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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."
Oh, definately. Or at least a frothingly anti Microsoft bias to the point where it's difficult to get any sense out of anyone as soon as M$ (see what I did there?) is mentioned.
It's not Slashdots finest quality.
I'd like to consider myself very technically astute given my educational background and career as an electrical engineer, and after buying an iMac G5
Haha!
You musy be real professional since the most popular software for electrical engineers exists exclusively for Widnows.
For many years I've always thought it was the machine that I disliked. Overly expensive. Poor user interface. Minimum functionality. But then it dawned on me. It wasn't the machine. It was the user. The idiot Mac Users that I detested. Spoiled. Pampered. Whiny. The B*tching. The Moaning. The Rich.
Let's face it Macs are for the rich. Who else can afford "the computer for people who hate computers"?
Oh yeah, Apple is not an "underdog" they actually have ZERO competition.
They are a monopoly. They own the monopoly of "Cool"
Macs are horrible but their users don't even notice because as soon as they buy one Mac a "new" Mac comes out 6 months later and they MUST HAVE IT. Like pathetic little lemmings they run to their consumer deaths only to be reborn through their ecstatic Out Of Box Experience when they buy their next, new Mac. It would be quite a comedy if it wasn't so true.
Jobs is the biggest charlatan since PT Barnum. His minions always shout "HOW HIGH, SIR" when he says, "Jump!"
The Mac loser will always moan about "WinTel" and Bill Gates and the "Evil Empire" when the purest form of evil is their own Messiah - Steve Jobs:
1. Your computer will get dirty and you will buy a new one every two years. (Apple Hardware Tax)
2. You will pay over $100 for your new OS every year. (Apple Software Tax)
No further evidence required.