Gaming press: "We're f*cking with Matt Damon!"
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 - 9:21pm
Why is the gaming media so willing to jump all over a celebrity who's anti-gaming violence? Jack Thompson not getting it done enough anymore?
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Media is sensationalist, news at 11!
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Wait?! He appears to be checking facts and sources? We can do that?!
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The lack of people picking up the phone is pretty much the only part of the whole internet journalism thing that I think gets messed up. I am a firm believer that the democratization of the fourth estate is a force for good. But at the same time:
1: People answer their phones
2: If they don't their agents and PR people do
3: EVERYONE likes talking about themselves.
There's really no excuse for reporting hearsay, unless you literally can't afford the 15 minutes and 50 cents for the phone call, in which case I have to ask how hard you're really trying to be a journalist.
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Reminds me of the whole Mass Effect thing not too long ago. Seriously, these guys need to check their facts before they go shooting off their mouths/keyboards.
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I just feel bad that Blue got sucked into it that badly. And yes, I only posted it so I could use that title.
"Men like sex, thus boobies! Oogaba!" - dejanzie
"If ads put your sanity to the test
come on down to Rat Boy's nest!
light up a stogie, and soon you'll see
how rock can be commercial-free!
'I'd hit it!'" - HP Lovesauce
I do not remember who, but someone called out Gamasutra for BRAGGING that they trace sources and fact check. That is what you are f*cking supposed to do!
The sad tale of the internet is that there is that near endless line of linking. Slashdot picks up on some obscure posting, gets Dugg, which ends up in someone's E-mail box, which ends up on a blog.
It also gets to a greater issue of all journalism. VOLUME, volume, volume. If BS and Half-Truth gets you a lot of traffic(sales in print), then its validity is secondary. Slander, Libel, and flat out lies can easily be retracted.
With the unfathomable amount of "news" sources readily available in print, on television and on the internet it is easy for just about anyone to come up with sources for a sensationalist story they have. 65% of all people know that.
Kotaku is fun to visit and I enjoy their humorous pictures and stories, but I do take it with a grain of salt. I don't think of Kotaku as an extremely reputable source but rather just a blog that happens to talk about gaming and news related to it.
Journalism is still alive and kicking, it just is becoming harder to hear the real, credible journalists over all the racket on the internet.
Sing it, sister. Er, brother. Whatever. Never had a problem at least getting a PR rep on the phone. Sometimes they'll just say "No comment", but that's better than quadruple-removed hearsay. Chick's on the money here.
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But what about all those hits you get from enraged fanboys? The advertisers love that! Doesn't that offset the fact that you're basically reporting a lie?!?
I loved this in particular:
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