A British Newspaper is offering money for anyone who has a story to tell about gaming turning them into criminals.

This is undoubtedly in the wake of the Byron report and the imminent release of GTA IV towards the end of April, and unfortunately speaks volumes to me about the current climate we live in, where a newspaper would rather pay for sensationalism than bother to do some research.

An advertisement, found here, is requesting that any resident living in the UK who has turned to crime as a result of computer games to come forward and tell all, for their troubles these individuals will be paid hundreds of pounds. The exact newspaper responsible is not known, but fingers have already been pointing at the usual suspects of the British tabloids.

It’s a real shame that words like impartial and unbiased are not words these so called newspapers seem interested in using, or spending their money researching these so-called links into gaming and criminal activities. I also think that it’s ironic that a newspaper is also willing to fund potential criminal activities in order to sully Grand Theft Auto, a game based around criminal activities.

Source videogaming247