Comments on: Report: CNET news writers also told not to cover courtroom foes

By: Marc45

Marc45 — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 21:36:00 +0000

I’m wondering if CBS isn’t opening itself up to a lawsuit by doing this…just saying…

By: EH

EH — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:35:00 +0000

Jake0748 hasn’t heard of them, they must be generic crap.

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:42:00 +0000

Old news. CBS betrayed 60 Minutes years ago when 60 minutes was going after Big Tobacco.

By: AnthonyCM

AnthonyCM — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 16:22:00 +0000

CNET, as Tom would say, is dunzo. I hope those I like – Molly, Cooley – find a home elsewhere. TWiT?

By: James

James — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:43:00 +0000

Oh, well that’s ok then.

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 05:59:00 +0000

Aereo? Hopper? Nope, never heard of them.

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:36:00 +0000

I guess it's particularly heinous because of all the other crap they've done. I really loved it when they injected little crapware trojans into PC software downloads, that was fun. CNET rescinds positive review because parent company is suing manufacturer CNet's Download.com secretly installs adware with open/free downloads

By: Cowicide

Cowicide — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 03:28:00 +0000

Last nail in the coffin, perhaps…

By: Melted Crayons

Melted Crayons — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 01:03:00 +0000

Right you are. This is representative of corporate media rather than an exception, and it’s not just products but ideas which are off-limits in the corporate media, because it’s all about controlling perception. They know that perception is reality in most people’s minds. The end game is control and money.

By: Shinkuhadoken

Shinkuhadoken — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 21:10:00 +0000

CBS also owns the critic aggregator site Metacritic which I’ve used tremendously to evaluate new media at-a-glance. But recent events have made me believe that’s not so wise if they insist on downgrading their enemies for no more reason than that.

By: Elsewhere1010

Elsewhere1010 — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 20:31:00 +0000

Congratulations to CBS for triggering the Streisand Effect, where overcautious governance draws attention to something (a product that may or may not be a better answer/solution/threat to CBS) and making even more people aware of how frightened CBS has become.

Great work! Way to go!! Attaboy!!!

By: heinrich6666

heinrich6666 — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:47:00 +0000

Is there any evidence that what’s happened at CNET hasn’t already happened to a greater or lesser degree at every corporate-owned media outlet?

By: EH

EH — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 19:31:00 +0000

If either the Aereo or Hopper were “yet another silver iGadget,” and they’re absolutely not, CBS would not be in litigation over them.

By: david steinmuller

david steinmuller — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:39:00 +0000

Someone with strong journalistic ethics. There’s a long tradition, sadly not always adhered to, of journalists being free from meddling from the business side of the shop. Some papers go so far as to forbid social contact between people in the ad department and people on the news side. The story may not be big, but the principles are.

By: Yaanu

Yaanu — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 18:15:00 +0000

Personally, I hated them the moment they bought TVTome.com and changed it to TV.com.

By: Shawn Goldwater

Shawn Goldwater — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:51:00 +0000

So does this not finish CNET as a respected source of tech news? Or were they already finished?

By: Nell Anvoid

Nell Anvoid — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:38:00 +0000

But…but…now where will all the Apple fanboys and fangirls go to be validated?

By: Dave X

Dave X — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:56:00 +0000

Regarding the resignations vs. being fired, let’s face it– this sort of “news” isn’t the sort of stuff anyone can get too riled up about anyway. Who’s going to go to bat and get fired over whether or not they got to review yet another silver iGadget?

By: Jeff Sepeta

Jeff Sepeta — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:48:00 +0000

CBS has been doing a shitty job of representing the news for years. I’m not surprised or bothered by their recent actions, as I don’t pay attention to anything announced by CBS news.