Aussie Reporter Admits to Wii Bit of E3 Conflict-of-Interest
Jonathan Ross and-or his Sydney Morning Herald editors get points for the funny Star Trek-wink headline topping a dispatch from E3 about the new Wii U console. The banner reads: “It’s a Nintendo Jim, But Not As We Know It.”
Not so enterprising is the fact that the company pretty much paid cash for those words. Per Ross’ article:
In the interests of the very fullest disclosure, I must say that I am here as a guest of Nintendo, a company whose products over the past 20 years I have loved and continue to feel great affection for…
Anyway, seeing as Nintendo are paying for my hotel, they currently have the lion’s share.
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