CNET: Fire Ian Sherr

The Issue

On 6th June 2019 Ian Sherr, editor at CNET, wrote this disgusting hit piece on some of the best, most factually accurate gaming journalists on youtube:

https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-the-angry-gaming-youtubers-who-turn-outrage-into-views/?utm_source=reddit.com

Prior to this, he also convinced several sponsors to pull their ads (and therefore revenue support) from The Quartering's channel - PURPOSEFULLY HARMING HIS LIVELIHOOD.

This dispicable article is not only riddled with blatant lies, but it is designed to harm the YouTubers who's good work is making gaming journalists (who only write articles) obselete. What's more, gaming journalists are often shills for gaming corporations, giving unworthy high review scores for inferior games.

The YouTubers who were attacked are the best and biggest, and are of much higher integrity and calibre than hacks like Mr Sherr. If attacks like this succeed in ending such channels, it will be much harder for millions of people to discover what is really going on in the gaming industry.

These YouTubers, whether they get paid or not, have our backs and we need to send a clear message that we will not tolerate lies like this.

Here is CleanPrinceGaming's video on the topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JwfnCcEr4E

And Upper Echilon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-c4OFOO9Ck

This petition calls for Ian Sherr's immediate dismissal.

Failing that, Ian Sherr's cretinous article should be redacted and he should apologise, in written and video format, to each YouTuber he lied about.
One apology video for each YouTuber with each wrong listed.
Then CNET should sponsor each slandered YouTuber for no less than 6 months and the sponsorship should say "CNET: we promise not to slander quality games news ever again". Nothing more, nothing less.

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The Issue

On 6th June 2019 Ian Sherr, editor at CNET, wrote this disgusting hit piece on some of the best, most factually accurate gaming journalists on youtube:

https://www.cnet.com/news/meet-the-angry-gaming-youtubers-who-turn-outrage-into-views/?utm_source=reddit.com

Prior to this, he also convinced several sponsors to pull their ads (and therefore revenue support) from The Quartering's channel - PURPOSEFULLY HARMING HIS LIVELIHOOD.

This dispicable article is not only riddled with blatant lies, but it is designed to harm the YouTubers who's good work is making gaming journalists (who only write articles) obselete. What's more, gaming journalists are often shills for gaming corporations, giving unworthy high review scores for inferior games.

The YouTubers who were attacked are the best and biggest, and are of much higher integrity and calibre than hacks like Mr Sherr. If attacks like this succeed in ending such channels, it will be much harder for millions of people to discover what is really going on in the gaming industry.

These YouTubers, whether they get paid or not, have our backs and we need to send a clear message that we will not tolerate lies like this.

Here is CleanPrinceGaming's video on the topic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JwfnCcEr4E

And Upper Echilon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-c4OFOO9Ck

This petition calls for Ian Sherr's immediate dismissal.

Failing that, Ian Sherr's cretinous article should be redacted and he should apologise, in written and video format, to each YouTuber he lied about.
One apology video for each YouTuber with each wrong listed.
Then CNET should sponsor each slandered YouTuber for no less than 6 months and the sponsorship should say "CNET: we promise not to slander quality games news ever again". Nothing more, nothing less.

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Petition created on 30 June 2019