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Modern Warfare 2 On Fox

This morning, Fox brought its "fair and balanced" reporting to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The headline? "A game that lets you play as a terrorist?"
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Published: 47 days 17 hours ago | News | Gaming
 
 

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THE MAX SPEED 21 - 47 days 17 hours ago
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you know , I hate that they like to blame Violent behaviors of some troubled childrens on Video games when Most of the violent stuff can be found On TV. As a Child I never had any Rules when it came to the things I watched on TV or played on PSone/N64. I grew up with older Brothers and cousins and they were always into that type of stuff to.

I started watching TV-MA South park at the age of 7 when it first came out in 1997.

Watched TV-14 Wrestling as Long as I can remember

Watched all Sorts of Gory Horror movies in early 90s.

and I never had any weird behaviors because of that. I grew up pretty good. lol

I plan to do the same with my children in the future. As long as they know it's fiction it'll be cool with me.
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Keith Olbermann - 47 days 15 hours ago
1.1 - well kids..
this should come as no surprise. Personally, I detest fox and the fact they pretend to be a legitimate news outlet is a joke. Dont they have something better to do like organize some tea party rallies?
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HolyOrangeCows - 47 days 15 hours ago
1.3 - Freaking.....great :/
Now people are going to make comments about FOX in my blog because of my ONE point that has more to do with gametime than the scene itself.
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sltPoison - 47 days 15 hours ago
1.4 - People still listen to Fox?
I thought we've moved past them and their lopsided reporting, fixed debates and shoddy reporters. Hey Fox, let's focus on something that is a actually news, well what the hell? You people call anything news these days.

EDIT
at you disagreers. Fox lost all my respect when they excluded Ron Paul from debates and cut his responses on the re-airs so they wouldn't be seen on TV. It's alot more than video games, I know most people on this site really don't have a clue about what goes on outside of their house.
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HolyOrangeCows - 47 days 14 hours ago
1.5 - @1.4
Almost ALL media is bias one way or another. Quit acting like it's only FOX.

EDIT
"Fox lost all my respect when they excluded Ron Paul from debates and cut his responses on the re-airs"
Wow, that's BS! Ron Paul is genius!
Gotta say....that does kinda make me pissed at FOX.
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sltPoison - 47 days 14 hours ago
1.6 - Hey man sorry about the misconception.
I honestly try to keep away from most main stream media.

Edit: Are you being sincere about Ron Paul?
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devilhunterx - 47 days 14 hours ago
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You are an xboy. I would definitely call that "weird behaviors".
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Minute Man 721 - 47 days 13 hours ago
1.8 - Ron Paul
2012 Restore the Republic
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Darkstorn - 47 days 13 hours ago
1.9 - Ron Paul is a hypocrite.
Ron Paul? LMFAO!
This guy preaches individualism, but there's an enormous cult of personality around him. Sounds like collectivism, eh? Plus, all these internet libertarian types just go on the internet and engage in groupthink on the Cato institutes website. Groupthink is also a collectivist institution.
Also, Ron Paul wants to get rid of the federal reserve, which despite it's poor regulatory record since Volcker was fired, is an important part of the U.S.'s regulatory program. Without it, we would have to have a gold standard, and the gold standard is very fragile, as evidenced by the multiple recessions that rocked the Gilded Age: http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
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Maddens Raiders - 47 days 11 hours ago
1.10 - Move along, nothing to see here -
just ClusterFox, being ClusterFox.
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himdeel - 47 days 11 hours ago
1.11 - I find it funny that there are people...
...able to tell you what their shows were rated when they were young :) Showing my age I can tell you that the A-Team fired about 4,500,3448,399 bullets and had only 1 person wounded - HM.

