On 4/1/06, Dennis Redmond <dredmond at efn.org> wrote:
> A Senate subcommittee is launching an inquisition against videogames and
> no, it's not just evil Repugs. Gamespot's reporter Tor Torsen underlines
> the charmingly bipartisan nature of the proceedings:
>
> "The hearing was called by Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), a vocal
> game-industry critic and cosponsor of Senate bill 1902, the Children and
> Media Research Advancement Act. Also known as CAMRA, the act was first
> introduced last fall by Senator Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.), and it seeks
> to have the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention investigate the
> psychological effects of 'impact of electronic media use.' It is not the
> Family Entertainment Protection Act, which Lieberman co-introduced last
> fall with Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY), which seeks to regulate sales of
> games the government deems violent."
>
> Full story: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6146902.html
>
> -- DRR
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