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Re:LA Times barred from Disney movies after report on corpor... by c0nducktr on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @12:35PM (#15645502)
Giantbomb doesn't, as far as I can tell. Jeff Gerstmann started the site shortly after he was let go from GameSpot (rumored) for posting a low-score review of a game which was advertising heavily on their platform.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Gerstmann#Termination_fro...

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Re:LA Times barred from Disney movies after report on corpor... by runevault on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @12:57PM (#15645738)
They openly talked about it when CBSi (also owners of Gamespot) bought Giant Bomb back in... 2012? I forget what year, but it was pretty open about his Kane and Lynch review got him fired.
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Re:LA Times barred from Disney movies after report on corpor... by Relys on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @01:40PM (#15646179)
Was there. Can confirm it was Kane and Lynch.
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