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Are Media Writers Biased Towards Apple?
Art Vanderlay writes "Readers should not be surprised by overcoverage of Apple Computers since the tech writers and columnists for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and Fortune are all Mac users. According to John Dvorak of PC Mag, no one seems to point out the connection between the skewed coverage and the existence of this peculiar conflict of interest based on the national writers' use of Macs. He feels the newsroom editors are generally so out of touch that they can't see this bias and are also Mac users." From the article: "This reality is not going to change. In fact it will only get worse as technology coverage is handed to newer, less-qualified observers who simply cannot use a Microsoft Windows computer. With no Microsoft-centric frame of reference, Microsoft cannot look good. The company essentially brought this on itself with various PR and marketing policies that discouraged knowledgeable coverage. I'll save those complaints for a future gripe session."
It certainly seems that Good is currently a definite underdog to Evil, but i'd like to think i'd still be rooting for Good should it ever actually take the upper hand ...
Then you (along with many others) misperceive the situation. Companies are mostly out there to make money. If the "underdog" and "oppressive leader" companies in many markets were swapped, the underdog would behave in the same "evil" manner as the former leader.
Personally, I like balance in markets, but I'm not kidding myself that most companies wouldn't exploit being a monopoly if they were in that position.
You could say that most companies were "evil" if you wanted to consider it that way.
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Don't you people with mod points feel even slightly annoyed by someone yelling out what you should do with your mod points? If this guy really cared he'd be the king of meta-moderation and have mod points himself. You probably worked hard, slaving over a hot computer diligently meta-moderating to get those points, and this guy wants to take the easy road by just yelling at everyone. I think it's shameful really.
This post nails it for me, but no mod points - boo!
That Still Not King link is hilarious. The Secret Diary of Aragorn and Legolas? My ribs hurt from laughing.
Mac OS X and Windows XP working side by side to fight back the night.