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I don't think they're telling Mossberg what to write in a review. Most reviews of Google TV have had similar sentiments.
by radicaldreamer 16y ago
I don't think they're telling Mossberg what to write in a review. Most reviews of Google TV have had similar sentiments.
- cma 16y agoThat's not how biasing and influence work 99% of the time, they don't explicitly tell you; you just know. It can even be unconscious. That doesn't mean it was a factor here, but Mossberg himself should have done the conflict-of-interest disclosure.
- tibbon 16y agoI doubt Mossberg is the type to be swayed by what News Corp's top people think, but I agree that printing a disclosure would have helped a bit.
- TobyS95 16y agoDo you mean beyond what is described here? http://allthingsd.com/about/walt-mossberg/ethics/ http://allthingsd.com/about/walt-mossberg/ethics/ I know it can be tough to hear that the new GoogleTV might not be complex or unfriendly to use (both are true if you have used one), but the AllthingsD staff disclaimers are really good. They are prominent and not mired in legal-speak unlike some other high profile "main-stream media" like Newsweek. In which, I still don't understand how Dan Lyons gets away with not stating FSJ site. Read Kara Swisher's again, is there any blogger or old media columnist that has anything that clear?