By that I take it you mean Pinsof's former employer apologised? It's so hard to keep track sometimes... I think all three people involved need to do some apologising, the woman who tried the donation scam, Pinsof and his employer, but that situation has really developed a life of its own and I'm aware of the risk of making it somehow emblematic of GamerGate since it's a rather tangential issue at best, in spite of my feelings about it being an example.
Sorry for not getting specific. The person who asked for the charity fund apologized to pinsof. I don't have an idea if Pinsof apologized, but I do understand his position there. His
previous employer probably won't apologize to him since he's the one on the hot seat. We are just attacking the journalists behind it. For me though, this is not the emblamatic of Gamergate. There are many more articles that argue there is corruption within the Media. Such as:
CollusionReceiving bribesLack of IntegrityBad Journalismand don't forget the
timeline I showed earlierThe only thing why it is being brought up was that what the GJP did is illegal on certain states.
This seems not an unreasonable conclusion: given the very high media profile of GamerGate, and much of it not very flattering, I suspect most people are now aware that they really need to ensure their behaviour is spotless. I've little doubt that there'll still be hot-heads and troglodytes aligned with it, as there always is with anything, but hopefully not enough to keep on derailing what is actually quite a serious matter with the usual sensationalised reporting which handily misses the point...
Again, it was due to the media pushing this narrative. We also did our part in investigating on the
harassment of a known personality, but I bet the media won't report it since it's going to make their narrative look bad.
It's probably not within the ranks, but probably third party trolls. I believe
GNAA,
Something Awful are probably involved. We can't control it as they have their own agenda. As I've mentioned before, a harassment/doxxing of any kind is reported first on twitter administrators/Customer support probably, then escalated to the authorities if it is
threatening enough.
Again, additional links:
TB gives his opinion on the recent Salon Article. He also discusses how Youtube commentary works.
David Pakman Interview with Brianna Wu
