> I can totally believe that the magazine caved in to pressure from an advertiser to sack a journalist and pull a story. As an example of where it has happened

> I can totally believe that the magazine caved in to pressure from an advertiser to sack a journalist and pull a story. As an example of where it has happened: > Gerstmann revealed that his firing was in fact related to the low review score he had given to Kane & Lynch, though his explanation cited other similar events that led up to the termination, including a 7.5 (good) rating given to Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction by Aaron Thomas, then an employee under Gerstmann. Events such as these led to him being "called into a room" several times to discuss reviews posted on the site. Gerstmann went on to lay the blame on a new management team that was unable to properly handle tension between the marketing and editorial staff, laying additional blame on the marketing department, which he claimed was unprepared in how to handle publisher complaints and threats to withdraw advertising money over low review scores. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gerstmann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gerstmann