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Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game

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Bereaved families have urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game that shows a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the street Bereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove harrowing footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush from the latest instalment of the video game. Bereaved families have called for the footage to be removed from the game. Covered by 3 outlets: 2 lean left, 1 are centre.

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  1. IGN Center Factuality: Mostly factual US
    Families Who Lost Loved Ones in Seoul Halloween Crowd Crush Call on Activision to Pull Real Footage From Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

    Bereaved families have called on Activision to remove real footage of the 2022 Seoul Halloween crush disaster from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4.

  2. Nzherald Center Factuality: Mostly factual AU
    ‘Call of Duty’ slammed for using real Seoul crowd crush footage

    Bereaved families have called for the footage to be removed from the game.

  3. The Guardian Left Factuality: Very high GB
    Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game

    Bereaved families have urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game that shows a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the street Bereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove harrowing...

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