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Journalist Writes About #GamerGate Without Making it a Hit Piece

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday August 13 2015, @07:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the harass-themightybuzzard dept.

The Mighty Buzzard writes:

Brad Glasgow over at GamePolitics.com did something unique when setting out to cover the gamergate movement, he asked people taking part in it questions rather than only their detractors.

I decided to run an experiment and see first-hand the difficulties one might encounter when covering an online movement. Rather than wait for GamerGate to come to us, I went to them. I joined their very popular Kotaku in Action (KiA) subreddit and interviewed several hundred GamerGate supporters from Tuesday, July 28 through Tuesday, August 4. It is my hope that what I learned will assist journalists with covering GamerGate and any similar movements in the future.

The Experiment

I asked one question on the KiA subreddit every 12 hours. The question was stickied (placed at the top in the most recognizable area) until I posted a new question. The new question was then stickied and they were given an additional 12 hours to submit replies to the old question and vote on their favorite answer. After I asked 7 questions I then asked 7 follow up questions on the final day.

The article was interesting enough but what I found hilarious was when he then tried to do a similar interview with the anti-gamergate types over at Gamer Ghazi, he was quickly banned.

I did experience some hostility from the anti-GamerGate side for covering GamerGate. While I was treated well by the people of GamerGhazi when I tried to speak with them, I was quickly banned by moderators, who said I have spent too much time posting on the GamerGate subreddit.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2015, @07:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2015, @07:33PM (#222472)

    > You find the position that the press should always cite possible conflicts of interest extreme?

    Wow. You really live in your own little echo chamber of irrationality don't you?

    What I said was that equating the extremists of GamerGhazi to the 'normal' gamergaters of KotakuInAction leaves no doubt as to the author's opinion of the 'normal' gamergaters. All that other random spittle you just spewed out is irrelevant to that simple equation.

    I can see how that would get you worked up though, you thought you had a clearcut 'gotcha' of people opposed to gamergaters when in fact it turned out to be an indictment of gamergaters. Self-inflicted wounds hurt the most.