I had to talk to a reporter back in the 80's about this. I was president of our local gaming club. Right after that stupid movie came out, where the kid in the gaming group couldn't tell fantasy from the "real world (tm)".
The reporter did a good job, and even started coming to games after the article.
Oh, and fugue_life, Magic:The gathering should be banned from schools. It is worse than crack
(YuGiOh is the current "banned" game from my kids school, but mainly because the kids are distracted from doing school work.)