CNET Denies Gamespot Editor Fired for Bad Review

Following up on last week's story about Gamespot editor, Jeff Gerstmann, being fired over a bad review of Kane & Lynch, CNET has come out with a denial of the story. The press release hosted at Shack News says:

"We do not terminate employees based on external pressure from advertisers," CNET spokesperson Sarah Cain told Joystiq, though she refused to specify if Eidos had attempted any such pressure.

And further:

Said ads were removed from the site shortly after the story broke, as was Gerstmann's particularly harsh video review of the game. When asked why the video review was taken down, Cain noted that the text review now includes a note reading, "this review has been updated to include differences between the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions and a clarification on the game's multiplayer mode."

It was an expected denial but it will remain to be seen how this story will affect Gamespot's review team and reputation in the community.

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