Ethics revisited

Rumors abound today about GameSpot axing one of their reviewers when he didn't genuflect appropriately at the alter of one of their advertisers.

You can read the rumors here, and here and here (click next for the article), and probably elsewhere too.  There's a copy of his video review which has resurfaced on YouTube as well.  Of course it resurfaced on YouTube.

I have nothing to add to the rumors -- I don't know if they're true or a bunch of malarkey -- but I would point out that the conflict envisioned here, between advertising revenue & fearless reviews, is the very reason I chose to completely disconnect advertising and content on this site. You can read about that in my ethics statement, unaltered since the site began.