Kotaku is still a blog, so it's all news, or rather you shouldn't read the site for news because it's a blog.
Yet they get free video game swag and somehow get invited to E3 and other events, yet never have to review stuff.
Sites like Kotaku and NeoGAF are jokes, they will ban people for any kind of criticism of the site. NWR wouldn't ban somebody for making a comment like that. Kotaku also will post rumors and act like they are true. It's even easier on message boards, go to PlayStation fanboy forums and say that Wii or Xbox 360 are your favorite systems and watch how fast you get banned.