ceremorphosis

Dated article now, but good reading over on SF Gate. After the tragedy at Virginia Tech, the opportunists that came to preach against violent video games were welcomed with open arms on talk shows. The truth is that the shooter never played video games.

Perhaps more significantly, at least one TV host drew the line with the lawyer during the Virginia Tech coverage. While most anchors at best nodded politely at Thompson’s statements, MSNBC’s Matthews repeatedly challenged his guest, pointing out that the activist had no hard evidence that Cho had ever so much as picked up a joystick at Virginia Tech.
“You are projecting other cases onto this case,” Matthews told Thompson, who continued to insist that Counter-Strike was responsible for the killings.
Matthews followed up on the issue later in the hour, questioning Karan Grewal — one of Cho’s suite mates at the college, about the video games.
“I never saw him play video games on his computer,” said Grewal, who added that he often saw his roommate watching wrestling and game shows. “Most of the times … he had a Word document open and he just kept on typing away.”