At ValleyWag a post was made about Google possibly causing the recent death of a prominent Cnet Editor by providing a dangerous direction plan with their online software.  Did James Kim actually use Google Maps?  If he did was it Googles fault he died? Is it true that Yahoo provides a safer route that would have most likely kept James safe?

First of all I feel kind of funny writing a article like this because the guy is dead but I think it is a whole lot worse that some guys have nothing better to do than come up with some story just to blame Google for an accident.   I think even if he did use Google that he would think blaming Google for his death is ridiculous. He was a smart guy and I can’t quite figure out myself how this all happened except that things sometimes happen that cannot be stopped by anyone.

People are so quick to come up with a story involving Google lately. I am wondering if this story was started by the same guy who came up with the Google funding terrorism idea. The fact remains that these online services are not guaranteed fault-free and are to be used at the users own risk.  However new evidence has come up that proves that James did not actually use google maps. His wife told officers that they used a plain paper road map which means we could now go blame Rand Mcnally. Isn’t this ridiculous?  Why don’t we let the poor guy die and give support to his family, and credit to all the reviews he has written and info he has provided.  Blaming Google or rand mcnally does not bring him back so is pointless.
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Please feel free to send your support to the family of James Kim
I am sure they would love to hear from you.  You can send a email and/or donations. I think they would appreciate both but the note would probably mean the most.

I think it is also nice that the family thanked the rescue and police teams even though they were unable to rescue him.  It was a hard situation.

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