WIth that kind of math, they should do government work. What about a guy like Mossberg who is seemingly revered in the review tech community. Has he been bought and sold by Apple? Most of his reviews are glowing. The mac base loves the guy...and then he puts out a good review of windows 7 and suddenly he's out to lunch. It seems to be the reviewers we like, the ones we read end up being just ones we agree with, the same way most watch news. Very few challange their beliefs. And if they do, they just dismiss the information without even checking.
Do you keep reading reviews when a reviewer gets something basic completely wrong? Can you still trust them? It's not tech, but I remember reading a review of Star Trek by Roger Ebert. He got a basic scene fairly wrong in the review, it didn't affect plot really, but it makes me question the rest of his reviews of movies I haven't seen. On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Snyder, Mark - IdM (IS) < mark.sny...@ngc.com> wrote: > Poseurs and shills PfB's (paid-for bloggers) and other unscrupulous > writers. > > I got frustrated over the general press and tech topics of any sort. Heck, > they too often stumble in economic news. For example, in the Sunday Post, > an otherwise well written article had this: [now ill-remembered by me] > scheme to add jobs more directly cost about $30K (annual) per job, so the > cost to get a million folks back to work is (drum roll!) $30 million! > Actually, it is $30 billion, but I see this error too often to count. > > Thank you, > > Mark Snyder > IdM/Provisioning > Identity & Access Management > 703.883-8365 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Computer Guys Discussion List [mailto: > computerguy...@listserv.aol.com] On Behalf Of b_s-wilk > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 1:26 PM > To: COMPUTERGUYS-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM > Subject: Re: [CGUYS] Who Writes These Headlines? > > > I agree, Betty. Reliable tech news is limited. The W Post and NY > > Times have some good tech writers, but that is about as far as I go > > for general US news media. Even NPR does not have a good tech > > reporter (except for Science Friday, but that is mostly science, not > > tech news). Most general print and broadcast reporters don't know > > enough to report tech news reliably. I have also cultivated some > > reliable online sources, such as Ars Technica, Slashdot and a few > > others. > > Slashdot is my home page for SeaMonkey. It's high tech with a great > sense of humor. Ars Technica is very good, but heavy to read. The > Register, http://www.theregister.co.uk/, is also good, as is MIT's > Technology Review, http://www.technologyreview.com/. > > A friend used to write a tech column for the Baltimore Sun. After > Conglomo bought the Sun, he was relegated to proofing and layout, doing > his own work and picking up more from fired coworkers; it ruined his > marriage. He was laid off last Spring and nobody with the tech knowledge > and skills is doing the same kind of work there. > > You really have to go to reputable technology publications and sites for > information. Too bad that tech info is harder to find in general news. > Hasn't it been that way for years [or forever]? It's just that there are > more pretenders today. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
