Faux News had a guest that blamed Fornite

[brettdale]

for the mass shooting.

Oh its also too soon to talk about about politics, we need to talk about memorials
first acording to abbot.

[Tipperary]

1. I never watch Fox, and I have no idea what is "Fornite."

Maybe someone can explain.

[Dennis Donovan]

4. Maybe "Fortnite"? It's a video game

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortnite

Fortnite is an online video game developed by Epic Games and released in 2017. It is available in three distinct game mode versions that otherwise share the same general gameplay and game engine: Fortnite: Save the World, a cooperative shooter-survival game for up to four players to fight off zombie-like creatures and defend objects with fortifications they can build; Fortnite Battle Royale, a free-to-play battle royale game where up to 100 players fight to be the last person standing; and Fortnite Creative, where players are given complete freedom to create worlds and battle arenas. The first two game modes were released in 2017 as early access titles and Creative was released on December 6, 2018. Save the World is available only for Windows, macOS, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, while Battle Royale released for those platforms, in addition for Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android devices.

While the first two games have been successful for Epic Games, Fortnite Battle Royale became a resounding success, drawing in more than 125 million players in less than a year and earning hundreds of millions of dollars per month, and since has become a cultural phenomenon.

[Tipperary]

5. Thanks, I am completely ignorant of video games.

And happy to be so.

[Hortensis]

14. Lots of running around killing other on-line players,

sometimes stopping to dance with 'em, then killing them or not as the mood of the moment dictates. All set in the ruins of a post-apocalyptic world nearing its final end.

[COL Mustard]

11. Which One?

So tragic that there was another one overnight. ☹️

[BannonsLiver]

2. There will be people here who will quibble over what an Assault weapon is.

Meanwhile the country is on fire.

[Mike Nelson]

3. What is Fornite?

[JHB]

10. Multiplayer video game

Yet another "It's video games, not hate and easily-available guns" blame-shift.

[Mike Nelson]

12. thank you for answering

[Sherman A1]

6. Ah, Yes....

Let’s blame, Comic Books, TV programs, Movies, Science Fiction Books, Dungeons & Dragons , Video Games, The Internet or any other scape goat we can find to put up before the public so they can feel better about themselves.........

Let’s don’t discuss, the availability of guns, hate speech, the lack of mental health services or anything that might just have a potential impact on the topic.

These talking heads make me sick.

[Funtatlaguy]

7. Anything but guns. They will never be blamed.

[Vinca]

8. It's never the availability of guns that are meant for soldiers. No one needs these weapons

for hunting, protection or target shooting. They have one purpose and that is killing a large number of human beings in a very short period of time. Why on earth are they allowed? If they're going to blah, blah, blah the 2nd Amendment, then let's embrace it. We'll all return to the days of muskets and it will be mandatory.

[Oneironaut]

9. It's the movies, video games, music! Not my precioussssss!

[BlueIdaho]

13. Fox News should blame themselves.

For the last year hosts like Lying Laura and Fucker Carlson have been pumping the White Nationalist “Replacement” screed - claiming brown people are flooding the country and will “replace” and overwhelm whites.

No doubt violent games desensitize the players - but the damage done by White Nationalist Hate Speech is overwhelming.