TL;DR: Reuters internal score for journalistic integrity, min score 60/100: "NONE of the gaming publications scored higher than a 15. For reference, the National Enquirer scored a 38 and the MSNBC blogosphere scored 44."

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zillajratomicray8 minutes ago (edited)

I work for Reuters. I'm a journalist in the media business.

Back in 2008, I sat in a conference and reviewed some proposals to integrate news sources focused on electronic gaming into our RSS service as niche content providers.

We considered IGN, Gamespot, and a few other syndicated online info feeds.

Now, in order to white label a source as affiliated with Reuters, you need to run through a checklist of ~100 items that are necessary for journalistic integrity. The source and its organization has to score at least a 60 out of 100 for it to be considered fair and unbiased.

These tests are carried out by senior journalists, editors, and investigators.

NONE of the gaming publications scored higher than a 15. For reference, the National Enquirer scored a 38 and the MSNBC blogosphere scored 44.

Some failures included:
- Economic ties with publishers
- Acceptance of favors
- 0% of staff held journalism degree
- Very small percentage worked in other major publications
- No real editing process
- No accountability

tl;dr: Gaming "journalism" is a joke and the laughingstock of reporting media. Continue to read these publications if you want, but assume that everything you read is biased or an outright lie.
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GTR00312125 minutes ago

Thanks for sharing this!
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zillajratomicray10 minutes ago (edited)

+thiefrules
Other journals use different grading scales. Reuters has its own checklist.  We keep these results on file, but I don't have access to them. I'm pretty sure you can request the checklist and see the standards that we use when reviewing potential partners, so you might wanna give that a shot. It isn't something we publicize or post on our websites though, it's a very basic procedure that reputable journals undertake, so we don't give it much thought.