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The gamers are grassroots because no media outlet represented them but old media (and mainstream new media) did run with the anti-gamer story. It was covered in
by exstudent2 11y ago
The gamers are grassroots because no media outlet represented them but old media (and mainstream new media) did run with the anti-gamer story. It was covered in CNN, NYT, Forbes... There was even a CSI episode.
- Eric_WVGG 11y agoI have no way of knowing if you’re old enough to remember, but that level of coverage is nothing compared to the ongoing nonsense in the late nineties and 2k’s. I never thought Jack Thompson would go away. Anyway, look at it from the media’s perspective. “violent videogames turn your kids into sociopaths” is a pretty great hook, it’s going to get the suburban parents attention, it’s going to turn into endless PTA meetings, it’s going to make it to the House of Representatives. “women are getting horribly harassed in a particular industry” just doesn’t make the headlines.
- chiaro 11y ago*anti-gamergate story
- CM30 11y agoWell, there are some news sites supporting the GamerGate side of the story. They're the ones on the GamerGate support lists, which include twenty/thirty/forty/whatever sites of various sizes. For example: http://alternatives.gamergate.community/ http://alternatives.gamergate.community/ There's also a fair bit more GamerGate support in the Nintendo fandom, with the bigger sites being at least neutral to it. But it's still a bit more grassroots, since a lot of the sites on the support list are run by communities and fans rather than corporations.