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"20/20. The Games Kids Play" John Stossel looks at debate over violent Video Games (Mar. 22, 2000).
This version aired on Australian TV's breakfast show "Today" with intro by Steve Liebmann and Tracy Grimshaw outro.
This report aired during the height of the post-Columbine moral panic regarding kids and violent video games.
The usual 90s suspects are shown; Doom, Quake, Mortal Kombat and House of the Dead.
"20/20’s John Stossel set out to discuss the issue with folks on both sides of the violent video games debate. He started out by talking to one of the most vociferous opponents of the games, Lt. Col. Dave Grossman, a former army psychologist who specialized in training soldiers to kill without hesitation."
He also talks to id Software CEO & President Todd Hollenshead, as well as the kids that play the games.
Here is the archived 20/20 episode page:
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and the archived online chat with Lt. Col. Dave Grossman:
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