Valve's new game is maybe kinda a secret and they banned a journ*list for reporting on it

But while no good journ*list sets out to intentionally hurt someone, the profession requires honesty and fairness over niceness. This can be complicated, and all journ*lists struggle with it. The news value of The Verge's story is clear–Valve has been bizarrely secretive about Deadlock, a game thousands of people are currently playing. Readers are right to want to know more about it, and what it's like to play, and Hollister can tell them that while still adhering to journ*listic ethics: he didn't get access illicitly, or misrepresent himself, or break any agreements.

They're talking about this like the journoid uncovered warcrimes , like he has a duty to inform the public. He just wanted to make a quick buck