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PTC Takes the Media by Storm
Written by PTC | Published March 12, 2018
On March 8, 2018, the Parents Television Council Program Director Melissa Henson took part in a high profile meeting at the White House about media violence. An extensive amount of media coverage covered this meeting with President Trump.
Below is a short list of the extensive media coverage that reported on the meeting:
ASSOCIATED PRESS:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/trump-to-meet-with-video-game-execs-and-critics/2018/03/08/ff827f1c-22f3-11e8-946c-9420060cb7bd_story.html
REUTERS:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-discusses-video-game-violence-doom-maker-other-000206332--finance.html
USA TODAY:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2018/03/08/trump-talk-video-game-makers-critics-thursday-white-house-meeting/406374002/
NEW YORK TIMES:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/08/us/politics/trump-draws-lively-opinions-on-video-game-violence-but-shrouds-his-own.html
WASHINGTON POST:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/03/08/inside-trumps-private-meeting-with-the-video-game-industry-and-its-critics/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-kicked-off-video-game-meeting-with-horrendous-skull-splitting-and-impaling-clips-participants-say/article/2651112
POLITICO:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/03/08/trump-video-game-violence-395116
THE HILL:
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/overnights/377515-overnight-tech-trump-holds-video-game-meeting-former-uber-ceo
BROADCASTING & CABLE:
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/washington/ptc-pushes-white-house-vet-violent-content-broadcast-networks/172236
EDUCATION WEEK:
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/education_and_the_media/
MULTICHANNEL NEWS:
http://www.multichannel.com/news/policy/white-house-remains-focused-video-game-violence/418585
VARIETY:
http://variety.com/2018/politics/news/trump-video-games-2-1202721889/
ROLLING STONE:
https://www.rollingstone.com/glixel/features/inside-trumps-meeting-with-video-game-industry-w517632
DONALD TRUMP INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BgE6Z_0gKdv/?hl=en&taken-by=realdonaldtrump
DEADLINE:
http://deadline.com/2018/03/violent-video-games-trump-parkland-white-house-meeting-entertainment-software-association-1202320707/
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/president-trump-holds-listening-session-violent-video-games-1093219
CBN NEWS:
http://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2018/march/trump-meets-with-video-game-industry-to-talk-about-school-violence
LIFEZETTE:
https://www.lifezette.com/momzette/violence-video-games-hot-topic-white-house/
CBS NEWS:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/80-percent-of-mass-shooters-showed-no-interest-in-video-games-researcher-says/
THE VERGE:
https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/8/17098230/trumps-video-game-violence-meeting-esa
TALKING POINTS MEMO:
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-discusses-violence-with-video-game-execs-and-critics
THINK PROGRESS:
https://thinkprogress.org/the-nras-professor-of-killology-is-meeting-trump-to-discuss-violent-video-games-5741d75cfb76/
RED STATE:
https://www.redstate.com/slee/2018/03/08/trump-talks-violent-video-games-industry-leaders-members-congress/
THE DAILY SIGNAL:
http://dailysignal.com/2018/03/08/industry-leaders-defend-violent-video-games-in-meeting-with-trump/
ARKANSAS ONLINE
:
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/mar/09/trump-questions-violence-in-video-games/
BROWNSVILLE HERALD:
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/business/trump-to-meet-with-video-game-execs-and-critics/article_0b12f8b5-cb73-53aa-9621-ddb5b4ef3752.html
KDH NEWS:
http://kdhnews.com/living/health/trump-to-meet-with-video-game-execs-and-critics/article_ff52b8aa-32a8-50ea-8a29-a992b3d7dfb1.html
KTBS:
https://www.ktbs.com/news/business/trump-meets-with-video-game-execs-and-critics/article_563a5f0c-5ccb-5a64-a5ce-ba8bff9a058b.html
MSN NEWS:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-discusses-violence-with-video-game-execs-and-critics/ar-BBK0EHZ
WASHINGTON TIMES:
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/mar/8/trump-to-meet-with-video-game-industry-representat/
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE:
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/03/09/utah-experts-look-past-the-talking-points-after-trumps-meeting-on-video-game-violence/
NEWSWEEK:
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-vs-video-games-gun-violence-837435
GAMESPOT:
https://www.gamespot.com/articles/donald-trumps-video-game-meeting-heres-who-is-atte/1100-6457238/
GAMASUTRA:
https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/315347/
GAME RANT:
https://gamerant.com/video-game-violence-president-trump-631/
PC GAMER:
https://www.pcgamer.com/heres-who-will-be-at-the-white-house-meeting-on-videogame-violence/
KOTAKU:
https://kotaku.com/trump-meets-with-game-executives-watches-clips-of-viol-1823628952
SEEKING ALPHA:
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3337716-videogame-stocks-higher-white-house-summit-eyes-violence
TWINFINITE:
http://twinfinite.net/2018/03/trump-video-game-meeting/
NEW REPUBLIC:
https://newrepublic.com/minutes/147332/no-collusion-trump-transition-team-work-hard-set-back-channel-russia
POLYGON:
https://www.polygon.com/2018/3/8/17095178/who-is-going-trump-video-games-meeting-white-house
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