I've never gone out and shot up anyone or jumped my van across any broken bridges. Blame the parents or blame society! But blame the parents first.
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andron666 - 47 days 17 hours ago
2 - Ahh, Fox always good for a laugh...
In what dimension does their antics constitute news? LOL...
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Milo Garret - 47 days 15 hours ago
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The american dimension, sadly.
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toaster - 47 days 15 hours ago
2.2 - Hey, wanna hear a joke?
Fox News!

Wanna hear another one?

Modern Warfare 2.
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Darkstorn - 47 days 13 hours ago
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Why all the disagrees? I find it hard to believe that there are more fans of Fox News on N4G than those who can recognize it's far-right agenda.
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Armyless - 47 days 11 hours ago
2.4 - @ Darkstorm
As opposed to what? Your left-wing agenda?
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Ares84PS3 - 47 days 15 hours ago
3 - It's FOX
don't take them seriously.
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Minute Man 721 - 47 days 15 hours ago
3.1 - --
Van Jones did
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bpmurr - 47 days 13 hours ago
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Glenn Beck FTW!
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The Meerkat - 47 days 15 hours ago
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It says it has parental controls on the box.
And that its an 18.

What more do they want?
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peeps - 47 days 15 hours ago
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and it even allows u to skip the offending mission.

bottom line is that the games for mature audiences (still hasn't stopped squeeky kids online tho lmao)
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JsonHenry - 47 days 15 hours ago
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It is the morning talk show. It really isn't "news", just people sitting around talking about the news with the occasional guest. Anyway, Fox knows what they are doing to get ratings. They TROUNCE the competition in any given time slot on any given day. And that is a FACT.

Obviously not a single one of these people actually played the game though...
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Immigrant - 47 days 15 hours ago
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N4G is the same as FOX
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Gun_Senshi - 47 days 15 hours ago
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Cartoons have voilence more then some games which are Mature.
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bjornbear - 47 days 15 hours ago
8 - This is what IW wanted
Bad publicity is the best publicity

EDIT: Yeah but Kanye was always a gay fish...
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 47 days 15 hours ago
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...unless you're Kanye.
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Rich1631 - 47 days 15 hours ago
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The game is rated M.
You have the option to skip it/they warn you about 3 times.
It makes sense in terms of the story.
It was a great unexpected twist/shocker/WHAT THE F*CK moment.
It is a video game.

I am sick of games and movies being blamed for incompetent parents and retarded kids, by their reasoning I should be the next Manson since I love blood soaked carnage and gore. Y'all better watch out! LOL!

By the way, that single player campaign...holy hell, was that absolutely incredible. Set piece after set piece after set piece. It was so epic and crazy.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 47 days 15 hours ago
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Why are FOX the bad guys here?

No news source is fair and balanced...ESPECIALLY NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, and FOX.

They're all a joke. I just watch FOX more because they're not trying to convince me that this health care plan is a good idea. Lol.

This is good news. Parents want to know what's going on with these games. You guys should look into this.
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Milo Garret - 47 days 15 hours ago
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I recommend you try a foreign news channel, american news channels are trash, common knowledge. Or, even better, read newspapers, written american journalism is unmatched.

NY Times, Financial Times, Washington Post, are all good choices that harbor some of the finest journalists and reporters in the world. They all offer slightly different views of the world, but by reading several newspapers which adhere to different extremes of the political left/right you're able to perceive the world around you more correctly. FOX is a clear cut (republican)party instrument reminiscent of the way media is and has been used by communist states.

