Jack Thompson, in his typical flair, has denied having anything bad to say about Buzz! The Schools Quiz.

The US diva, I mean attorney, was quoted in British newspapers as saying:

Video games have hurt far more people than they have helped. I don’t see how they can be of any more benefit than normal teaching.

As I suggested, this was a pretty moronic and unsupported statement, where the self-funded Buzz! quiz was only a teaching addition for schools, not a replacement for traditional methods.

JT has now got in touch with The Daily Mail’s editor via an angry email, where he says:

I was NEVER contacted by anyone at your paper about this story, and I never said or wrote the below. I don’t think such a thing and thus would not have uttered it anywhere, anytime.

Fair enough, but being the diva he is, he likes to end his interlocutions with scorn:

Your writer lied about this, and he/she ought to be sacked for this utter fabrication.

Why not take them to court Mr. Jack? Then again, you don’t seem to fair too well there. DIVA!

Source: Play.TM.

Thanks go to MonkeyThumbs for the tip.

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