Aaron Pabon · @AaronPabon
2nd Jun 2015 from TwitLonger
You may not know it, but I am also a Journalist. #gamergate
Many of you know me as a comedian, video producer, and a geek.
You might not be aware of my day to day profession.
I am a Journalist.
It is a progression that I have held for over 9 years, and it is profession that I have the upmost respect for.
Durring my time, I have encountered many battles when it came to ethics, moral codes, and even personal stances on particular subject manners. During those battles, I have chosen to follow a journalists ethics policy, only wrote about the facts and truths, and kept my personal life and opinions, out.
Over the past few months; I have been witness to a series of failures in the fifth estate, "Journalists" pushing agendas, hyped up unnecessary controversy, and misdirected people with the dexterity of a max-leveled rouge.
Yes, I am aware that this is happening in mainstream, first-party media; but I am specifically video game journalism. The controversy and grassroots movement associated with it?
#Gamergate
For awhile now I have kept myself out of the fight over a many number of fears, but now I have grown away from those fears.
On my personal blog, I have already written a few things about Gamergate, and am currently planing and penning more about it.
I am aware that this may lead to people who don't know me and actually know me to judge me. Their opinion, may even change of me, but what I am doing now, is not because I am a pro-gamergater. I am doing this both as a Journalist, and exercising my due-diligance to my loyalty and belief of the fifth estate.
This is not me being a comedian, geek, or web-sitcom writer.
This is me, as a Journalist.
Consider this my hat, officially, thrown into the ring.