MOShooter
10-18-2006, 06:21 PM
Has your station jumped on the Bully bandwagon? Are you responsible for the sorry pieces of so-called journalism linked at http://gamepolitics.com/2006/10/18/miami-news-station-covers-bully-flap/#comments.
I know we do it all the time, but we really need to research the "facts" that are given to us, especially by those with an axe to grind against the other side of the story, such as Jack Thompson. This man is a media whore looking for publicity at every turn. Any facts he states should be viewed with the utmost skepticism and thoroughly checked before being regurgitated in a standup, which is what happened in the story from CBS 3 in Philly.
The 24th comment has links that refute the standup mentioned above.
The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective is here
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/school/school2.pdf
It mentions violent media on page 20. It says that the subject shows an unhealthy fascination with violent themes. About video games, it states that the subject is more interested in the images than the game itself.
Four pages later it states that "intense media attention can...generate copycat violence elsewhere." So we are actually more of a threat than videogames.
Please try to keep your newsrooms in check when it comes to situations like these. Stories like this only erode our credibility with the next generation of viewers, which will cause them not to watch, ending our usefulness.
I know we do it all the time, but we really need to research the "facts" that are given to us, especially by those with an axe to grind against the other side of the story, such as Jack Thompson. This man is a media whore looking for publicity at every turn. Any facts he states should be viewed with the utmost skepticism and thoroughly checked before being regurgitated in a standup, which is what happened in the story from CBS 3 in Philly.
The 24th comment has links that refute the standup mentioned above.
The School Shooter: A Threat Assessment Perspective is here
http://www.fbi.gov/publications/school/school2.pdf
It mentions violent media on page 20. It says that the subject shows an unhealthy fascination with violent themes. About video games, it states that the subject is more interested in the images than the game itself.
Four pages later it states that "intense media attention can...generate copycat violence elsewhere." So we are actually more of a threat than videogames.
Please try to keep your newsrooms in check when it comes to situations like these. Stories like this only erode our credibility with the next generation of viewers, which will cause them not to watch, ending our usefulness.