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Quantic Dream is suing two French media outlets over articles on toxic work conditions [Kotaku]
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Following previous accusations of terrible working conditions and toxic atmosphere, it seems Quantic Dream is trying to sue French newspaper Le Monde (side note : the biggest newspaper in the entire country) and Mediapart. Jason Schreier is reporting on Kotaku :
https://kotaku.com/detroit-developer-quantic-dream-sues-french-media-over-1825453518
More in the link.
https://kotaku.com/detroit-developer-quantic-dream-sues-french-media-over-1825453518
More in the link.
Detroit went gold today and a lot of sites are putting out their impressions on the game as well. That's some timing.
In an e-mail, Canard PC's Gaudé told me that the sued publications will now have to demonstrate that they handled the story with fairness and "good faith." They will have to show the judge that they reached out to all parties involved, offered those parties' perspectives, and used "the appropriate caution" while reporting this story.
Well this will be interesting!
Well this will be interesting!
If it's true then that's really messed up and good on media to shed light on that, but if BS it's good on Quantic Dream to fight against that.
Three of the most reputed & knowledgeable newspaper in the country, all reporting toxic working conditions in a studio whose leader's only defense is asking you to judge him based on his work, said work that is filled with racial/sexist stereotypes.
You'd basically be saying the reporters that were there were intentionally lying. That they didn't see all the nasty shit that was on the whiteboards there. That the pics they took were altered.
Why would journalists, especially ones from actual reputable news places, do that? What would they gain out of that? If they were lying they'd be throwing their careers as reporters into the trash for good.
People are going to dunk on this no matter what but this seems...fair enough? If they're wrong, they'll get more exposed, but, if they're right, they deserve to be vindicated.
I don't doubt newspapers, but it's possible to doubt source. I mean I don't know either way, but I'm not going to blindly believe everything. It sounds like you are this confident simply because it fits your narrative.
This is the worst possible PR move, unless you are trying to appeal to Gators or something.
Or vindicated them if the publications didn't do there due diligence.
Or maybe because I'm not doubting the work of several competent reporters ? You can still believe in fake news though, not going to stop you.
Yeah journalist/outlets have never been caught lying before
let's remind everyone right before our game comes out! brilliant PR that
Maybe QD is claiming that the paper didn't act in good faith and give all parties a chance to respond. Alternatively maybe this has something to do with whistle blowers in France having to make good faith efforts to work with their employers before leaking this kind of stuff. Either way if QD believes they are being painted in a false light they seem within their rights to do this.
I doubt the newspaper is lying but there might be procedures that they are expected to follow before reporting things like this however who knows I am not a french lawyer. Seems like this is more then just a tantrum by a company.
You can't just throw FAKE NEWS comment in like Trump does. I never said that it's fake news. It's likely to be true. I'm just baffled by your confidence.
Hey, you can still cancel!
But in the end, you do you.
Trying to intimidate the press, to shut down negative coverage.
Why?
Don't remember enough about the reporting on this to really say how credible the allegations were or weren't (though the kinds of outlets that reported on them certainly do lend them some credibility) but if they're true, then going to court over them sure is a brave/arrogant/stupid move on QD's part. I mean, if they're true then that could potentially be proven in court. Now they could at least still point to the reporting being false or whatever. Won't be able to do that if a court finds it to be true.
This is old news, Schreier is just back from France and felt like making another piece about it ?
Quantic Dreams said it was diffamation and they were going to get the justice involved.
There's nothing to talk about until then. If they do feel like it's diffamation I understand why they'd do that. Justice will settle this I guess.
That's going to take at least a year so it's not like it matters.
Literally every single thing we know about David Cage points to him being a brutal misogynist and a racist. There is no credible argument otherwise.
It is interesting... if you hate freedom of speech and a free press!