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> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 327503164.78U9FEqZaR@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on
> 7/6/11 6:20 AM:
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>>> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 7088828.Fj6T6tgchF@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/5/11
>>> 9:44 PM:
>>>
>>>>>>> When people claim you are biased, they do so because of a "shrewd
>>>>>>> attempt to
>>>>>>> discourage fence sitters from assessing the opposing point of view", but
>>>>>>> when when people disagree with you, you then call them biased - which,
>>>>>>> presumably, is not an example of you using such a "shrewd attempt". Or
>>>>>>> is
>>>>>>> it?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I don't call people "biased". I routinely call particular people
>>>>>> "Microsoft
>>>>>> boosters", which is what they are (they probably would not deny it,
>>>>>> either).
>>>>>
>>>>> In the quotes, above, you very specifically say the media presents a bias,
>>>>> including the BBC.
>>>>
>>>> About media, yes. But I don't call individuals that, or very rarely do.
>>>
>>> Well, presumably you meant the people in the media... right?
>>
>> The management -- those who garner bribes in the form of advertising, in
>> exchange for more coverage to the advertiser's products. The same
>> transactions are the lifeblood of so-called 'analysts'. They sell bias.
>> Writers are merely hired by those who handle the business model. Name *one*
>> Linux blogger in CNET...
>
> Do you think CNET has an obligation to blog about Linux? And it is not as
> though Linux is ignored: <http://www.cnet.com/topic/linux.html>
CNET is not obliged to be objective. It's obliged to shareholders (CBS IIRC).
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