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<blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8913422" data-attributes="member: 7035894"><p>I stated that his source is discredited, but for sure, DnDShorts is also discredited as a "journalist" for going back to those same sources and credulously accepting the rest of their claims. And yes, he did cite more than one source in the original video - I just went and checked. He said that he had one primary source for the discredited claim, but that others backed it up. Oh, and was it the same source who totally misrepresented the survey stuff who also said the most damaging things about Cao? We don't know, but there is a good chance, isn't there? So how can you possibly assert that he "does not cite the same sources"? He sure seems to.</p><p></p><p>And that was the one claim that could be easily independently verified. Any decent reporter (or their editor) would have immediately approached others at WotC to say, "hey, we are hearing that you don't even read survey responses. Care to comment?"</p><p></p><p>So now what are we left with? A bunch of claims that are more or less gossip. Someone else claims that "it sounds like stuff he'd heard" is not confirmation of anything.</p><p></p><p>The fact that DnDShorts may have been the first to report on OGL 2.0 (I have no idea whether this is true or not, but let's grant it) does not make up for other shoddy reporting. I'll reiterate my earlier point: we are talking about a real person, not a cartoon internet villain, and if you are going to assassinate their character, you should be doing it based on a lot more than gossip.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Clint_L, post: 8913422, member: 7035894"] I stated that his source is discredited, but for sure, DnDShorts is also discredited as a "journalist" for going back to those same sources and credulously accepting the rest of their claims. And yes, he did cite more than one source in the original video - I just went and checked. He said that he had one primary source for the discredited claim, but that others backed it up. Oh, and was it the same source who totally misrepresented the survey stuff who also said the most damaging things about Cao? We don't know, but there is a good chance, isn't there? So how can you possibly assert that he "does not cite the same sources"? He sure seems to. And that was the one claim that could be easily independently verified. Any decent reporter (or their editor) would have immediately approached others at WotC to say, "hey, we are hearing that you don't even read survey responses. Care to comment?" So now what are we left with? A bunch of claims that are more or less gossip. Someone else claims that "it sounds like stuff he'd heard" is not confirmation of anything. The fact that DnDShorts may have been the first to report on OGL 2.0 (I have no idea whether this is true or not, but let's grant it) does not make up for other shoddy reporting. I'll reiterate my earlier point: we are talking about a real person, not a cartoon internet villain, and if you are going to assassinate their character, you should be doing it based on a lot more than gossip. [/QUOTE]
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