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2008

Critics Come Out Swinging on 'Grand Theft Auto IV' (ABC News, 5/1/08)

 

Kids enter WWE ring (Variety, 3/23/08)

 

Menino: Ban violent vid games for kids (Boston Herald, 3/17/08)

 

Video Games Normalize Killing, Doctors Say (KETV, 2/7/08)

 

Army marketing "misleads recruits" (UTalk Marketing, 1/8/08)

2007

Military recruiters sponsor Halo 3 release party (Manchester Union Leader, 9/25/07)

 

Here Comes 'Halo 3' with a Side Order of Fries (Wall Street Journal, 8/9/07)

 

Fury over 'violent' robot gift for kids (Daily Mirror, 7/30/07)

 

Violent shows aim toys at little kids (Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, 7/10/07)

 

Nintendo's Wii game system puts violence in motion (Boston Globe, 6/22/07)

 

FTC Scolds Marketers About Violent Content (AdWeek, 4/12/07)

 

FCC Split Over TV Violence Report (National Journal, 3/28/07)

 

Government to Take a Hard Look at Horror (3/23/07)

 

EU to study ways to keep violent video games from kids (AP, 1/16/07)

2006

T will no longer display advertisements for violent video games (AP, 12/12/06)

 

Study: Violent video game effects linger in brain (Reuters, 11/28/06)

 

Free speech, not a free ride (Boston Globe, 11/22/06)

 

T should put the brakes on violent video game ads (11/20/06)

 

Lawyer Fighting To Ban 'Columbine Simulator' (TechWeb Technology News, August 14, 2006)

Kids Kill In Violent Christian Videogame (Alternet, 7/21/06)

Study says violence still abounds in children's television (Kansas City Star, 5/29/06)

Burger King's 'King' to Star in Video Games (Advertising Age, 4/14/06)

 

 

 

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