Let’s check out some headlines and article blurbs concerning a French school shooting that may have been prevented, thanks to French authorities.
• “Computer Games Fan ‘Planned School Massacre.’” (Times Online)
• “Considered as a good student coming from a normal family, the middle school boy, a video game adept, (…)” (Le Point)
• “According to a police source, ‘bad grades could be the cause of the murderous intentions’ of the student, a video game adept.” (France-Soir)
• “It’s on his blog that the student, a video game fan, has published his intention to make a name of himself (…)” (Le Télégramme)
• “The kid is considered as a good student. He comes from a normal family. He is a video game adept and maintains his own blog. (…) [The attempted shooting] revives the memory of [the Winnenden shooting]. Perpetrated by Tim Kretschmer, 17-years-old, also a video game adept, (…)” (La Dépêche)
• “Many young people end up finding it difficult to tell the difference between dream and reality. He played his little fantasy on the net and then carried it out.” – Mayor of Allone, Christian Sadowski
Hmmm…do you think that these French publications are doing all they can to play up a video game connection in this incident? The news media is getting to the point where it absolutely disgusts me…and I’m not talking about just their game-bashing.
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French school shooting averted, media does all they can to tie in games
