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Insane Jackass Objects to Being Pwnt on Daily Show

GamePolitics reports that Representative Joe Pitts, the insane jackass featured in this Daily Show episode, is butt-hurt over being so skewered:

I regret that Comedy Central's 'Daily Show' portrayed my words the way they did. I believe that gratuitously violent video games are inappropriate for all children. However hard it may be to prove their effect in any given instance, tragedies like the killings at Columbine High School and more recent events closer to home clearly show that children from every neighborhood and income level can and do get into trouble - sometimes quite seriously.

GP points out correctly that Pitts' comments were not edited, misquoted, or taken out of context. Stewart simply "let the tape roll" and Pitts dug himself a tidy little grave. I'm just glad the uproar made it back to Pitts. I like it when they pay attention. Lets us know we're getting to them...

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