Political news outlets are the most common forms of media and are putting out information (true or false) everyday. Although political news stations have the most views and popularity, there is another media outlet that has been dramatically noticed since its founding in September of 1996. IGN (Imagine Games Network) began when the modern media that the world knows today was just starting to take off. IGN began 5 years after the Internet was launched to the world for private use, and new websites were sprouting up all over the internet. Since then, IGN has developed into a well-known news source, focusing on their mission statement. The IGN mission statement is “We’re IGN entertainment, a leading online media and service company obsessed with
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IGN has an immense attention to detail to what they are passionate about. There is a section in IGN’s website called “Wikis + Cheats” that gives consumers an easily accessible view of how to complete a game from start to finish. IGN receives games before they are publicly released so they can play them and review them. This early access means that by the time the game is released, it already has a walkthrough to guide the player through the entire game. Beating an entire game is time consuming and difficult to do and for IGN to write about every single one of them in detail is an even greater feat. I will not, however, say that IGN is without criticism on its reliability. In a recent article labeled “Opinion: Halo 5’s ads lied to you”, written by IGN editor Mitch Dyer, there is some apparent misleading content. This seems like a title that is trying to get the attention of readers by using bold words like “lie.” IGN is smarter than that though. Mitch Dyer starts his article with “Opinion:” rather than just having what follows. This is a very honest way of setting up the article so that the reader knows what Dyer is saying isn't being told as fact, but rather how the writer himself felt in this situation. The journalists at IGN have to not just create well thought out content, but also a relationship with their readers. Having a reliable person that a consumer can always count on is no easy task yet IGN does it for the most part. Much like Dyer’s personal articles, every day new books, movies, and video games are being released or announced and this is IGN’s all you can eat buffet to give to all different kinds of consumers. Unlike most media outlets whose only goal is to get stories out for the sake of accomplishing something, IGN’s surplus of stories is due to the surplus of news that can be covered in the entertainment industry! Although IGN has a plethora of stories to write, this also gives more room for a bias to be
IGN has an immense attention to detail to what they are passionate about. There is a section in IGN’s website called “Wikis + Cheats” that gives consumers an easily accessible view of how to complete a game from start to finish. IGN receives games before they are publicly released so they can play them and review them. This early access means that by the time the game is released, it already has a walkthrough to guide the player through the entire game. Beating an entire game is time consuming and difficult to do and for IGN to write about every single one of them in detail is an even greater feat. I will not, however, say that IGN is without criticism on its reliability. In a recent article labeled “Opinion: Halo 5’s ads lied to you”, written by IGN editor Mitch Dyer, there is some apparent misleading content. This seems like a title that is trying to get the attention of readers by using bold words like “lie.” IGN is smarter than that though. Mitch Dyer starts his article with “Opinion:” rather than just having what follows. This is a very honest way of setting up the article so that the reader knows what Dyer is saying isn't being told as fact, but rather how the writer himself felt in this situation. The journalists at IGN have to not just create well thought out content, but also a relationship with their readers. Having a reliable person that a consumer can always count on is no easy task yet IGN does it for the most part. Much like Dyer’s personal articles, every day new books, movies, and video games are being released or announced and this is IGN’s all you can eat buffet to give to all different kinds of consumers. Unlike most media outlets whose only goal is to get stories out for the sake of accomplishing something, IGN’s surplus of stories is due to the surplus of news that can be covered in the entertainment industry! Although IGN has a plethora of stories to write, this also gives more room for a bias to be