Collusion

Cooperation of rival companies for mutual benefit.

Entries tagged as collusion mark situations where the journalist has been proven or strongly suspected of unethical cooperation with rivals behind the scenes.Proven or strongly suspected improprieties involving an abuse of information will also be filed here.

Good examples are membership in GameJournoPros or participation in the "Gamers are dead" or similar media blitzes. When behind-the-scenes cooperation is strongly suspected and still unproven, a series of articles that are individually at least strong candidates for a Dishonesty or Sensationalism emblem will instead earn a Collusion emblem.