Logic > Hope

That's a broad counterclaim on something we never claimed. Our claims were specific: ME:A would not receive DLC and BioWare Montreal no longer worked on ME:A (except MP). We based those claims on J. Schreier's Kotaku article. That's it.

In any case, it doesn't matter anymore.

The Lucasarts one hurts the most, for me.

Seems like EA killed most of my childhood heroes

Isn't "my sources told me this" how a lot of journalism works?

Only if you accept the devaluation of the word 'journalism'.

Could you walk me through that? I didn't learn who Deep Throat was until years after Watergate. Didn't mean that Woodward and Bernstein weren't practicing good journalism.

It can at times, but it can also be rather unreliable when the source is anonymous.

Although the main thing I was pointing out is that it's not actual evidence of anything due to how easy it would be to make it up(either on the part of the journalist or the source).

Anonymous sources are mostly best when used as a jumping off point for digging deeper and getting to the evidence, but that's more for things as big as Watergate and not for a video game not getting DLC.

Convince people to go on the record. Cajole, plead, flatter, embarrass, appeal to someone's love of justice or fame (or infamy), start with anonymous sources but then get someone authoritative to go on record "because I already have three other people telling me this so you may as well confirm it", etc. etc. etc.

You know. Actually do the job of being a reporter.

Yeah, let's see. My name is John Doe, working as a dev at Bioware Montreal. Please get my name right because I totally want to be fired and sued out of my life savings.

Chapeau. Works totally that way in journalism.

The reaction to Jason's article was over the top, and the reaction to that reaction by Jason was likewise. There seems to be a thing these days where most news is treated as incredibly suspicious and fake compared with "the obvious truths my edgy and ignorant friend on twitter thinks. Let's fight the power, bro!" While it's obviously a good thing to be open-minded and not accepting things at face value, I really don't think accepting or dismissing things based on whether they reaffirm what "me and my friends think" is a brilliant way to go through life.

The outright dismissal of Jason's article by some here was stupid. Most people knew there was a chance it was accurate because observationally things matched up and made sense. A wait and see approach would have been better, especially considering Jason seems to have a history of having reliable sources that tell him things ( www.reddit.com/r/DestinyTheGame/comments/456mdr/reminder_kotakujason_schreier_has_been_right/ )

This is raw ignorance.

There are a crapload of legal issues for both public and private employees who release information. There are also social, professional, and other consequences. Someone mentioned Deep Throat: he was actually FBI Associate Director Mark Felt, 2nd highest ranking in the FBI. His identity was revealed 31 years after Watergate and 11 years after Nixon died. Felt could have been in deep trouble if his identity had been disclosed.

The uncomfortable truth is that much of journalism is glorified gossiping. Reporters have little legal power to obtain info from people and organizations. Journalists primarily rely on potential willingness to talk.

"because I already have three other people telling me you murdered someone/this project was cancelled/that office was closed/etc so you may as well confirm it"

This is incredibly dumb. Please, think before you post.