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[Mamba]

Regardless how badly the article was written I found the reaction from Ben Kuchera a bit strange.
There are far worse comments on some other actual news sites towards the journalist who has written something controversal and yet the heated debate goes on.

If you write such an article (which, come on lets be honest here, was made to flame) you stand by it and take the blows like a man. But now, by closing the comments and by that last comment from Ben Kuchera I get a feeling that these people are not professionals at all, they are just random people like you and me who have decided to start reviewing games. Their word weighs nothing.

Regarding the article, I have to agree with everyone here, it was really badly written. My university essays are better written than that and I am not even English. It makes me very sad to think that this could be the future of journalism...

[Kallera]

Regardless how badly the article was written I found the reaction from Ben Kuchera a bit strange.
There are far worse comments on some other actual news sites towards the journalist who has written something controversal and yet the heated debate goes on.

If you write such an article (which, come on lets be honest here, was made to flame) you stand by it and take the blows like a man. But now, by closing the comments and by that last comment from Ben Kuchera I get a feeling that these people are not professionals at all, they are just random people like you and me who have decided to start reviewing games. Their word weighs nothing.

Regarding the article, I have to agree with everyone here, it was really badly written. My university essays are better written than that and I am not even English. It makes me very sad to think that this could be the future of journalism...

Well if ben wants to judge the source of his misguided information as immature fanboys, I have no problem judging Penny Arcade as a bloated unprofessional tabloid of gaming news.

This can't be their first rodeo, and they are acting like it is. He invited fans to come with reasoned responses, and chides us when people do so.

And I would think angry emails would come with the territory of any opinion writer or journalist. I'm not defending this behavior by any means, but these are individual actions, not the Anonymous protest ben accuses abriael of pulling before closing the thread. if msnbc or hell even blogging organizations had this kind of response I'm sure there would be no discussion threads ever, and bloggers would reign supreme.

My point is I've seen more controversial blogging organizations act more professional than what was displayed here. And this only serves to foster division among their audience between trusting their word and looking into the game's information for themselves.

That's not proper journalism.