Update (9:40 p.m. 12/10/03): Mr. Burnes has additional opinions to share now that Rockstar has reportedly agreed to take references to Haitians out of future copies of Vice City. According to Burnes' story, this development shows that, "hypocrisy and bandwagon bashing have gone too far." Thanks for the updating us on your feelings, Andrew.
Andrew Burnes has some strong feelings about those wacky Haitians who are up in arms about their portrayal in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. I know this not because I read an editorial Burnes wrote, but because I read a "news" story that he wrote on the subject. Congratulations, Mr. Burnes, you've written a news-itorial.
From the article:
Colour and kreed should not matter, but they suddenly should once x is of the y community? Give me a break - should we now all go protest that you can kill white people in Vice City? Should Elvis impersonators protest because they were once killed in a Grand Theft Auto game? No, they shouldn't, and nor should the Haitian community. Repeat after me - it's a game [Cockney accent]you muppet[/Cockney accent].
The writer's opinion and views should not matter, but they suddenly should when you're writing about x instead of y? Give me a break - should we all go write our personal opinions into the end of all our news stories? Should game journalists be given free reign to editorialize because they once wrote a subjective game review? No, they shouldn't, and neither should Mr. Burnes. Repeat after me - it's a news story [Condescending accent]you muppet[/Condescending accent]
The Voodoo Extreme story is almost worse than the previously covered WCBS-TV report because the its editorializing is overt instead of hidden throughout. It just goes to show you that neither side of this argument is immune to biased reporting.
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