I've been reading various blog posts and comments from some of the Gamespot staff (programmers, admins, editors, ect), and the prevailing attitude within said blog posts is that it isn't their fault, and there's nothing they can do about it. They're whining about people questioning the integrity and credibility of Gamespot as a whole, stating that only a few people were involved with it. They're appealing to the public to stop voicing their opinions. That is a load of crap. You're all guilty by association. Associaton with CNET. You say your integrity is still intact. Not even close. Integrity is not sitting down and taking this, and keeping your mouths shut because you fear for your jobs. Integrity is doing the right thing, no matter the situation. Your morals are important to you, but not important enough to give up your paychecks, right? If any of you had true integrity, you would set the record straight and speak out in support of Jeff Gerstmann (who by my estimation is the only one of the Gamespot staff capable of exhibiting integrity, save Tim Tracey). Someone with true integrity would not want to be associated with a company that engages in such practices in the first place. If you want people to stop questioning your integrity, show some damn integrity. Stand up for what you believe in, you cowards. You have no right to come to the defense of your own integrity while you continue to collect checks from CNET, you hypocites. And as for credibility, how can anyone claim that this site still has a shred of it? If a man is fired for posting his review and his honest, unbiased assessment in spite of the advertising money given to the site, then the credibility of said site is forever tarnished. Period. How are we to know that previous reviews were not swayed by the influence of publisher money? How do we know that future ones will not be? We don't, and the validity of this site's review section is therefore voided. Nothing can ever be done to repair it. If you want to keep your job at Gamespot, be my guest. You obviously all have yourselves and your family to support. But if you're going to continue to associate yourselves with CNET, don't even mention integrity or credibility. You can't be a hypocrite and preserve your integrity. Accept the fact that you're no better than the slimeballs who perpetrated this injustice and keep your damn mouths shut if you're going to continue to accept CNETs tainted dollars. Most of all, don't you dare try to silence the cries of injustice coming from the community. Enough with your whiney blog posts about how your feelings have been hurt. You've brought it all upon yourself, and it is our right to voice our opinions, you god damned cowards. Follow the lead of Tim and Jeff, or shut the hell up. Never compromise your integrity.