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[IMG]http://www.theeca.com/newsletters/KBYG.jpg[/IMG]The talking head from the [URL=http://www.youngmedia.org.au/]Council on Children and the Media[/URL], who claimed in an Australian TV report that [URL=http://www.gamepolitics.com/2010/03/01/videogames-amp-violence-go-together-cigarettes-amp-lung-cancer]videogames are to violence like cigarettes are to lung cancer[/URL], is just a sock puppet of South Australian Attorney General Michael Atkinson.

Dr. Wayne Warburton made the claim in a piece that aired on Australia’s Ten network earlier this week. [URL="http:// http://www.news.com.au/technology/video-game-cancer-group-funded-by-atkinson/story-e6frfro0-1225837330811"]News.com reports[/URL] that the Council on Children and Media, also known as Young Media Australia, has received tens of thousands of dollars in funding from Atkinson.

A spokesperson for Atkinson verified the link, which sees the group receive a grant annually in order to fund its Know Before You Go project, which is designed to provide information to parents on what films are suitable for children.

While Atkinson’s office would not reveal the amount of money that changed hands, a Labor MP talking in parliament in 2006 put the figure at $33,000.

Council on Children and the Media CEO Barbara Biggins said that Atkinson has no influence on the group’s view on videogames, “It's the only project that's funded by him and it's been funded for years now. And I think good on him for helping parents to understand the classification system better. That doesn't mean that we owe him anything in terms of what we do with campaigns.”

[I]Thanks to everyone who sent this story in![/I]

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