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When Will the Media Blame the Shootings at VA Tech on Gaming?
Category: Current Events
Posted on: April 17, 2007 7:07 AM, by Jeremy
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Apparently Jack Thompson has already been making the rounds on this one, predictably blaming violent games.
Even though I'm not keen on violent video games that reward anti-social behavior, it's obviously much too early to make that connection.
Posted by: Dave Munger | April 17, 2007 8:33 AM
My son told me he has already heard the blame-the-gaming argument on the radio yesterday.
Posted by: coturnixc | April 17, 2007 9:12 AM
Jack Thompson was on FOX blaming it on video games within hours, before the shooter had even been identified. FOX, of course, captioned him as "Expert on School Shootings", despite his being misled or deliberately lying about every single case in an attempt to blame it on video games.
Kotaku is treating him like we do creationists.
Posted by: Mr. Gunn | April 18, 2007 11:27 AM