[Cayal]

It may not be something as simple as a negative review being complained about by a publisher. There could have been a deal made, money transferred. Cut throat world of business you have to get a leg up. Maybe Gerstmann went against a deal and in turn was sacked for it.

From the same wiki page as before, here is an example of such a thing -

"On the May 6th episode of "Giant Bombcast" (A podcast featuring Ryan Davis and Jeff Gertsmann) they recieved an email from a fan who told a story about how a student in his Journalism class decided to write a resturant review to get free food. He told the returant before hand and was pampered and loved by the resturant and gave it a good rating, the student sending the email decided to write an article about review credability, in which the teacher of the class responded by saying "That's how things work, that's how I've taught it, that's how the game works." Jeff and Ryan both expressed hatred and rage towards the teacher. During the end of the rant Jeff added on "Why not just make everything come full circle and say that the resturant has an advertising deal with the newspaper." Although Gertsmann's previous GameSpot controversy was never directly talked about, this seems to be the only shred of information Gertsmann has said about what has happened."

I don't think such an exodus of employees leaving so soon after he was fired was coincidence.
Was Giant Bomb created before they left but after Gerstmann's dismissal or after they all left?

It's interesting stuff.