ABC Not to Air Apex Legends Coverage on ESPN2 Due to Mass Shootings in CA, Texas and Ohio

Famose247.com: ABC has delayed its ESPN2 coverage to one of the most popular video games known as Apex Legends because of the most recent mass shootings in California.

[Jin_Sakai]

What’s wrong with these people? It’s just a video game. It’s fake and you’re killing digital characters.

People that kill others in real life are mentally ill.

End of story.

[CaptainObvious878]

Ignorant, out of touch boomers in charge of the abc apparently.

[Sono421]

How much you want to bet there will be countless TV stations and countless movie theaters all playing movies and shows with countless "killing" of actors.

[bradfh]

If video game was the problem more people will be killed in the world. Only USA has a problem with mentally ill people getting guns. Every State have different rules and weak federal laws that needs to change for better background checks.

[Eidolon]

:facepalm:. shootings and killings are happening all over the world

The idea they want to get across is that violent video games spark violence in adolescence, which can culminate into something like a shooting or other forms of violence(bombings, etc) later on.

It's complete bullshit, but don't assume it's only loose gun laws that are allowing shootings to happen.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

I don't know what you classify as "mentally ill", but you don't have to have a mental problem to kill someone. Some are just bad people, some are in the military, some carry badges, and there's a lot of blurred lines in-between.

[LostinthePANIC]

Agreed, if I'm not mistaken there have been quite a few studies that show that a lot of mass-shooters aren't actually mentally ill (even though some definitely are). Most are angry and uneducated, and Trump has created an presence and uses his platform that lets that fester and grow into something as horrible as these shootings. Then proceeds to blame entertainment media and video games. It's absolutely ridiculous.

[StormLegend]

WTH this is so stupid, it's like taking down overwatch and borderlands. Like come on why would that provoke anyone to do a mass shooting?

[Salooh]

"Guns don't kill people"

"Games kill people"

Hypocrisy. If you use a gun you get a unique rush and unique feeling. A sick person will use that feeling to kill. Some would argue same with video games except video games only cause feelings, you can't use video games to shoot people.

Why don't they ban airing any president that support guns? Or if they insist on this premise that video games is triggering sick people, why don't these channels try to be consistent and try to ban both guns and games and stop polluting us with this flawed logic ?. 🧐

[Salooh]

I'm gonna be a bit off topic , but related in my opinion.

You see, sometimes I don't understand, the goverments of the west claim to be the best nations but sometimes they don't seem to use logic, it is like when america government is blaming immigrants for the awful financial living of Americans, that is just stupid, most of america wealth go to these external wars that only benefit the 1% and the leaders. So all the extracted wealth is hidden and Americans are being milked just like how Saudi are being milked. So instead of facing this main issue, Americans decided to build a wall , Wth, where is logic ? You treated like slaves just like middle east because you stopped using logic..

[CorndogBurglar]

Maybe I'm not paying close enough attention but when have immigrants been blamed for "awful financial living of Americans"? I'm not even sure what that means. America doesn't have "awful financial living"....again, I'm not sure what that even means. Every city has a "bad" part of town I suppose, but that's not caused by immigrants lol. I would love to know where you are from that you think I America has awful living situations...

No one is blaming immigrants for anything. People are blaming ILLEGAL immigrants for crimes committed against actual citizens, among some other things. But the biggest reasoning is that people come over illegally and then commit crimes.

[DaDrunkenJester]

This is where media has skewed a lot of people's perception of immigration. Americans have nothing against immigration if done legally and they go through the process. It's illegal immigration that we are trying to stop because these folks come across, leech off of our government programs, dont register for any sort of work Visa, they use fake Social Security Cards to get jobs and then dont pay taxes either.

Yes, I do agree we need to stop spending so much money policing the rest of the world and focus more on fixing our own corrupt institutions. We need to reinvest in the American people, which means our homeless brothers and sisters, veterans, and improving our terrible crimes ridden cities like Detroit, Baltimore, St. Louis etc.

Legal immigration = good
Illegal immigration = bad

We have been fighting this issue long before Trump was in office as well by the way.

[Salooh]

Here is an example of what i am saying. From what i see, the ban is not just about security.

http://immigrationimpact.co...

[kitano1947]

land of the free eh?

[TheColbertinator]

Censorship waves imminent but it is fine because the games are to blame, right? Right?

[IRetrouk]

This makes me want to go out and murder some people, just like the games do/s

Seriously though, we need to nip this crap in the bud, our hobby is being attacked unfairly, for no real reason other than to not put the blame on where it belongs...gun control and access to said guns.

[Furesis]

i mean yeah i kinda get it and it's not like they canceled it, it just got delayed. I guess it would be kinda in a bad taste if it happened now, and with video games being blamed in the media again and all, the timing wouldn't be good either i suppose. But at the same time this statement validates the media and their stance on video games and how they affect people and such... and it all just feels so... fake and pretentious. but i could be reading it wrong.

[DaGR8JIBRALTAR]

You can thank your beloved president for this🤣

[CorndogBurglar]

Why? Did Trump make them not air this on tv? No. He didn't.

I get it. Trump is a moron. But it's getting a bit stupid how he gets blamed for every decision everyone makes. Trump has no say in what ABC decides to put on the air.

[yoshatabi]

Wtf did Trump do? This is ABC's choice not his

[SierraGuy]

Believe it or not during the Obama era this type of garbage happened MUCH more frequently...like every other week.

[Sirk7x]

This fucking sucks, because esports have finally just begun to get some mainstream attention. Now no one wants to touch it, and it's going to hurt the entire industry, the players, coaches, advertisers, anyone that works in merch, down to distributors, graphic designers, etc. Great fucking job, that was millions in tax dollars.
I've met wonderful, fantastic friends through gaming over the years. If there really is going to be an attack on this hobby, it's not going to prevent people killing each other. It's going to potentially prevent some people that REALLY need peers and friends in their lives from making connections.
I'm going to give you guys an example. My fiance has MS. She can barely stand up and walk some days, and doesn't leave the house often, because it can be very scary for her not knowing if she can trust her own body. She plays alot of games and MMOs, and has entire groups she's met there that play and chat on discord. Imagine if that was taken away, or made hard to access for someone in that position? She'd be heartbroken.

[XxSPIDEYxX]

Can't wait for the media to be all over the new Call of Duty game. Well....the more mainstream media.

[Germaximus]

These comments. This is why now I just generalize that the entire internet is stupid.

It's a respectful delay. Get a clue and stfu. Idiots.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Mentions "respectful delay" then goes on to insult people.

Oh the irony.

[Ace326]

First Wal-Mart now ESPN. I wonder who is going to censor themselves next.

[yoshatabi]

Well that's stupid. ABC is immature and needs to grow up

[yoshatabi]

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