Even further research shows that the NBC article states that the unnamed group
could not find PS2s (like everyone else) and instead bought PS1s.  Also there
was no evidence that the consoles go to Iraq.

It seem to me that journalism standards are breaking down.  There is too much
second and third hand reporting going on, which leads to the old story of 20
people in a line and whispering a story to the first and by the time the 20th
person repeats it is is nothing like the original.

Steve Dirickson wrote:

> > Okay.  I posted this originally and several people made remarks to the
> > effect that the original report was not serious.  So, explain this:
>
> One explanation would be that people who should know better--and ought to
> check their facts--bought into the hoax. From the cited page:
>   "The computer chip and video processor used in the PlayStation2 have 1,000
> times the power of the most sophisticated computer on the consumer market,
> making them highly desirable for military use, NBC said."
>
> 1000? I don't think so. From
> http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=15038:
> "MDR says that makes the chip two times faster than a 733-MHz Pentium III
> and 15 times faster than a 400-MHz Celeron at handling tasks like
> full-motion video."