Media blame GamerGate for SXSW panel cancellations (Part 1)

Published October 28, 2015 4:21pm ET



It’s not just conservatives who feel the sting of media bias. On Monday, the yearly Austin music, technology and movie festival known as South By Southwest cancelled two panels that had been associated with the online movement known as GamerGate.

The GamerGate movement is typically described in one of two ways. Among its supporters, it is seen as a reaction to unethical, undisclosed conflicts of interest in video game journalism. Among its detractors, the movement is a mob of online misogynists who harass women.

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