The future of journalism in the US: will "official sources" be the only sources?

US citizens: call on Congress to impeach Judge Fuller, who pled guilty to attacking his wife.

Gamergate explained.

Here's what I think of this.

• The principal wrong in this issue consists of the threats of rape and murder made against some commentators. These threats are inexcusable. Even supposing the targets' statements were mistaken or dishonest, that would not justify these threats.
• The integrity of journalism is a significant issue, in regard to computer games as in every other area. However, according to this article, the initial accusation that a game designer exercised dishonest influence on a journalist is demonstrably false.

  Meanwhile, US journalism is subject to distorting influence in regard to issues such as war, destabilization campaigns, supporting tyrannical allies, global heating, "free trade" treaties, massive surveillance, and others.

• The quality of journalism is also a significant issue. Journalism about computer games is generally lousy because it focuses solely on what playing the game is like, and disregards the grave ethical flaw nearly all these games have: a nonfree software engine.

If you value your freedom, rather than arguing about whether a review of a nonfree game was accurate in regard to secondary aspects, refuse to run nonfree games.

Zainab Al-Khawaja faces 7 years' imprisonment in Bahrain for tearing up a photo of the king.

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to insult any person, any group, any organization, and any idea.

Bahrain used Saudi troops to crush protests, with total US backing.

Microsoft's "immutable laws of security" ironically imply (law 1 and 2) that if Windows is on your computer, it's not secure.