GamerGate became what it did because the media grew utterly detached with their audience, and a couple of unfortunate events pushed it over the edge and broke t

GamerGate became what it did because the media grew utterly detached with their audience, and a couple of unfortunate events pushed it over the edge and broke the camel's back. You had a bunch of issues with poor journalism before (see, Doritosgate or something similar), a group that was more interested in pushing political beliefs that discussing games and a huge amount of resentment from the audience. The fact the media covers this sort of stuff in such a biased and often hateful way is symbolic of a press that's become a clique and doesn't represent the population at large.