William Usher

@WilliamUsherGB why, precisely, should a journalist who buys Madden or NCAA Arena not be allowed to get the partial refund?

@DrPizza Disclosure.

@WilliamUsherGB "Yeah, EA ripped me and every other Madden buyer off, but they sent me $20 so I'm gonna be pro-EA"?

@DrPizza Check the section about ethical choices & transparency: http://www.spj.org/ethicscode.asp 

@WilliamUsherGB because it's not like that link directly addresses "being a consumer and receiving an out-of-court settlement payment".

@DrPizza Already wrote an article. I also don't "articulate" in 140 characters or less.

@WilliamUsherGB then why not link to that instead of some trite SPJ link?

@WilliamUsherGB A 60 dollar check? Is this from a class-action or something?

@Blaugast It was from a lawsuit.

@WilliamUsherGB I guess that raises strange questions. If a journo receives a check from a class-action, should he disclose it?

@Blaugast A better question is this: can a check from a lawsuit be seen as a conflict of interest?

@WilliamUsherGB @Blaugast I'd say no unless it was a settlement between the journalist and the publisher themselves.

@wsaanaw @Blaugast It was a settlement that did involve the publisher and journalists.

@WilliamUsherGB Keplek comes out looking good