Untitled

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."

 

[Comments from Youtube video: "Quinnspiracy Theory: White Castles and Ivory Towers" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km3DZQp0StE ]

 

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.

Show less

Reply  ·  52

View all 4 replies

 

GTR00312125 minutes ago

 

Thanks for sharing this!

Reply  ·  

 

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.