Online Journalism Final – Ancillary Entry 1

Earlier in the semester, controversy was stirred over the sexual content of the Xbox 360 game Mass Effect.  What ended up garnering more attention, however, was the mainstream media’s take on the game’s content. What was most entertaining was this Fox News piece where uninformed journalists discuss the game with a supposed expert.

Electronic Arts, the publisher that released Mass Effect, responded directly to many of the accusations made in the piece, while casting aspersions on the nature of television journalism itself.

~ by supernovajesus on April 22, 2008.