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level 3·3 yr. agoA lot of this is untrue, but the one thing I will say is that none of the people at IGN (as far as I’ve ever seen) claim to be “journalists”... At least not in the traditional sense.2level 4·3 yr. ago·edited 3 yr. agoAccording to this:https://m.ign.com/articles/2006/01/07/how-to-get-a-job-in-the-videogame-industry-videogame-journalistAnd this: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-editor-and-journalistthey view themselves as Videogame Journalists(2) Why people are so mean about IGN? : IGN (reddit.com)·3 yr. ago
That article is from 2001. Almost 20 years ago, I'm sure the people there DID view themselves as journalists. But that was a very different time in the industry. I can't speak to what kind of stuff they did back then, but It's very clear from the kind of content they release now that what they're doing is not Journalism, and they aren't really pretending to be. Some stuff they release, like what McCaffrey is doing with Unfiltered, definitely has Journalistic qualities to it. But overall, the site is news entertainment.
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