She's so unobjective, even fox news tries to be objective for once. It's like damn, someone else is more one sided and illogical than we are, we better remain objective for once about videogames.

To be honest, Fox was actually pretty even-handed. It was just the lady in that interview who was... misled.

Take her gold star away for being so stupid. Not based on real people...wtf.
 
...Seriously tho what the hell is a gold star mum?

I like the fact that she effectively says it is too real with the war still going on then goes on to say that it is not realistic.

I'd like to point out to her that there are quite a few WW2 veterans still around today, but she seems to think that they are not real. 
Apparently the Gold Star Mothers are mothers of American armed service people who have died while in the military.

I was waiting for her to do this

welp, this woman is clearly an idiot.

Half an hour ago I was playing MW2 with a guy in the USMC, I really don't think most soldiers give a shit about this kind of stuff so neither should anyone else.

Sleeper Cell terrorists! It's more likely than you think!

" @sagesebas said:

" This just in no one in WW2 was actually a real person! "

We all know Hitler is actually an elaborate creation made to make the war interesting for young gamers. The Holocaust is simply fabricated historical backdrop for the final boss fight.@hack745 said:

" @sagesebas said:

" This just in no one in WW2 was actually a real person! "

We all know Hitler is actually an elaborate creation made to make the war interesting for young gamers. The Holocaust is simply fabricated historical backdrop for the final boss fight. "

Duh! Everybody knows that. MacArthur and Patton were way too good to be government workers.

"

She's so unobjective, even fox news tries to be objective for once. It's like damn, someone else is more one sided and illogical than we are, we better remain objective for once about videogames.

"

"War. War never changes." - Ron Perlman  
"War has changed." - Solid Snake  
"War is not a game. Period." - Karen Meredith 

I want to mention that this time the reporter actually did his job and gave good counter arguments to that woman.

" I wonder if a man has ever made love to her. "

The interesting thing about FOX News is that many interneters don't get the whole story about it.  It's not a necessarily serious network.  Many who don't frequent the channel don't get the ins and outs of how it works; they often form their opinions on certain youtube clips of questionable moments through a lot of years of coverage. On the internet, FOX is typically viewed as a network consisting of Becks and O'Reillys when it has so many potentially likable and funny personalities (many of whom came from MSNBC).  I'll give an example: 
 

Called it. 

And here it goes again...
 
But I guess if anyone is actually watching Fox News on a regular basis, they think everything is evil anyway so w/e

If they weren't called Taliban, say, "EvilDudesUnited", would this controversy exist? 
 
 
 
 
Nope.

I'm surprised fox even showed EA's defense for the game. Their usually don't even bother giving the other side a chance to defend themselves. 
 
That being said, their still clearly one sided in the video.

I can sympathize with people in this woman's situation, but her refusal to accept the legitimacy of the cops & robbers comparison sort of tears her argument apart. People may not still be dying in WWII conflicts, but police officers and thieves have been killing people since before their conflicts rose to prominence as a children's game, and they will continue to kill people for some time to come. If someone told me that her son was killed in, say, a bank robbery, and that it is therefore insensitive to let kids play cops & robbers, I'd say, "Well, I'm very sorry that such a tragic death befell your son, but it is rather absurd to expect that such a restriction be adopted and upheld by any significant number of people."

And by "play" you mean have lesbian sex with aliens?

Yeah FUCK you everyone who died in World War 2, no one gives a shit!

People keep saying that "The reporter was actually kind of of neutral".  You're missing the point.   The fact that Fox News even gives this story air time make is where the problem lies.  At this point, the Fox reporters don't have to be biased.  Their primary audience of right-wing, closet racist, techophobic, paranoid, patriots has been trained by the likes of O'Reilly, Beck and the religious right to read the bias into it. 

the guy interviewing her is actually kind of standing up for the game. that surprised me.

" the guy interviewing her is actually kind of standing up for the game. that surprised me. "

Medal of Honour did this because they knew it would get attention. Nothing else to say, free advertising. 

This isnt as downright offensive as the "Sexbox" mass effect report but pisses me off none the less.  She thinks because shes lost her son nobody should be able to play a game based off of afganistan. EA isnt going to replicate real battles with real people.

Have they ever been?

So she's on the air to tell us that kids not only shouldn't play the game but the game should be pulled from store shelves... How about all the parents out there start acting like parents and actually stop buying little kids M rated games. Is it really that hard to look at a letter on a box to see if this is appropriate for your 10 year old? 

oh when the fuck is fox news happy? it's a video game, a form of entertainment. jarhead showed the taliban being burned alive, and i'm sure the hurt locker showed the taliban in some light, but because they're movies no one looked back.

But can I have sex with the Taliban in the game?

Man i'm the only one who thinks what fox think the game is more awesome than the real game. Like Damn being able to have sex in mass effect with user control. lol.

Grand Theft Auto 3 rode the "negative" publicity to the top of the charts. Let's see if EA has the balls to stick it out.

I admit that the reporter was fairly unbiased, which is a development I like, but that fact they even made this into a story kind of shows their continued bias. But at the same time I think most 24 hour news stations are the dumbest idea in the world, and they lead to the stations making non-events into national news because they need to fill time.

" @zero2000 said:

" First the Sexbox, now this. Damn...what have video games become? This is an outrage. "

I don't think this is much of a controversy. The reporter isn't really siding with her.  Basically she's another chic that lost her son, so she needs to take it out on someone. I just got my damn cable bill, so I'm going to take it out on EA and The Sims. And how does she get the title "Gold Star Mother"? I want a title that says "Platinum Star Father". "

As a Gold Star Mom.

Once again starting controversy where there is none.  
 
Having a perspective and refusing to accept that of another. That's America for you. 

I chuckled when the "gold-star mom" appeared. 
 
 
I laughed out loud when she mumbled "Good morning" and pretended to smile. 
 
EDIT: Watched all of the video. The gold-star mom doesn't defend her position well and just repeats the same thing over and over. I was actually really impressed with this reporter. He made sense, which is rare when the news starts talking about video games.

Fox news suck completely. But what do you expect from the same network that talked shit about Kurt Vonnegut after his death?!

Well at least EA are getting the publicity they wanted.

The real news is, the Fox anchor was actually acting journalistic. 

" I admit that the reporter was fairly unbiased, which is a development I like, but that fact they even made this into a story kind of shows their continued bias. But at the same time I think most 24 hour news stations are the dumbest idea in the world, and they lead to the stations making non-events into national news because they need to fill time. "

News stories must have been slow again.

Who the hell cares? They can't do anything. The only thing to combat rubbish like this is free speech and rationality.

This thread just makes me hope there's more blogs like those ones about MW2 where people admitted to openly crying during No Russian.