Feb 15
Video: Jack Thompson on Fox News talking about the NIU shooting
Yesterday afternoon 27-year-old Steven Kazmierczak shot multiple people at Northern Illinois University, killing five, injuring many more, and finally committing suicide. It is a national tragedy, and just like with Virginia Tech Jack Thompson has decided to exploit it in his crusade against violent video games. With no indication whatsoever that gaming was involved or the shooter even played games, Jack Thompson appeared on Fox News as “someone who has studied campus shootings” to share his unfounded opinions on what was behind it. Based only his belief that violent games make people far more likely to do this kind of thing and “the attire” of the shooter, he thinks video games were connected. He says “you can rehearse these type of massacres on simulators which are called video games,” making it seem as if video games are nothing more than massacre simulators. He even manages to get a plug in for his book.
Until there is reasonable evidence that gaming was directly involved, and I doubt there will be, it’s nothing more than video game fear mongering and baseless assumptions.
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If we had access to the jacking off/rolling eyes smiley face, I’d use it.
What is wrong with Fox News that they repeatedly allow such abysmal levels of untruthful journalism? What is wrong with America that such a tragedy can be used as a vehicle for a rabid self publicist?