Fox News Begins Two-Part Series Linking Games to Mass Murder

[Psychobabble]

FOX News posted an online poll in conjunction with this; asking people whether they believe that video games cause people into committing violent crimes.

The results...wow. [http://nation.foxnews.com/poll/2013/09/12/do-believe-violent-video-games-are-to-blame-for-inciting-mass-murderers-as-some/?intcmp=trending]

Each state: 3-15 votes

Texas: >400,000 votes

It's a garbage poll. We have to throw it out.

Oh sure. You're all ready to jump at the chance to get this poll thrown out for such a minor discrepancy in voting numbers.

not sure if sardonic

Oh come on. Such a minor disparity in voting numbers only shows how passionate the citizens of Texas are about this issue.

... Or about how much the rest of the nation enjoys the idea of innocent people being murdered. I'm not quite sure. Well maybe with the exception of Florida.

I'm going with the latter. The rest of the country saw the light with Florida. After all, if someone offered you a house in Oklahoma or a house in Florida, which would you pick?

Florida, obviously.

And it's clearly because of the random acts of excessive violence there!

Exactly. With all the drugs and violence, living in Florida must be just like living in game worlds of GTA or Saint's Row. Would seem quite the Mecca for violent game enthusiasts.

EDIT: But I kid the wonderful Floridians. ..... please please PLEASE don't kill me.

 

[lacktheknack]

I'm going with the latter. The rest of the country saw the light with Florida. After all, if someone offered you a house in Oklahoma or a house in Florida, which would you pick?

Florida, obviously.

And it's clearly because of the random acts of excessive violence there!

Exactly. With all the drugs and violence, living in Florida must be just like living in game worlds of GTA or Saint's Row. Would seem quite the Mecca for violent game enthusiasts.

And by extension... playing violent video games is the only way with which we can adequately prepare ourselves for the horrors of the real world, because Florida is in the real world!

I THINK WE'VE GOT IT!

 

[0 to 3 Sad Onions]

I'm not touching this one, and neither should you. I don't care anymore. Let's ignore them together and play our violent video games. Let's not actually engage in a meaningful rebuttal of this meaningless crap.

Sounds like a plan. Some things just don't deserve to be dignified with responses.

And in any case, this is coming from fucking Fox News. Everyone knows that it's an echo chamber for conservative wingnuts that panders to the paranoias, biases and fears of its audience. It's in the business of sensationalism, not reporting. No sane, rational, remotely well-informed person gives them any credence whatsoever -- as a news outlet or anything else -- and those who do can't be reasoned with. But, hey. This is a network that, among other things, has called Mr. Rogers a bad influence, denounced the Muppets as communist propaganda, insinuated false equivalencies between bronies and adults who live as babies full-time...and I shouldn't have to remind anyone on this site about how they handled Mass Effect. This isn't too far out of character for them.

 

[thanatos388]

If there's one thing I ever thought about Bioshock, GTA, or Saints Row it was how "ultra-real" they were. The realism was almost too much you could say.

 

[thephill]

Remember when it was comic books that turned kids into killers? Or Rock'n'roll? Or Rap? Or T.V? Or whatever was popular when you were a kid?
Everything popular gets blamed for crime. And every one looks back at the good old days when everything was great. In 20 years time there will be some idiot blaming [FUTURE TECHNOLOGY] or it and everyone will roll their eyes and seem to forget that this is what news networks do when nothings happening.

Also you really think that it's a coincidence that this comes out days before the new GTA? yeah right, next week GTA5 will hit a shitstorm over this.
"Think of the CHILDREN!!!"

 

[chiefohara]

Im sure it'll all be fine.

Everything fox reports is always Fair and Balanced

Right?....... Right?

 

[darksakul]

So Faux News is being Faux News again

Even the muppets have enough of Fox.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ew1fhIvbprM

 

[Kaymish]

"Three more recent killers... all were active video game players."\
that's pretty much saying the same thing as
"Three more recent killers... all were active puppy owners"

how is fox news able to get away with this sort of crap without at least getting fined for something?

 

[AkaDad]

FOX News posted an online poll in conjunction with this; asking people whether they believe that video games cause people into committing violent crimes.

The results...wow. [http://nation.foxnews.com/poll/2013/09/12/do-believe-violent-video-games-are-to-blame-for-inciting-mass-murderers-as-some/?intcmp=trending]

Each state: 3-15 votes

Texas: >400,000 votes

It's a garbage poll. We have to throw it out.

Oh sure. You're all ready to jump at the chance to get this poll thrown out for such a minor discrepancy in voting numbers.

not sure if sardonic

Oh come on. Such a minor disparity in voting numbers only shows how passionate the citizens of Texas are about this issue.

... Or about how much the rest of the nation enjoys the idea of innocent people being murdered. I'm not quite sure. Well maybe with the exception of Florida.

I'm going with the latter. The rest of the country saw the light with Florida. After all, if someone offered you a house in Oklahoma or a house in Florida, which would you pick?

Florida, obviously.

And it's clearly because of the random acts of excessive violence there!

Florida or Oklahoma? Now that's a Sophie's Choice I'm glad I don't have to make.

Fox News:

We distort. You comply.

 

[TheScottishMexican42]

I hope ya'll know the metaphor.
On a slightly related note, I actually wrote an essay on why violent video games are not harmful for children for school. Got an A for it. I think I still have it saved as well.

Spanking a drunk horse? What's the metaphore here?

I found your first joke funnier

 

[sleeky01]

You know what? The only way we're going to get Fox News to shut up is if we get together, buy them out, and shut them down permanently. If we can do that, it would show just how tired we are of the sensationalist shit we have to deal with every day that comes from them and other news outlets.

Hmmm.....I wonder if a kickstarter would work.

 

[Dalisclock]

Good thing I play Microsoft Flight Sim all the time. I think I'm ready to be a pilot.

Well, by the same token, I play Kerbal Space Program. That qualifies me to be a rocket scientist, right?

 

[Seydaman]

..Old joke is old.

Really now, it stopped being funny ages ago. It's just sad now.

 

[Scorpid]

Fox News suplants reality and evidence for their own made up bullshit?!
<<<SHOCKED!

 

[LAGG]

Really what to say? It's Fox News, they're illusionists, that's what they do, distract people from important matter with made up bullshit.

In other news:

http://www.p4rgaming.com/capcom-planning-3-years-worth-of-dlc-for-mega-man-2/

 

[thedragon232]

The article seems more of there are people whom went on murdering spree who happen to play violent video games but there is no proof that there is a correlation between the two. Also the quotes given from the murderers showed that there were mental problems such as how Evan Ramsey didn't understand that people would die if you shoot them and he was in high school at the time. Plus why was he even able to gain access to a firearm?

 

[Dollabillyall]

They are making a false causal link in the following way:
Serial killers usually start out by mutilating pets, therefore getting your kid a puppy to play with is inevitably setting the child up for becoming a serial killer.

 

[evilneko]

If video games can make people killers, why aren't I a child-rapist after all the anime and manga I've watched/read, especially after Kodomo no Jikan, Sky Girls, and Pantsu--er Strike Witches?

 

[triggrhappy94]

Guys, Everyone calm down!
It's just like the Megalodon "documentary" Discovery played last Shark Week. They play it off like they're super serious then at the end of the credits, they flash a screen saying that none of it was true.

 

[acolyte]

"Three more recent killers... all were active video game players."

Something else that those killers had in common was the need to breath oxygen...oh god...it all makes sense now. BAN OXYGEN!