Jesus Christ, if you re a national news program covering a national issue you would think you would devote, I don t know, five seconds to a bit of research before making a complete ass of yourself.

Apparently, not if you re CBS News.

In a show that airs tonight the once respected news organization takes on video game violence and gets it wrong before the first sentence is out of their talking head s mouth.

A particularly pointed-toothed Kotaku mole shot me a transcript for the show, and it was a stomach-churner to say the least.

They start with this magnificent lede:

WELCOME TO THE DARK WORLD OF "GRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDREAS"- WHERE KILLING COPS EARNS YOU POINTS, NOT PRISON.

Points? Does GTA have points? Even if you take this at something other than its literal meaning, the game sure as hell doesn t reward cop killing, in penalizes it. You kill a cop, two come for you, you kill two, a SWAT, kill more, the FBI until eventually you are taken down.

The story goes on to quote a woman who was on the now infamous Illinois task force that worked to create a soon to be inacted unconstitutional state law banning the sale of mature video games to anyone under 18.

The woman says that GTA had scenes more graphic that the most graphic movie she had ever seen. She must stay in a lot. I know she didn t see Sin City, or Saving Private Ryan, or Colors, or The Godfather, or The Goodfellas or any slasher flick.

The story eventually makes it way to the sex hidden in GTA and ends with a quote about how hard it is for a parent to keep up. God forbid they try, I don t know, parenting.

Here s the full script for both your amusement and discontent.

WELCOME TO THE DARK WORLD OF "GRAND THEFT AUTO SAN ANDREAS"- WHERE KILLING COPS EARNS YOU POINTS, NOT PRISON.

WHO WOULD BUY SUCH A VIOLENT GAME? PLENTY OF PEOPLE: THE "GRAND THEFT AUTO" SERIES HAS SOLD MORE THAN 35 MILLION COPIES WITH WORLD-WIDE SALES APPROACHING TWO-BILLION DOLLARS.

ILL HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER DEB PERRYMAN KNEW THE GAMES WERE OUT THERE. BUT UNTIL SHE WAS ASKED TO REVIEW THEM FOR A STATEWIDE TASK FORCE, SHE HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS ACTUALLY IN THEM

(Sot Deb Perryman ) WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION? I WAS REALLY SHOCKED.THEY WERE MORE GRAPHIC THAN THE MOST GRAPHIC MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN.

IN PART BECAUSE OF HER TASK FORCE'S FINDINGS, ILLINOIS PASSED LEGISLATION MAKING IT A CRIME TO SELL VIOLENT OR SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VIDEO GAMES TO ANYONE UNDER 18.

WHEN THE ILLINOIS GOVERNOR SIGNS THAT BILL INTO LAW IT WILL FACE IMMEDIATE CHALLENGE. SIMILAR LAWS HAVE BEEN STRUCK DOWN AS UNCONTITUTIONAL IN WASHINGTON STATE AND INDIANAPOLIS.

Sot/GOV. ROD BLAGOJEVICH D-IL) the courts have never considered the harmful impact that playing violent and sexually graphic has on young children

STANDUP - TTHE VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT ANY FURTHER RESTRICTIONS, IT POINTS OUT THAT JUST LIKE THE MOVIE INDUSTRY, IT VOLUNTARILY RATES ITS GAME FOR AGE APPROPRIATENESS, EVEN THOUGH A RECENT STUDY FOUND THAT DESPITE THE WARNING LABELS, 50 PERCENT OF BOYS AGE 7-14 HAVE BOUGHT A GAME RATED M FOR MATURE AUDIENCES-AND A STUNNING 87 PERCENT OF THE BOYS HAVE PLAYED THEM.

LIKE 15-YEAR-OLD TRAVIS PERRYMAN

(NO Super)

CB — You see why some parents don't feel comfortable with a kid walking around 01:22:05 shooting people in the head? tp - yeah - i can see that, but like i said this does not equate reality in any way.

BUT THE RECENT DISCOVERY OF GRAPHIC SEX SCENES ALLEGEDLY HIDDEN INSIDE THE GRAND THEFT AUTO GAME, UNLOCKED BY A SIMPLE CODE AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET, WAS ENOUGH TO LEAD TO CALLS FOR A FEDERAL CRACKDOWN.

(SOT US SEN. HILLARY CLINTON D NY) if a parent knows what's on that video and lets a child have it, that's one thing, but// no parent could have known that there was this imbedded pornographic material.

AS FOR DEB PERRYMAN....

(SOT Deb)

01:02:07 It's impossible as a parent to keep up

SHE'LL TAKE ANY HELP SHE CAN GET TO STAY AHEAD OF THE GAME