I think anyone that watches FOX news regularly as a legitimate source of information should be declared mentally challenged, no joke.
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Armyless - 47 days 15 hours ago
10.2 - Milo
Do you know what a Libertarian is?
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Captain Tuttle - 47 days 15 hours ago
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The problem with Fox is that they CLAIM to be "Fair and Balanced" and they're probably the worst of the lot (although MSNBC has been giving them a run for their money from the left). I used to watch it for laughs until I realized that millions take what they see on Fox as the gospel truth. Same with that asswipe Limbaugh.
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Minute Man 721 - 47 days 15 hours ago
10.4 - Milo
posted one time that Obama was right leaning. So Armyless don't waste your time with him. He got the E.U. flag as an avatar nuff said. Captain all the news outlets push nothing but propaganda.
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Gish - 47 days 14 hours ago
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The problem is idiots dont seem to understand fox's news programs from their commentary programs. Their news is spot on most of the time, of course their commentary (Beck, Hannity) have a VERY biased view, thats why they are called commentary shows. I find it funny that people attack fox and they are the ones who are the idiots who cant even understand that.
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Darkstorn - 47 days 13 hours ago
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A Libertarian is an idiot. Someone who rejects basic social psychology and works toward a more individualistic country, where you SHOULDN'T help an old lady across the street if it doesn't benefit you in some way. In other words, it's rationalized greed.
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Armyless - 47 days 11 hours ago
10.7 - @ Darkstorm
Wrong
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Milo Garret - 47 days 11 hours ago
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@Armyless:

Yes, I know what a Libertarian is, do you?
I've noticed the word is being tossed aroung in american media lately by people who don't really seem to understand what it means. I seriously doubt the general populace of n4g does. The most common expression of Libertarian values in politics today is usually through neoliberal policymaking, which both the democratic and republican party engage in on occasion, obviously the republicans do it more. It is not necessarily a good thing, for example, the current economic crisis is blamed on the global neoliberal (libertarian in this context) regulatory environment of the fiscal system.

For a great introduction read Will Kymlickas 'Contemporary Political Philosophy', it should be in any respectable university's library, it might also be available in some highschools.

@Minute Man 721: Jikes, good thing you know how to read... I said that despite many americans thinking Obama is a socialist (which is retarded if you know ANYTHING about political theory), in a international academic context he's considered more part of the right than of the left.

quote of self:

"I find calling Obama a socialist is an insult to 5 years of education and sleepless nights spent writing papers. It's so ignorant it hurts, it may come as a complete surprise to you but Obama is actually part of what is generally percieved as the right wing of politics in the academic sphere"

Next time try and finish the sentence before making silly comments.
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Armyless - 47 days 11 hours ago
10.9 - @ Milo
What's your political standpoint? How do your personal views fit with the current political strata?
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Minute Man 721 - 47 days 10 hours ago
10.10 - Milo
Obama is far leaning left. You are wrong. And blaming libertarian policy for the finicial crisis? It's the Government who wanted every American to own a home that mandated banks to give loans to pepole who couldn't pay it back caused all this. It's all apart of the plan
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Armyless - 47 days 10 hours ago
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"Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up to his right"

-Hugo Chavez, on a live national television broadcast.
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Milo Garret - 47 days 10 hours ago
10.12 - ^
Nowhere, you see I'm a political scientist, as such, it becomes very difficult to choose one "side" over the other because during the course of your studies you've learned all the good and bad stuff about every major political perspective. Without giving too much away, I work in public administration assessment and evaluation, which pretty much demands a neutral standpoint.

Who do I vote for? Depends on the context at hand.
Voting is a huge issue for me, so many factors have to be taken into account. Usually I settle on the choice which I, as objectively as is possible, perceive as the one that'll benefit me and the largest amount of people for the longest period of time in an effecient manner, without sacrificing core democratic values and principles as I understand them.

In the last american elections I would have voted for Obama, yes. I would, without a doubt, support the health care reform. I guess these are choices which in america are (incorrectly) understood as being "left", nevertheless, it doesn't mean that in face of the next set of choices I wouldn't vote "right".

I hope this answers your question.

@minuteman: Again, finnish reading the sentence. It's not that hard. I understand that in an american context he can be perceived as left, I get that, read what I wrote. You are making statements from an egocentric point of view.
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Armyless - 47 days 9 hours ago
10.13 - @Milo
You may not realize how arrogant your 'tone' comes across. I say this is the kindest possible sense because I believe what you're saying is well-thought out. I've never bought into the 'science' of politics, as politics in general is a sea of moving targets, where perception IS reality. I don't believe that my government should be the answer to most of life's difficulties, and in many ways (in my opinion) only contributes to them.

