Total Biscult on media and game violence.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uwAo8lcAC4

A well thought through argument on todays media coverage of tradegies.

Seen it, was a good listen.

Considering his point about how the focus should be on the vicctims and how to prevent such tragedies, it's pretty odd how little attention he actually gave to the victims. And I don't recall him giving any ideas on how to prevent such things from occuring. Pretty much all of that was simply damning the news media and then defending his precious videogames.MrGeezer

well that was the point, he wasn't trying to cover a news story.

btw you're on a video game website.

well that was the point, he wasn't trying to cover a news story.

btw you're on a video game website.

frannkzappa

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well that was the point, he wasn't trying to cover a news story.

btw you're on a video game website.

MrGeezer

So it's somehow okay, as long as the person does what they're trying to do?

Well in that case, the news media is trying to make money. They aren't trying to go "look at me, I'm so great because I didn't make any money off of this youtube video." It's a business, making money is their jobs, and the scapegoating and sensationalism that he criticizes accomplishes exactly that.

The purpose of a business is to ethically bring a desirable product/service to a consumer, while preventing themselves from going under. Well that's what their purpose to society is, internally you are right. They'd 'love' to be as cut-throat as possible, enslaving you to make an arbitrary, unspendable, number in their bank account increase.

It's disgusting and exploitative for the media to cover a story in this way. They martyr the murderer and produce copycats.

The purpose of a business is to ethically bring a desirable product/service to a consumer, while preventing themselves from going under. Well that's what their purpose to society is, internally you are right. They'd 'love' to be as cut-throat as possible, enslaving you to make an arbitrary, unspendable, number in their bank account increase.

It's disgusting and exploitative for the media to cover a story in this way. They martyr the murderer and produce copycats.

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The purpose of a business is to ethically bring a desirable product/service to a consumer, while preventing themselves from going under. Well that's what their purpose to society is, internally you are right. They'd 'love' to be as cut-throat as possible, enslaving you to make an arbitrary, unspendable, number in their bank account increase.

It's disgusting and exploitative for the media to cover a story in this way. They martyr the murderer and produce copycats.

MrGeezer

That's what the news media does. They sell stories that people want to hear. If you think they've got blood on their hands for that, then the whole defense of videogames is on really shaky ground because all it'd take is for one person to come forward and say that he committed his crimes after being inspired by something in a videogame.

I see you only fully read all of one sentence, and saw the word "enslave", nice job.

I'll try to make this easier for you.

It is wrong, regardless of whether or not it is the norm, for the media to cover stories in this sensationalist manner that martyrs criminals and produces copycats. And my use of "enslave" wasn't towards the 'news media' itself, but the cut-throat behavior of unregulated businesses in general (see: sweat shops) and why we, as a society, demand them to be ethical (especially through laws).

I see you only fully read all of one sentence, and saw the word "enslave", nice job.

I'll try to make this easier for you.

It is wrong, regardless of whether or not it is the norm, for the media to cover stories in this sensationalist manner that martyrs criminals and produces copycats. And my use of "enslave" wasn't towards the 'news media' itself, but the cut-throat behavior of unregulated businesses in general (see: sweat shops) and why we, as a society, demand them to be ethical (especially through laws).

Inconsistancy