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OttoniBastos on 18 March 2016

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Last edited by OttoniBastos - on 31 July 2018

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animegaming on 18 March 2016

oh my god these morons......




kurasakiichimaru on 18 March 2016

They'll probably sell Kotaku for uncertain millions to get to that 100M.

Honestly, that has to be the weakest form of journalism and alibi-formation I've ever heard in my life.

The best they should've done was simply hired editors with knowledge of ethics in journalism, then they wouldn't have been a part of this mess.

What money can do, sometimes.



HoloDust on 18 March 2016
mornelithe said:
maxleresistant said:

I don't get it, what's the problem with kotaku or Stephen Totilo's ethic.

I read Kotaku, they are actually one of the few websites that only put verified rumors, they have a pretty great ethic.

Their note-less reviews are pretty good, and they have a new editorial line where they decided to keep making articles about games that are already released. About the communities etc. 

yes they have weird articles sometimes. But as gaming journalists goes, they are pretty good. I really don't get the hate.

Gawker though, is mainly trash. But there is some interesting website in the group, io9 is good for example.

If you're not familiar, you'd have to watch interview between him and TotalBiscuit.  Needless to say, it is my opinion that he belongs nowhere near an editor in chief position, and people should always double check sources before trusting anything Kotaku utters.

Yeah, that interview is really revealing - of course, none of the major sites had anything to say about it, cause they were covering their asses as well at the time.



mornelithe on 18 March 2016
HoloDust said:
mornelithe said:

If you're not familiar, you'd have to watch interview between him and TotalBiscuit.  Needless to say, it is my opinion that he belongs nowhere near an editor in chief position, and people should always double check sources before trusting anything Kotaku utters.

Yeah, that interview is really revealing - of course, none of the major sites had anything to say about it, cause they were covering their asses as well at the time.

Absolutely, his responses were disturbing, especially for someone who has gone to school for journalism.



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animegaming on 18 March 2016
BraLoD said:
OttoniBastos said:

Gawker released a sex video of hulk - > hulk sued gawker -> A judge ordered gawker to put the video down -> gawker said fuck it we won't because "muh free speech"(basically they went against a federal order) -> hulk won 

Who is Gawker and what does it has to do with Kotaku? I'm still lost xP

Gawker is a major media outlet and they own Kotaku.



mornelithe on 18 March 2016
BraLoD said:
OttoniBastos said:

Gawker released a sex video of hulk - > hulk sued gawker -> A judge ordered gawker to put the video down -> gawker said fuck it we won't because "muh free speech"(basically they went against a federal order) -> hulk won 

Who is Gawker and what does it has to do with Kotaku? I'm still lost xP

Gawker Media owns Kotaku, Jezebel, Deadspin, Lifehacker, Gizmodo, and Jalopnik.  Gawker Media loses -> Kotaku loses.

Interestingly, both Denton and AJ Daulerio were found responsible as well. 



animegaming on 18 March 2016
mornelithe said:
JWeinCom said:
A piece of shit getting millions of dollars from a bigger piece of shit. Not sure how I feel about this...

If Gawker collapses, at least you can be happy knowing that an editor who thought a sex tape of a 4 year old, was a line he wouldn't cross (yes, he made a joke about child porn on the stand), has likely lost his outlet for spewing garbage into the public sphere. (AJ Daulerio)

bet you that was the moment that cost them the trial.



mornelithe on 18 March 2016
animegaming said:
mornelithe said:

If Gawker collapses, at least you can be happy knowing that an editor who thought a sex tape of a 4 year old, was a line he wouldn't cross (yes, he made a joke about child porn on the stand), has likely lost his outlet for spewing garbage into the public sphere. (AJ Daulerio)

bet you that was the moment that cost them the trial.

It absolutely didn't help lol



KLAMarine on 18 March 2016

Hahaha! Nice.