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Offline Smash_Brother

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Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« on: April 25, 2007, 05:55:31 PM »
An interesting read

Some PR people have taken game journalists to strip clubs and on some occasions, purchased prostitutes for them.

VERY FEW of the game "journalists" in the industry have journalism backgrounds and practically none of them have any ethics when it comes to their jobs and serving the reader's interest. They all say they do, but their actions are different. When Ubisoft holds a PR event in Hawaii and allows the staff of IGN to invite their wives and/or girlfriends, the end reader never gets to hear about that. And it's not on IGN's dime at all.

All I can say is "wow".
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RE: Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2007, 06:15:06 PM »
Well, one thing is certain. The NWR crew are not going to get some hoe action based on their recent reviews .
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RE: Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2007, 06:36:13 PM »
How do you know that? Maybe the NWR staff is just playing hard to get, reminding the big publishers why perks are important...

This might also explain the Dequello vs. Gonintendo thingy... Dequello must've seen RawMeatCowboy dancing topless at a PR get-together at a stripclub!

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RE: Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2007, 06:43:58 PM »
I think it's pretty obvious that NWR's sole purpose it to vie for freebies from gaming developers and publishers.  I mean, why get paid cash when you can get paid with strip clubs and happy endings?  Obviously, Sega and obviously Pangya's company* obviously weren't footing the obvious bills of these obvious things.  That's why the review system is switching to pictures of hookers - The less she's wearing, the higher the score, and the happier the ending the reviewer received before he or she finished the game.

*Too lazy to look up real facts, duh!  
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RE: Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2007, 06:55:51 PM »
It's not bribery, it's lobbying!
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RE:Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2007, 06:59:02 PM »
I've been talking to the wrong publishers apparently!
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RE: Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2007, 06:59:52 PM »
That's why the review system is switching to pictures of hookers

Yeah and when Bill reviews anything you get a picture of Bridget...
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RE: Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2007, 03:34:02 AM »
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You say, “Doesn’t this go on in every industry?” No. But even if it did, why do we tolerate bought-and-paid-for journalism?

Because thats all we've got.
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RE:Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #8 on: April 26, 2007, 06:22:23 AM »
BTW, IGN has an opening

Apply now! NWR is the stepping stone that worked for Berghammer and Bloodworth
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RE: Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #9 on: April 26, 2007, 06:25:44 AM »
A life of doing things my wife wouldn't approve of awaits!
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RE:Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #10 on: April 26, 2007, 07:33:14 AM »
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RE: Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2007, 11:29:41 AM »
They (journalists) collude with terrorists too, so this isn't too surprising but outrageous nonetheless.  
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RE:Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #12 on: April 27, 2007, 04:57:59 PM »
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I clicked the link and got the above message. Looks like they don't want to the truth to get out... Anybody save the text or something?

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VERY FEW of the game "journalists" in the industry have journalism backgrounds and practically none of them have any ethics when it comes to their jobs and serving the reader's interest.


I think that after reading many 'professional' sites, this becomes painfully apparent. But it gives hope to other would-be journalists!
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RE: Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #13 on: April 27, 2007, 05:19:12 PM »
The tooth is out there...
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RE:Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #14 on: April 27, 2007, 06:04:28 PM »
The link in the original article is still working for me. Maybe there was a bandwidth issue.
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RE:Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2007, 07:31:48 PM »
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The link in the original article is still working for me. Maybe there was a bandwidth issue.


Or maybe, if you had previously clicked the link, it's still saved in your cache? Personally, I'm also getting this message:

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RE:Bought-and-paid-for-Journalism...
« Reply #16 on: April 27, 2007, 08:09:11 PM »
Eh, its now doing it for me. I blame voodoo internet magic.

I was going to post that part of the article but the part that S_B posted is probably the best part. The rest is nothing new.
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