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Title: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: Tieno on October 05, 2009, 02:40:00 PM: Quote
FTC: Bloggers must disclose payments for reviews

PHILADELPHIA — The Federal Trade Commission will require bloggers to clearly disclose any freebies or payments they get from companies for reviewing their products.
It is the first time since 1980 that the commission has revised its guidelines on endorsements and testimonials, and the first time the rules have covered bloggers.
But the commission stopped short Monday of specifying how bloggers must disclose any conflicts of interest.
The FTC said its commissioners voted 4-0 to approve the final guidelines, which had been expected. Penalties include up to $11,000 in fines per violation.
The rules take effect Dec. 1.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hkwZoioSbjzxT0I75HWiZSvFrAXAD9B502N80
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 05, 2009, 02:43:48 PM: "gaming jouralism" lol
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2009, 02:44:40 PM: I wonder how long it'll be before the FTC starts cracking down on GAF? :teehee
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 05, 2009, 02:46:31 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2009, 02:44:40 PM
I wonder how long it'll be before the FTC starts cracking down on GAF? :teehee

They already made the homo sporsk leave, lets hope they get rid of dragona next
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 05, 2009, 02:47:25 PM: Quote from: The Card Cheat on October 05, 2009, 02:43:48 PM
"gaming jouralism" lol

True.
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: tiesto on October 05, 2009, 02:53:41 PM: Quote from: MyNameIsMud on October 05, 2009, 02:46:31 PM
Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2009, 02:44:40 PM
I wonder how long it'll be before the FTC starts cracking down on GAF? :teehee

They already made the homo sporsk leave, lets hope they get rid of dragona next

sporsk doesn't post on GAF anymore?
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: muckhole on October 05, 2009, 02:55:45 PM: Quote from: Great Rumbler on October 05, 2009, 02:44:40 PM
I wonder how long it'll be before the FTC starts cracking down on GAF? :teehee

Actually, won't this make forums worse as far as shills go? I'm assuming they'll just up the amount of "forum users" to push hype and give favourable user reviews to help push their wares.
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 05, 2009, 03:09:26 PM: EviLore: Freebies? What freebies? :drake
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: Bocsius on October 05, 2009, 03:26:16 PM: Did not click the link.

There's got to be something more to it than that. The FTC shouldn't be able to regulate what people are saying in blogs. At minimum, the blog should be owned by the company and/or a contracted representative (employee, ad agency, etc.) of the company. Some schmuck that gets a free Viewtiful Joe bobblehead from Capcom shouldn't have to say as much on their blog.
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: FlameOfCallandor on October 05, 2009, 03:54:46 PM: Wow this is so stupid. How are they going to enforce this? A blog police? :lol :lol
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 05, 2009, 04:08:59 PM: It's no surprise that the quality of gaming journalism is generally poor.

Aside from getting paid, the majority of people working in that field are really no different from the mega fanboys on gaming forums.

It's why gamers should come to The Bore instead for gaming info that is reliable, useful and unbiased.

Over here, unlike most gaming sites, we rarely find a game to be better than 8/10 because we don't care about elevating a game's reputation just
to show support for a corporate entity or to win some points for an imaginary side in fanboy battles.

Because The Bore doesn't tolerate blind fanboyism and corporate worship, gamers can always trust it to tell them how good a game really is.

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Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: bork on October 05, 2009, 05:41:59 PM: Quote from: The Card Cheat on October 05, 2009, 02:43:48 PM
"gaming jouralism" lol

:rofl
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: The Fake Shemp on October 05, 2009, 05:56:21 PM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on October 05, 2009, 03:54:46 PM
Wow this is so stupid. How are they going to enforce this? A blog police? :lol :lol

Says the guy working for an ad agency!
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: demi on October 05, 2009, 06:30:47 PM: I bet you are glad this came out before you got all those freebies from conventions :lol
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: Don Flamenco on October 05, 2009, 06:43:59 PM: Good luck with that one FTC. I thought the Obama admin would bring in some people who understand how the internet works.

also, rule should apply to official topics at GAF.
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: MyNameIsMethodis on October 05, 2009, 06:44:31 PM: huh? people get stuff for making official topics?
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: GoofyGoober on October 06, 2009, 12:39:36 AM: This shouldn't effect the majority of Blogs. It's the ones that 11/10 I suspect that are on the take. This should help make it clear. But then again, the Blog police would be few and unable to really police the nets.

It as simple as we reviewed a courtesy Review copy of the game that we received from the publisher.

Now we can track the money hats the MS gives to all the Sony biased sites (amidoinitrite?)
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: Human Snorenado on October 06, 2009, 01:01:01 AM: Quote from: the lyte edge™ on October 05, 2009, 05:41:59 PM
Quote from: The Card Cheat on October 05, 2009, 02:43:48 PM
"gaming jouralism" lol

:rofl

Aw fuck. :(
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: brawndolicious on October 06, 2009, 04:26:33 AM: I can understand this if the publishers are sending review copies of a DS game inside of a new DS or something but would this also apply to publishers who just send posters, bobble-heads, or even a making-of DVD? I mean, that's not really gonna affect the review scores I'd think.
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: Olivia Wilde Homo on October 06, 2009, 08:01:54 AM: I doubt this will get enforced too much but the fact that this new rule causes a bunch of people to say how this is the end of gaming journalism shows just how lowly people think of it. Not that I disagree, I just found it funny. Unsurprisingly, the gaming symposium/inane circle jerk did precisely jack shit to improve the quality of it.
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: cool breeze on October 06, 2009, 11:15:43 AM: Quote from: The Card Cheat on October 06, 2009, 01:01:01 AM
Quote from: the lyte edge™ on October 05, 2009, 05:41:59 PM
Quote from: The Card Cheat on October 05, 2009, 02:43:48 PM
"gaming jouralism" lol

:rofl

Aw fuck. :(

you're still overqualified to write for IGN
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: Joe Molotov on October 06, 2009, 05:26:55 PM: I guess I have to mention that demi sent me a used fleshlight and nude pictures of Himuro to get me to retract my negative posts about Viva Pinata: Party Animals.
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: demi on October 06, 2009, 05:30:15 PM: Did u rike it?
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: Smooth Groove on October 06, 2009, 08:13:02 PM: Was that fleshlight still usable after Demi stretched it out?
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism ("gaming journalism" lol)
Post by: demi on October 06, 2009, 08:49:40 PM: I dont think Joe has that small of a weiner. I've seen some nice ones on big dudes.
Title: Re: The end of gaming journalism
Post by: The Sceneman on October 07, 2009, 08:22:54 AM: Quote from: FlameOfCallandor on October 05, 2009, 03:54:46 PM
Wow this is so stupid. How are they going to enforce this? A blog police? :lol :lol

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