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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 4443481" data-attributes="member: 151">For those outside of the US, let me put this into perspective.&nbsp; &quot;60 Minutes&quot; is the longest continuously running show airing during Prime-Time (i.e. 7-11PM) viewing hours.&nbsp; It is now 40 years old.&nbsp; In its time, it has been alternately celebrated and vindicated for its investigative journalism.&nbsp; It is one of only three shows that can claim to have been in the Top Ten most watched shows for 10 years running.&nbsp; It often used a tough 'ambush' style of journalism which was new and unique before the advent of 24-hour news channels and the Internet.&nbsp; At the same time, they came under criticism multiple times for their presentation and sometimes misleading editing.&nbsp; Sometimes they did good, like their coverage of the Watergate Scandal during the Nixon years.&nbsp; Other times they copped out, such as the debacle with the Tobacco industry portrayed in the move, The Insider.The point to be made here is that the significance of this report was that it was on a show that reached a HUGE audience and was highly influential in planting the idea in people's minds that D&amp;D was dangerous, satanic and unsafe for children.&nbsp; Note also how they represent the game as being one for children.&nbsp; Even though at least half of their 'victims' were legal adults or older teenagers.&nbsp; No mention of college students, who made up a large portion of the D&amp;D community, is even hinted at.&nbsp; Because that wouldn't make for a good &quot;Won't someone please think of the children?!?&quot; story.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 4443481, member: 151"] For those outside of the US, let me put this into perspective. "60 Minutes" is the longest continuously running show airing during Prime-Time (i.e. 7-11PM) viewing hours. It is now 40 years old. In its time, it has been alternately celebrated and vindicated for its investigative journalism. It is one of only three shows that can claim to have been in the Top Ten most watched shows for 10 years running. It often used a tough 'ambush' style of journalism which was new and unique before the advent of 24-hour news channels and the Internet. At the same time, they came under criticism multiple times for their presentation and sometimes misleading editing. Sometimes they did good, like their coverage of the Watergate Scandal during the Nixon years. Other times they copped out, such as the debacle with the Tobacco industry portrayed in the move, The Insider. The point to be made here is that the significance of this report was that it was on a show that reached a HUGE audience and was highly influential in planting the idea in people's minds that D&D was dangerous, satanic and unsafe for children. Note also how they represent the game as being one for children. Even though at least half of their 'victims' were legal adults or older teenagers. No mention of college students, who made up a large portion of the D&D community, is even hinted at. Because that wouldn't make for a good "Won't someone please think of the children?!?" story. [/QUOTE]

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