I believe that the human individual is the highest form of self-governing, and that a man should be free to do whatever he wishes with his life, so long as it doesn't maim or steal from another man's person or property. I believe that the mind of man is a mystery, fashioned in a universe of cause and effects to betray the essence of the material from which he sprung, to contribute to the creative process which had born him. I believe that humans (and life itself) defy the second law of thermodynamics, and spontaneous generation. I believe that we are blessed with a gift we do not fully understand, and are responsible for a purpose to which we can only define for ourselves.

In this way, I believe that government is not a solution to man's problems, but a hindrance to it. And that the left-right spectrum to which so many affiliate (incorrectly) to a hierarchy of Fascists and Leftists, Dictators and Potentates, makes more sense (and leaves less room for individual interpretation) when understood as a spectrum where total-government control rules on one end, and Anarchy cascades on the other.

I do not believe a fair government can be found. I believe that humans are fallible, and in so ruling our governments, naturally seek to expand their powers as merely a product of their being. Governments (and the people in their chairs) seek solutions to problems and challenges by seeking ever newer powers.

I believe that the human being, the individual, is responsible for every great thing the human race has accomplished. He alone. And government is the force by which these gifts are used for the distribution, and retention of power over him.
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Darkstorn - 47 days 8 hours ago
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@10.10-
You don't think Greenspan's low interest rates and the deregulation since Reagan has had anything to do with this recession? You sir, need to read up on some good, unbiased economic trends. In addition, Obama is not even a liberal in this country (look at his policies - no universal healthcare?), and on the world stage, he would be considered center-right.
@10.13-
I used to believe that same thing, that the 'individual is god,' yadda yadda, but that was before I attained my social psychology degree. See, in basic social psychology, we learn that for a healthy individual there needs to be a balance between individual responsibility and obligation to community. Since every healthy human identifies his/herself as a part of an abstract group, he/she must have an either mutual or altruistic personality when interacting with members of that group in order to gain prestige. That being said, radical individualism is inherently unnatural, as we are social beings and require group involvement to function. But collectivist institutions (such as religion) subjugate the individual to a higher authority. Most social psychologists conclude that the healthy individual has a communitarian standpoint on the world's issues, and can successfully be independent without being needlessly self-interested. It's all about balance, you see. The same can be said about governance.
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AliC - 47 days 15 hours ago
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It's an adult rated game, Children shouldn't be playing it, if a parent buys the game for their children they fail as parents.

Fox for ever deluded as ever.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 47 days 15 hours ago
11.1 - No.
They specifically say ON THE PROGRAM that parents shouldn't be buying it for their children and that, if you're mature enough to handle it, it's a great game. : (

Some people.
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marcindpol - 47 days 15 hours ago
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must say that level on the airport was just amazing!, i never felt like this playing any other game!, hard to describe, they fait laid in my very hands and that was an incredible feeling!
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kingme71 - 47 days 15 hours ago
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The host asked if a parent brings home COD, what's to stop their 8 year old kid from putting it in the player and becoming a terrorist.

If a parent brings a rated R or X movie into the house, what's to stop the kid from putting it in the movie player and watching it?

If a parent brings in a pornographic magazine into the house, what's to stop the kid from looking at it?

If a parent allows the kid internet access without monitoring it, what's to stop the kid from navigating to the countless adult sites out there?

It's called parenting.
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LeonSKennedy4Life - 47 days 15 hours ago
13.1 - I understand...
But you ARE the terrorist here. You're not watching it.

If you're a responsible parent, you probably won't play COD:MW2 at ALL around your 6 year-old son.
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silvacrest - 47 days 14 hours ago
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at that age i dont think it matters

can you honestly say you remember anything from the age of 6 till now?
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