It’s mainly to maintain the horse race narrative and compel the page counts and visits that justify charging the ad rates to pay for their coverage.

It’s not even sensationalism, it’s grading Trump on a curve. Hillary has to be perfect, while Trump simply has to not literally throw feces at Lester Holt. Expectations are a bitch.

I agree, and it’s a terrible thing to see happening.

If the media actually covered Trump and Clinton factually we would have two completely different candidates.

It’s amazing how the media has whipped up a horse race JUST IN TIME for the debates, this has to be perhaps the most coincidental set of circumstances of all time! 

This article makes me depressed, nostalgic, and wish I still had people I could table top with and time to do that role playing. I think you perfectly nailed the need many of us have for storytelling and world building, and the way that coming together to make a story brings not just a group closer together but brings…

(I’m going to get a lot of use out of this photo)

Even if he was an affirmative action admission all it would prove is that affirmative action kicks ass and is worth the investment, because we got Barack Freaking Obama out of it.

You bring up some good points that are definitely worth discussing. The conversation over “leaks” in gaming journalism is an interesting one, and one we’ve discussed a LOT internally. (I sit next to Stephen, and he and I have conversations about this sort of thing ALL the time.)