Modern Warfare 4 faces backlash after real footage of South Korean crowd crush tragedy was discovered in game's opening moments
Activision has come under fire due to the inclusion of real-world footage of the tragic Itaewon Disaster in Modern Warfare 4.
Why am I seeing this Ranked on corroboration — 2 independent outlets
2 independent outlets carried this — Eurogamer and Dexerto. Agreement across newsrooms that do not share an owner is the strongest thing we can measure, so it carries the most weight.
StandardStandard, because two or more independent orgs carry it, the subject was identified from the text, and it scores 0.53 against a bar of 0.50.
| Factor | Weight | Score | Contribution | Where it came from |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corroborationleads | 0.35 | 0.61 | +0.215 41% | 2 distinct tier-1/2 orgs, counted once each: Eurogamer and Dexerto. Saturates at 5. |
| Source trust | 0.25 | 0.82 | +0.204 39% | Eurogamer is the highest-trust source on this story. Trust is taken from the best source, not averaged. |
| Pickup rate | 0.20 | 0.00 | +0.000 0% | The sources carry no usable publish times, so the rate could not be measured from them directly. |
| Freshness | 0.20 | 0.55 | +0.110 21% | Halves every 10 hours from the newest item on the story. This is the only factor that rewards a story for nothing more than being recent. |
Corroboration counts distinct organisations, once each, and only from tiers 1 and 2. Freshness halves every 10 hours, so this ranking is a snapshot and will differ at the next build.
What happened
Activision has come under fire due to the inclusion of real-world footage of the tragic Itaewon Disaster in Modern Warfare 4. The bereaved families association and the Citizens Countermeasure Meeting are asking for the footage to be removed. Activision has apologized after footage from the real-life Itaewon crowd crush in South Korea was used in Modern Warfare 4, confirming that the clip will be removed from the game.
How this story arrived
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