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____/ Snit on Thursday 07 Jul 2011 07:16 : \____

> Roy Schestowitz stated in post 4694848.6DGQjDypGU@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on 7/6/11
> 10:54 PM:
> 
>>>>>> CNET is not obliged to be objective. It's obliged to shareholders (CBS
>>>>>> IIRC).
>>>>>> 
>>>>> But is there any reason to think they have an anti-Linux bias?  That is
>>>>> the
>>>>> claim... and I have seen no support for it.  This is not to say there are
>>>>> no
>>>>> poorly written or biased articles on CNET, I am sure there are, but as an
>>>>> overall bias there is no reason to think it exists... not that I have
>>>>> seen, anyway.
>>>>> 
>>>> To ignore something can also constitute a form of bias. Remember that it's
>>>> worse to be ignored than belittled sometimes.
>>> 
>>> But where is the bias?  Do you have any evidence to back this up?  Again,
>>> not a couple of isolated incidents (though even that would be appreciated)
>>> but a sign of general bias.
>>> 
>>> If not, seems bizarre to make the accusation.  Dishonest, really.
>> 
>> BBC only ever covers Android when there's bad news.
> 
> Doing the search " site:http://www.bbc.co.uk/ android" does not support that
> claim.  They do talk about bad news (malware and the like) but also when
> Flash came to Android, when Google *removed* malware, the launching of
> Android tablets, etc.

That's an anecdotal analysis. It's not comprehensive.

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