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This week was a wash [Recap]
December 1st, 2007 at 12:35 amSource:Valleywag
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Congratulations, Eidos: You’re officially off the hook. Responding to rumors that CNET fired GameSpot editorial director Jeff Gerstmann for slamming a game heavily advertised on the site (check out the highlights in the above clip), spokesperson Sarah Cain told Joystiq, “We do not terminate employees based on external pressure from advertisers.” We doubted that CNET would toss away its credibility so readily.
Kotaku got a longer if less poignant spiel from CNET’s improbably named director of public relations, Leslie Dotson Van Every:
“GameSpot takes its editorial integrity extremely seriously. For over a decade, GameSpot and the many members of its editorial team have produced thousands of unbiased reviews that have been a valuable resource for the gaming community. At CNET Networks, we stand behind the editorial content that our teams produce on a daily basis.”
Stand behind? If CNET stands behind its editorial content, why did it take down Gerstmann’s video review in the first place?
Source:Valleywag
Ahh, that feels good right there. I don’t think we’ll be talking about this week next week. The Facebook pile-on continued. Amazon’s Kindle reader suffered a surprise media backlash. I’d hoped for another bank-employee-in-tutu photo to liven things up. Instead we got Gerstmanngate. At least we still have jobs — oh wait, Valleywag party girl Megan “Leggy” McCarthy is heading to Wired. I think I’ll go curl up in the tub with my INVISIBLE PUPPY. (Photo by Jason Calacanis)
