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Let this be a lesson to all you recent college grads: It doesn’t pay to lie about your degree. Just ask Yahoo! CEO Scott Thompson, who got caught with a bogus computer science degree on his resume. After an embarrassing week of halfway acknowledging the untruth, Kara Swisher of All Things D reports that Thompson is on his way out as...
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Jack Thompson, best known for his crusade against video games, which he considers to be overly violent and to contain too much sexual content, has been disbarred. His most famous crusade was against Rockstar Games and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, after the famous "Hot Coffee" content was exposed (no pun intended).The Florida Supreme...
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John “Jack” Bruce Thompson is a name you might have heard but don't exactly know who he is. He is a lawyer from Florida who is well known for stirring up as much trouble as he can for the video game industry. Mr Thompson has, on many occasions, associated various high-profile violent crimes with video games, often when it is clear...
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Jack Thompson has become a bit of a celebrity with his crusade against the evils of video games. Along the way he's managed to start fights with Janet Reno, the Florida Bar Association, and of course, Rockstar Entertainment. With no new Grand Theft Auto games hitting the market at the moment, Mr. Thompson has turned his attention towards...
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