__/ [ [H]omer ] on Monday 28 May 2007 23:20 \__
> Yes, CNET is hardly impartial.
* Very regularly they have 'columns'. They give the soapbox to Microsoft's
lobbying arms, if not Microsoft itself. The EU and the GPLv3, for example is
being attacked consistently, without any balance at all.
* See who is advertising in C|Net.
* See who is being interviewed in C|Net and whose products are covered in
video form.
* Go back to the days of Vista (budget has run out since) and see how the
site was flooded with 'articles'.
* See who sponsors C|Net's videos (regardless of the content).
Some people want good content and wish to report with dignity. For anybody
else, it's all about the money. We don't need that garbage in the press,
which not everyone takes with a grain of salt.
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