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Should the Gaming Press Ignore Jack Thompson
Game Set Watch + Jack Thompson
03.04.2007 at 11:19 am
Over the course of a week the Associated Press put a ban on all Paris Hilton news. Starting on February 19th the news source went Paris free to find out what exactly would happen to the world without Paris information.
“It turned out that people noticed plenty - but not in the way that might have been expected. None of the thousands of media outlets that depend on AP called in asking for a Paris Hilton story. No one felt a newsworthy event had been ignored.”
How does this apply to gaming you wonder? At GameSetWatch they ask the question ‘Is Jack Thompson Gaming’s Paris Hilton?’. Citing a quote from Doug Lowenstein:
“It drives me crazy. You know who gives Jack Thompson more attention than anyone else? The games press. The games press legitimizes Jack Thompson. Everyone gets so upset that Jack Thompson has so much ability.”
If we ignore Mr. Thompson does he go away? Who else should we ignore?
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