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Article: Pressure from National Institute on Media and the Family Means New Rating for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; Institute Urges Independent Video Game Rating System.
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- July 20, 2005
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MINNEAPOLIS -- Pressure from the National Institute on Media and the Family resulted in the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) today revoking the M-rating for Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The National Institute on Media and the Family now calls upon all retailers to immediately pull the video game from their shelves.
"The ESRB's findings confirm what we expected, but major questions still remain," said Dr. David Walsh, president and founder of the National Institute on Media and the Family and author of the best-selling book on teenagers, WHY Do They Act That Way? A Survival Guide to the Adolescent Brain for You and Your Teen. Earlier today, the ...