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Has Anyone Listened to the Opening Arguments Podcast on the Gizmodo coverage?
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<blockquote data-quote="lvl20dm" data-source="post: 8900873" data-attributes="member: 32150"><p>This is not about true statements - it's about the way the facts are presented. The podcast host, for example, honed in on the statement that the original OGL was 900 words and the new OGL was 9,000. This was delivered without context - the implication is that the extra length is because WotC has made the OGL more complicated in order to trick the reader. That's one example of a fact being presented in a misleading fashion.</p><p></p><p>Follow ups on this have been even more egregious, in my opinion. Takes this passage, from the article titled "Cancelled D&D Beyond Subscriptions Forced Hasbro's Hands", for example:</p><p></p><p><em>Wizards of the Coast stated in the unreleased FAQ that it wasn’t making changes to the OGL just because of a few “loud voices,” and that’s true. It took thousands of voices. And it’s clear that Wizards of the Coast didn’t make the latest changes purely of their own accord. The entire tabletop ecosystem is holding Wizards of the Coast to the promises that they made in 2000. And now, the fans are setting the terms.</em></p><p></p><p>So, to me, this lacks a certain journalistic tone to inspire confidence in a lack of bias. Now, admittedly, I don't read game journalism with any kind of frequency, so maybe this is standard.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lvl20dm, post: 8900873, member: 32150"] This is not about true statements - it's about the way the facts are presented. The podcast host, for example, honed in on the statement that the original OGL was 900 words and the new OGL was 9,000. This was delivered without context - the implication is that the extra length is because WotC has made the OGL more complicated in order to trick the reader. That's one example of a fact being presented in a misleading fashion. Follow ups on this have been even more egregious, in my opinion. Takes this passage, from the article titled "Cancelled D&D Beyond Subscriptions Forced Hasbro's Hands", for example: [I]Wizards of the Coast stated in the unreleased FAQ that it wasn’t making changes to the OGL just because of a few “loud voices,” and that’s true. It took thousands of voices. And it’s clear that Wizards of the Coast didn’t make the latest changes purely of their own accord. The entire tabletop ecosystem is holding Wizards of the Coast to the promises that they made in 2000. And now, the fans are setting the terms.[/I] So, to me, this lacks a certain journalistic tone to inspire confidence in a lack of bias. Now, admittedly, I don't read game journalism with any kind of frequency, so maybe this is standard. [/QUOTE]
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