Pogue and the Bogusness of Advanced Gadget Reviews

Jordan Golson writes "New York Times gadget reviewer David Pogue got into an email back-and-forth with Valleywag after he was tricked into writing an article by advance misinformation on a pre-launch product. In theory, it's good for reviewers to test and write up products before release day, so consumers can make informed choices. In practice, Pogue and we wish the industry standard would change." Personally I think this is why blogs are great- if a product sells 100,000 units, it only takes a few dozen bloggers to encounter problems for the truth to come out. Of course, that doesn't help you if you want to pre-order.

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Oh really?

[dgun]

David Pogue writes whatever you tell him to

I'll keep that in mind. The next time I piss my wife off, I'll have him write an apology.

You can't top an apology written in the NYT. Unless I can get some putz at the Wall Street Journal...

Because yours was a hand-picked tech sample

[DingerX]

Most production horses bite you in the ass as a matter of routine.

Re:No no no no no

[flydpnkrtn]

This is THE most thorough dissection I have ever seen of the grammatical correctness of a /. post.
Ever.

Myself and we at /. are impressed.