IGN’s Corporate Owners Quickly REMOVE Staff’s Pro-Palestinian CHARITY Campaign
551It is hard for ethics in games journalism to exist when giant corporations control the very outlets that are supposed to report the news, including exposing questionable ethical practices. The staff at IGN recently decided to show solidarity to Palestinians, which prompted a swift reprisal by the corporate owners of the outlet.
The games media industry was attempting to take Palestinain solidarity more seriously after Gamespot editor, Tamoor Hussain, called it out for ignoring the current crisis.
Tamoor's full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9F4trpHzKo
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From Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2021/05/17/ign-palestine-letter-explained/
'Monday afternoon, 66 members of IGN’s staff published a letter decrying the conditions of the article’s removal. “We have come to understand that this was a clear instance of corporate overreach and demonstrated blatant disregard for the most basic standards of journalistic integrity and editorial independence,” the letter states. It was addressed to the publication’s corporate leadership and management at Ziff Davis and J2 Global, the site’s parent company and owner, respectively.
The letter, which demands the reinstatement of the article on IGN’s website, as well as transparency into the decision-making behind the page’s removal and a restated commitment to the staff’s editorial autonomy, is the culmination of a frustrating 24 hours for numerous IGN employees. On Sunday morning, the article linking to charities had been scrubbed from the site with no announcement; the first internal mention came from a post in the site’s Slack, questioning why the link was returning a 404 error.
A day later — following the publication of an official statement and an internal meeting concerning the article’s removal — IGN staff say they still have few answers'