...why Fox News should be ignored when it comes to how they report on video games and the industry.

Please watch this video first: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/usermovies/163925.html

Problem #1: For every study that comes out proving that video games desensitize kids to violence, sex, and whatever other nonsense, there is another study that comes out not a day later that disproves the previous study. Studies only prove one thing...people are putting too much effort into relying on studies to prove their point rather than learn more about what they're talking about.

Problem #2: The opponents of the gaming industry don't play the games they rail against. No one in this panel, except Jeff, played the game. This is like "Make it up as you go along" journalism. How can anyone respect tactics like that?

Problem #3: The nice lady they brought on got it wrong. The average age of a gamer today is 33...not 16. Yes, parents are playing video games, because the kids of the Pong and Pac-man generation are having kids now. This will continue to increase. And this foolish argument that gaming is "kid" oriented will go away.

Problem #4: For some reason, when a M rated game is thrust into the media spot-light because of a 2 minute segment of bare ass being shown...the media get wide-spread amnesia and selectively 'forgets' that an M rated title is for ADULTS! Plus, these people also seem to constantly get amnesia about the existence of games that are rated E7, E10, and T.

Problem #5: Fox is dated reporting. They are the political dinosaur of the journalist/publicist world. They are so right of center that almost anything they say should be taken with such a small grain of salt that it is only slightly above the level of being ignored. When people report something from a place of total and complete ignorance...it's not reporting. It's called libel. It's also called slander.

If nothing else, it's just called "bad reporting".

(While this article is primarily a response to the video above, it's also about promoting decent journalism and not reporting things from a position of ignorance and fear. How can a network talk about the impact of a video game on people when no one has played it? It's because Fox isn't interested in what video games really are. They are making political statements, not reporting the news. Don't let Fox News manipulate the truth.)