As GamePolitics points out, the ads do not depict any scenes of violence and it's currently unknown what the CTA's policy is on advertising R-rated movies; the CTA also stopped an ad campaign back in 2004 for GTA: San Andreas. Boston, Denver and Portland, Oregon, have had similar issues with GTA ads on its public transportation system. Ironically, the FOX affiliate promotes alcohol on its website (picture after the break). Wonder how many people died of alcohol related incidents in Chicago this weekend?
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Just don't let young kids play it, that's it. We don't need to go to any more extremes.
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Portland I can understand banning the ads, as Portland only allows ads for gay/lesbian, PETA, or extreme liberists content
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That notion is more offensive to me than GTA.
As long as a 15 year old kid gets turned away at the theater for trying to see Saw 4 and is able to walk down the street and pick up GTA at the game store, the two are uncomparable.
I don't know how it is anywhere else, but in Gainesville, FL unless you are shopping at Wal-Mart, you can pick up an M rated game no matter what your age is.
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Interesting... never once have they requested my ID. Maybe it's more hit or miss than I think?
Violent Video Game Ads on The CTA.
So is the ad itself violent? Where's a good editor when you need one?
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Being a conservative, I disagree with Fox News all the time, they aren't just bias.
and actually they call themselves the "Election HQ" so the elections are going to be their primary focus.
I choose them over Clinton News Network, because at least they acknowledge the opposing view in most of their shows. You said they bring in a conservative as their political analyst, but does that mean that if any other network brings in a liberal that they are idiots too? That doesn't make sense...or maybe I am just confused with what you were saying.
Of course the liberals will now attack me and fling poo in my face, because even though I did not personally attack anyone, they love to come back at me with their insults...but really..I'm jsut trying to understand what exactly FOX news has done to make them evil, that no other networks have done BESIDES give another opinion.
And it's wrong to singal out a new network like fox. If they want to broadcast sensationalist horses**t that's ill informed and incorrect, air primarily conservative pundits, call their moderate pundits extreme liberals, cut off any liberal who points out a different perspective, and not cover anything that occurs outside of the US and Iraq, well then that's their right.
(Sarcasm)
Half of the crap they air could be considered liable if anyone had the money to sue them.
If you want to see fair and balanced check out the CBC it's not all that good but still ten times better than fox. And If you want real news that is ACTUALLY fair and balanced watch the BBC.
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Unless, of course, the ads are instead on billboards, telephone polls, television stations, magazine pages,...
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I should really buy stock in Greyhound...
Ok, you but the stock, I'll buy the advertising.
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Expect Mayor Daley to say a snide comment about the game any day now. "Oh, some kids got in a fight in school? It must have been that GTA4, oh and the wild baby eating cougars - yeah the two together cause school violence."
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The youth in America are screaming for help, and it's high time we give it to 'em... therefore I'd like to announce here for the first time I'm working on an update of the NES classic "Chubby Cherub". Only this time, you can't die or injure others. You can only become more blessed and chubby.
Now that's good quality entertainment. Your prayers have been answered.
i watched that fox chicago news report and the ONLY thing about it that made a single lick of sense was the woman that said that we shouldn't be cracking down on some advertisement because parents can't do their job.
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The way the whole news item was delivered made me sick, and how they use the GTA4 ads as a scapegoat for already existing crime & violence in the city.
I mean, no offense, I'm sure Chicago may turn itself around but considering a local cop got caught using her ability to own handguns in city limits to supply her gangbanging boyfriend, not seeing it anytime soon.
They just need to learn there is more than one party in an election. As it sits, this is like a dictatorship. There is no real discussion or action here, as the democrats run everything unchecked. No matter what your political side, you should understand that decades of one party rule leaves a lot of issues unresolved.
But other than that, I don't care for the general unfriendliness. I mean, I can take the driving, but when I went up for Acen, some friends and I were walking from the convention center to the McDonlads. Nodding our heads, saying Hi to anyway we passed on the sidewalk, etc. I foudn it 100% remarkable that, during the entire convention, the only people who were friendly or returned the "hi's" were out of towners. Seriously? A friendly Hello is dead in town?
Yup, in that sense, this city blows. That and the fact that only criminals can get a firearm for protection.
I thought Microsoft made sure that all ads so far would only endorse the 360 version?
I'm not being sarcastic, really all the ads I've seen only endorsed the 360 version, or I'm missing something.
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Will video games ever be completely respected? When will games be considered at least on par with alcohol?
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We all know Chicago is the safest city in the world, and if these ads were to have continued for much longer, maybe a REAL Al Capone would emerge, copying the fictional persona from the movies, history books, and let's not forget video games!
God, I really wish it's possible to have HTML tags for sarcasm.
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