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: GamePolitics.comPTC Prez for California Violent Game Law
By pete_gallagher
Calling the videogame industry's arguments against a California law that would ban violent game sales to children 'logically and morally bankrupt,' the President of the Parents Television Council has penned an op-ed in which he throws his support behind the measure that is now before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Timothy Winter penned the article for U.S. News & World Report. While those unfamiliar with violent games might conjure up 'an image akin to a Tom & Jerry or Road Runner cartoon.' Winter warns, 'That is not what we're talking about.'
Winter then runs through a few examples of violence in games that a child might witness before offering:
The overwhelming weight of scientific research suggests that these games can be harmful to children. The Parents Television Council has found more than 3,000 studies linking a child's consumption of violent media to a child's behavior, yet we've found less than two dozen that conclude differently. Read More
Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on May 11, 2010 (boomark / email).
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