You may have heard about GamerGate in the media lately and how it is just a bunch of horrible women-hating white guys who cannot stand the idea of females getting near their games to the point where they threaten to kill or massacre them. In all fairness, some people have been threatened, albeit on both sides with the media only really reporting about the threats against anti-GamerGate, but there is no denying that threats have been made. One thing the media seem intent to emphasize is that GamerGate is not about ethics in journalism or it is only a smokescreen for attacking women. Unfortunately, the media has never exactly been known for its fairness or honesty. So, what has GamerGate been going on about that actually has to do with ethics in gaming journalism?

There is a narrative being presented that GamerGate does not care about ethics in journalism or ethics in gaming. In fact, over the course of the last two months, GamerGate has been quick to point out, raise, or promote, issues regarding poor ethics in gaming journalism. Anyone who tells you GamerGate is only about harassing women out of the industry is either lying or misinformed. The latter should be no surprise coming from regular people, since the establishment gaming media naturally never had any interest in granting GamerGate any appearance of legitimacy in the eyes of the public.