of family guy

Every time a child is contact by "someone suspicious", parents should call the police? Are you kidding me? What good is that going to do? Only after there is evidence that an actual crime has occurred, can law enforcement do anything. God, how many parents will end up call the police after reading this article when they see little billy playing on Xbox live and hear someone that sounds older?

Also, Xbox live is a service, not a physical product. It would serve the idiot writing the article good if he understood the lingo/jargon before writing that dumbshit article.

Video games killed my father and raped my mother!

FOX news?
More like FUD news.

It's easy for something to be the "fastest growing" according to tracking data -- simply start tracking something that didn't used to be tracked! As for how dangerous it is, every time a study is done on the number of registered sexual predators on a given site, network, etc., the prevalence is less than in the real world. So while online sexual predator crimes may be growing, kids are still safer online than they are at the local pizza shop/ bowling alley/ theater/ water park/ etc.

It's really a shame that they spent valuable air time with sensationalist "news" rather than providing a real service by giving information to parents on how to protect their children.

That message the girl got sounded like it was from a dumb little 13yr old. I mean really how many times have you got an immature message after you win a match?

Hum... Isn't it more acurate to call it Pedobox then? Pedostation 3? Pedoii

Don't try to lump high end PCs in with the PS3. The PS3 is just as outdated as the 360. What a fanboy.

This is the kind of BS report that only stupid idiots take to heart. Sadly, there are a lot of idiots out there.

A Fox Station, using sensationalism for ratings, eschewing journalism integrity in favour of Bold Type headlines and fear mongering? SAY IT AINT SO!

This is no different than the 80's certainty in media that satanists were abducting, sexually abusing, and killing children by the millions. Despite the fact that not a single case ever came to light--ever--it was accepted as common knowledge.

Where would the frightened Christians right go, but to the same story they remember from their childhoods? At least they are using something that really exists, for a change, I'll grant them that. It's the same hype, the same tapping into public fear, the same tired story without the teeth of legitimate facts to support it.

FOX news: the news you watch when you dont want news!

Um, you can definitely tell over xbox live when you are getting your butt kicked by a 11 year old on Halo 3, it's embarrassing is what it is. The reporter probably had a late night of xbox and the kids pummeled him into goo.

Keep up that quality journalism there Fox! It's exactly what we expect from you.

Ha, fox news sensationalizing?! NO WAY!!

Next you will be telling me CNN and MSNBC sensationalize too!

The fact that Faux Noise has the highest ratings of any news network in America is disgusting, and it's the reason we'll never know if the current administration would ever have been good or bad, because half the country is too scared to let them try. Not trying to start an administration flame war, just saying it's the only way the right wing is sure they'll win back public opinion: by scaring people.

Once again all this boils down to the parenting. Online gaming can be nearly perfectly safe as long as the parents are involved. I will say that video games can serve as a gateway to child predation, but so can almost anything. Parents need to step up, online gaming does not need to step down.

When has Fox "News" ever reported straight out facts

RTFM!

And here I thought it was just an easy way to get girls in bed... ;D

BUT BUT TEH CE77!!!

IT IS 50 F45T!!!!!

You're seriously talking about scaring people being an only right-wing tactic? Did you miss the last election? "If you don't elect Barack Obama, you'll get four more years of George W Bush."
"If we don't fix our environment, Global Warming will kill us all."
"Big Oil companies are just trying to rip you off! We need to tax them out of existence!"

If you think Fox is so bad, you should see the other networks. I feel bad for the liberals that watch that trash.

The sad part is that 99% of the people that watch the news can't detect simple logical fallacies is what leads to the level of "ignorance". Then again, everything the right can be accused, the left seems to be doing it much much faster.

You're either "working for corporations" or "fixing the economy".
You're either "capitulating to foreign nations" or "being diplomatic".
You're either "in the pockets of health insurance companies" or "helping senior citizens getting life saving drugs".

Don't get political on a story that has nothing to do with it or you'll look quite silly. Neither side of our government right now has good answers or plans. They both use rhetoric to confuse the average person (who isn't as stupid as that, but doesn't have time to do real research and has to rely on our abomination of news networks) while they advance their pro-government agendas. The party of opposition simply sits around with it's hands under it's butt while the other cries about the fact they can't get anything done.

I find it funny that fox news is always so quick to point the outrage finger over sex, yet they won't look at Fox's own primetime lineup!

Their news article looks more like something that would be done by The Onion.

ignorance always shows among the old when technology is involved

i'd like to see the statistics of child abduction from xbox live, or the playstation network, or whatever the hell the wii uses. you may have some loud mouth that is calling you bad names, but i doubt that he invites you over to play touch the joystick with him. terrible article.

First off what do you expect from fox news(local or national). They lost all credibility in my eyes after the Mass Effect report. But seriously have they ever actually used an xbox or any other console and look at its parental and privacy controls. Shoot i wander if they have even heard of myspace and facebook. Those are like Stalking for dummies.