New Networks Cnet Podcast Hosts Comment On Gerstmann Controversy
Posted on 2008 under Video Games |18 Oct
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While today’s episode of CNET’s Buzz Out Loud podcast was delayed for a “mandatory meeting,” (hmmm, we wonder what that might have been about …) the wait was worth it, as hosts Molly Wood, John Merritt and Jason Howell were able to comment on Gamespot’s firing of executive editor Jeff Gerstmann from a somewhat insider perspective. Their overall impression? As Merritt put it, “Wow does this whole situation suck.”
While Merritt did say up front that “there are things that we’re not allowed to talk about because they’re internal matters,” the team said they weren’t sitting on any super-secret information about the reasons behind Gerstmann’s firing. “[Human resources is] not going to come and tell us why a dude got fired,” Wood said. That said, the hosts could offer their commentary on the matter, and their thoughts on that score was somewhat of a mixed bag.
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