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On his program, Glenn Beck, a conservative US talkradio host, used GTA V as an example to make wider
claims about the use of violent video games by the US
military, repeating claims made by Lt. Col. Dave
Grossman that the US military uses first person shooting
games to de-sensitise soldiers to killing.
In the second segment of the show, Beck spoke to Jack
Thompson and Gavin McKiernan, national grass roots
director for the Parents Television Council. Thompson
called the game "a murder simulator" and went on to
make unsubstantiated claims about actions that the
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layer could perform in the game. McKiernan added
" T his is really an adult product we're talking about"
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and went on to claim that research into media
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violence had shown the potential effect violent
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media could have on children. He claimed