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Can We Trust CNET Again After a Scandal This Shady?
Yahoo/Atlantic Wire ^
Posted on 01/14/2013 6:19:27 PM PST by nuconvert
CNET, one of the Internet's first and most influential authorities on gadgets and tech news, watched its editorial integrity spiral out of control Monday, with staffers quitting and editors left to explain themselves in the wake of explosive new charges over its annual Consumer Electronics Show awards — a scandal, it would appear, that goes all the way to the top of its corporate umbrella, and could shake the entire ecosystem of online tech journalism.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cbs; cnet; cultureofcorruption; pravdamedia; seebsnews; technology
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:19:30 PM PST
by
nuconvert
To: nuconvert
Contrary to an already controversial move first reported last Friday, CNET parent company CBS didn't just asked the site to remove Dish's Slingbox Hopper from consideration for its Best of CES Awards amidst a lawsuit between CBS and Dish; the removal came after executives learned the gadget would take the top award, and that request came down from CBS CEO Leslie Moonves himself Not sure this even makes the Top 50 list of worst CBS editorial abuses...
To: nuconvert
Reminiscent of how the MSM dances to the tune that the DNC plays.
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:29:09 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: nuconvert
CBS and CNET in bed together. What could possibly go wrong.
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:29:43 PM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal The 16th Amendment!)
To: nuconvert
As long as CNET is affiliated with CBS or any other media stream media outlet, then the answer is “No, they cannot be trusted.”
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:29:43 PM PST
by
CriticalJ
(Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress.. But then I repeat myself. MT)
To: NittanyLion
Dish should consider itself lucky. If CNET was owned by NBC they would have packed the sling box with explosives and blown it up during the show.
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:34:11 PM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: nuconvert
One has to think that certain individuals within the sphere of influence of CNET have taken hefty positions in the stock of those companies that produce products that CNET touts. Something rotten going on here.
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:36:06 PM PST
by
batterycommander
(a little more rubble, a lot less trouble)
To: nuconvert
C who... LOL the last time CNET was relevant I think I was putting together a 486 or something... the only thing anyone uses CNET for is to download software once in a while.
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:37:38 PM PST
by
battousai
(Conservatives are racist? YES, I hate stupid white liberals.)
To: battousai
Well, spill the beans. Where are the “good” sites then?
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:40:59 PM PST
by
SengirV
To: USNBandit
Dish should consider itself lucky. If CNET was owned by NBC they would have packed the sling box with explosives and blown it up during the show. Hahaha! That's a good one...
To: nuconvert
I used to trust CNET, I mean really trust it. For years when I saw its web address among competing listings in the search results I would click on its link to what I was looking for.
I no longer trust CNET.
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:54:41 PM PST
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: NittanyLion
I couldn’t find a picture of an exploding pickup. I was a bit disappointed.
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:57:38 PM PST
by
USNBandit
(sarcasm engaged at all times)
To: battousai
486? Wow, that was ages ago. Remember how long it used to take to fill up a 10 mega bite floppy and a floppy used to actually be floppy?
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:58:14 PM PST
by
gunsequalfreedom
(Conservative is not a label of convenience. It is a guide to your actions.)
To: Army Air Corps
"Reminiscent of how the MSM dances to the tune that the DNC plays." The MSM is the Democrat Party in disguise.
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posted on
01/14/2013 6:58:39 PM PST
by
StormEye
To: gunsequalfreedom
You are giving away your age:)
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posted on
01/14/2013 7:02:35 PM PST
by
daniel1212
(Come to the Lord Jesus as a contrite damned+destitute sinner, trust Him to save you, then live 4 Him)
To: battousai
likewise.
except for downloading stuff. they hide the actual
file and puts download links to several files of its advertisers.
I disregard any link that points me to cnet.
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posted on
01/14/2013 7:14:53 PM PST
by
Morris70
To: gunsequalfreedom
Floppies never were 10 megabytes.
They were 1.44 meg.
To: nuconvert
CNET wants to hijack your browser....
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posted on
01/14/2013 7:21:34 PM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: SengirV
Well, spill the beans. Where are the “good” sites then?
I would've suggested AllThingsD (from the WSJ), but you have to pay for access of their columns.
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posted on
01/14/2013 7:23:34 PM PST
by
adorno
(Y)
To: StormEye
They are the Propaganda Ministry of the DNC.
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posted on
01/14/2013 7:25:51 PM PST
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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