alt ▁with ". ▁According ▁to ▁Le igh ▁Alexander , ▁then ▁editor - at - large ▁of ▁Gam as ut ra , ▁the ▁eth ics ▁concerns ▁were ▁a ▁consp i racy ▁theory , ▁al beit ▁a ▁s inc ere ▁one ; ▁Alexander ▁writes ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁nothing ▁un eth ical ▁about ▁journal ists ▁being ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁those ▁they ▁cover ▁and ▁that ▁meaning ful ▁reporting ▁requires ▁journal ists ▁to ▁develop ▁professional ▁relationships ▁with ▁sources . ▁Ar s ▁Techn ica , ▁V ox , ▁and ▁W ired , ▁among ▁others , ▁stated ▁that ▁discuss ions ▁of ▁gender ▁equality , ▁sex ism ▁and ▁other ▁social ▁issues ▁in ▁game ▁reviews ▁present ▁no ▁eth ical ▁conflict . ▁ ▁Several ▁writers ▁who ▁attempted ▁to ▁understand ▁G amer gate ' s ▁motiv ations ▁concluded ▁that , ▁rather ▁than ▁rel ating ▁to ▁pur port ed ▁issues ▁with ▁g aming ▁journal ism ▁eth ics , ▁G amer gate ▁represented ▁an ▁effort ▁to ▁suppress ▁oppos ing ▁views . ▁Sal ter ▁writes ▁that ▁" mass ▁media ▁had ▁a ▁decis ive ▁role ▁in ▁evalu ating ▁the ▁compet ing ▁claims ▁of ▁G amer gate ▁and ▁its ▁critics , ▁and ▁ultimately ▁dismiss ing ▁G amer gate ▁as ▁a ▁mis og yn ist ▁ab use ▁campaign ". ▁S creens h ots ▁of ▁ 4 chan ▁bo ards , ▁collected ▁and ▁published ▁by ▁Qu inn , ▁suggested ▁that ▁compla ints ▁about ▁eth ics ▁in ▁games ▁journal ism ▁were ▁invent ed ▁post ▁h oc ▁by ▁G amer g aters ▁to ▁dist ract ▁critics ▁from ▁their ▁on going ▁ab use ▁of